Hey folks, tonight a good pool playing buddy bought my standard Schmelke sneaky pete from me. A beautiful cue, cocobolo, with the 13 mm tip.
The last time we played I let him use it and he caught fire, and started offering me money for it, just not enough money. He didn't offer me what I paid for it, $107, because he thought I didn't want to sell it, and actually I didn't, but if he had offered me what I paid for it, and I told him that I'd sell it for that, as it was probably not even 2 weeks old, and had very little playing time on the shaft, then I'd sell it to him.
Fast forward to tonight, and he told me he hadn't been able to find the cue online. He just didn't look in the right place. They aren't hard to find, Pooldawg has them; so do many others. I offered to write down the websites and the name for him, heck, I offered to give him Schmelke's phone number.
However, I told him the offer still stood, as I really preferred the other Schmelke that they built for me, with coco and BEM, and the 12mm tip.
He played some of his best pool tonight with that cue, and then said he'd give me $107 for it. After another 15 minutes or so, I told him that I'd modified the cue, and wanted him to know that. I had cut off the ferrule, after researching on AZ about that, as Bob Jewett in another thread said he's been playing ferruleless for 30 years. I had also installed a milk dud tip on it. The cue plays great.
Well, he kept shooting with it, and running out, and came over to give me the money, but wanted to make sure I wanted to sell it. Doggone it, that coco is magnificent...
He forked over the cash, and about an hour later, said, and I quote, "This is a magical cue....... Playing pool is fun now; it's usually so frustrating."
Thought you might like that little story.
Flex
The last time we played I let him use it and he caught fire, and started offering me money for it, just not enough money. He didn't offer me what I paid for it, $107, because he thought I didn't want to sell it, and actually I didn't, but if he had offered me what I paid for it, and I told him that I'd sell it for that, as it was probably not even 2 weeks old, and had very little playing time on the shaft, then I'd sell it to him.
Fast forward to tonight, and he told me he hadn't been able to find the cue online. He just didn't look in the right place. They aren't hard to find, Pooldawg has them; so do many others. I offered to write down the websites and the name for him, heck, I offered to give him Schmelke's phone number.
However, I told him the offer still stood, as I really preferred the other Schmelke that they built for me, with coco and BEM, and the 12mm tip.
He played some of his best pool tonight with that cue, and then said he'd give me $107 for it. After another 15 minutes or so, I told him that I'd modified the cue, and wanted him to know that. I had cut off the ferrule, after researching on AZ about that, as Bob Jewett in another thread said he's been playing ferruleless for 30 years. I had also installed a milk dud tip on it. The cue plays great.
Well, he kept shooting with it, and running out, and came over to give me the money, but wanted to make sure I wanted to sell it. Doggone it, that coco is magnificent...
He forked over the cash, and about an hour later, said, and I quote, "This is a magical cue....... Playing pool is fun now; it's usually so frustrating."
Thought you might like that little story.
Flex
