Meet The Cuemaker
Eddie Cohen By MICHELLE HUGHES Social Media Specialist Biggelbachs.com
Looks and Personality! These cues have it all. You’ll not only love them for their sleek designs, but also their playability. Say Hello to Eddie Cohen of Cohen Cues in this month’s “Meet the Cue Maker”.
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ddie Cohen, 36, resides in Cerritos, California with his family and 2 dogs. While growing up, his hobbies ranged from inline skating to photography and even video editing. This led to him pursuing his degree in Fine Art and Film when he went to college at Cal State Long Beach in 2004. It was there he also began his introduction to pool. While attending college he conveniently had an 8 ft pool table at home which started to draw his attention. He began playing in tournaments at 19 and wanted to improve his game. That year, he purchased his first high end cue; a Schon limited. He also won his first tournament and began realizing the investment in custom cues. As he began collecting, he would start by paying for the cues to be re-tipped which quickly added up. He decided it would be worth it to learn how to do it himself and purchased a small lathe in 2006. A year later, it was at a local tournament that Eddie met cue maker Kent Davis (KD Cues) and was
invited to check out his shop and see the whole process. After purchasing two cues from Kent, he began learning the basic construction of how to put a cue together. It wasn’t long until he could build the basic construction and Kent would complete the finish. Advancing quickly, by age 23 Eddie had not only completed his first custom cue, but he’d also built a Sneaky
Pete along with a jump cue. In 2009, Eddie graduated college and was then able to devote more time to the growing hobby. He continued to develop his skill and around 2011 purchased his first professional lathe. Shortly after, fellow California cue maker Ariel Carmeli (Carmeli Custom Cues) took notice and offered to mentor him. He continued learning under Ariel for the next couple years and credits Ariel for teaching him how to do points and inlays. Eddie established his brand in 2012 and went full-time in 2013. He now works out of his 700 sq ft shop near his home in Cerritos, California. Cohen Cues, now strongly making a name for themselves for over a decade, were originally branded “Eliah”.
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