burned my cue

Do you like the Graphite Shafts?

Good Luck

Sausage,

Good luck with your new McDermott. I hope it takes you to 100 and beyond. And watch out for those damned table lights. I've done that a few times with my Schon and it's a pain in the ass getting the ding out. Again, best of luck.

Ron F

Sounds good, but now you will have to replace your table lights from time to time.

Dave Nelson

Pure graphite construction (not graphite-covering-wood)

I wonder who makes that graphite shaft? Zebco? Does it have the optional flycasting reel attachment?

Just kidding, obviously. To be honest, I had an all-graphite cue (not graphite-covering-wood, but truly all graphite construction) that I would leave in the trunk of my car when I was in the U.S. Navy stationed in Norfolk, VA, in the mid- to late-1980s. This cue literally would bake in the sun in that trunk, and then freeze in the winter, and stayed perfectly straight. It was a great "emergency" stick, when I'd get challenged to some action in some bar. I'd just go out to the car, pull this thing out, and play really well with it. I'd had that cue for over four years, leaving it in my trunk even when my ship went out on six-month deployments. Right up until the day I sold it to someone that "absolutely 'had' to have that cue," paying more to me than what I bought it for, it was perfectly straight -- never warped.

I regret selling that cue, because I never found another one like it. Most of these graphite cues are actually a graphite weave covering wood. Would love to have another non-warping pure graphite cue that I could just throw in the trunk like that. Gosh, life's regrets!

-Sean

sausage said:

a few daze ago, i couldn't take any more from my walmart mix-n-match, wood/fiberglass cue, so i smashed it, tossed the shaft over the fence and burned the butt. lol.... i just ordered a black, 18oz, pro-taper, 13mm, McDermott Graphite Cue - GR10 from Ozone. for $60 total. i'm hoping that this new cue takes the frustration out of my game.

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Forget the centuries and high runs, these kind of events should always be videotaped! :wink:

I would have probably preferred your Walmart hybrid to the POS Viking that I have. I feel bad letting my 9-year old shoot with it. He deserves better. RonF can vouch for it's poorness. Right now I am also shooting with a not-very-expensive McDermott (not much more than you paid for yours), but it hits circles around the $400 Viking.

FWIW, my new player is having the finishing touches put on the shaft and should be ready shortly.:thumbup:

sausage said:

a few daze ago, i couldn't take any more from my walmart mix-n-match, wood/fiberglass cue, so i smashed it, tossed the shaft over the fence and burned the butt. lol.... i just ordered a black, 18oz, pro-taper, 13mm, McDermott Graphite Cue - GR10 from Ozone. for $60 total. i'm hoping that this new cue takes the frustration out of my game.

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man! you "upgraded" to a graphite cue! hope you like it