Cues, cues, cues...
The very first cue I ever owned was the 'SFS' (State Fair Special) looked like a classic rosewood 4 pt with no veneers. I was really young, but had no table, so I just stroked the cue and practiced making my bridge like I had seen on TV. The wrap came undone after doing that all the time and my world was crushed. I think I was 12 or 13.
Later, I acquired a McDermott D-13. I loved it. It was my main player for years. I later beat someone out of a D-19 model and carried those two things around like I was 'the man'. At 19 yrs old you'll believe anything though, right?
I went from this cue and that, making my way through all of the production cues and I must say that the 'Mezz' comes out on top IMO.
Schon is good too, but just different, and more old school. Mezz has a crisper hit. :shocked:
Joss cues as well as Lucasi come in right under those for production cues, and I think all the others are basically the same except for Meucci. Players, Fury, Adams, and all the other cheapies you see on Ebay.
Verl Horn had many pupils and especially in Oklahoma. Among those were Mike Betts and Eddie Farris. Mike's cues were known as 'Silky' because of his stroke. He was a real legend of a pool player here in Tulsa and made a good cue too. He was more of a player, not a cue maker.
Eddie Farris is more of pool player gone cue maker. He is definitely the man who makes the magic wands in these parts. He is like the JW of OK but without all the extra cnc crap. There is just no mistaking the hit of an Eddie Farris cue. Once you go Farris, you'll never go back. There is just a special, secret to Eddie's hit in his cues that only he knows and can reproduce! He and Joel Weinstock (DPK's pupil) are kinda buds and Eddie got some of his stuff, to make more stuff with.
JW Petree is another worth mentioning. Pete's cue is a cue you would wanna use to string 9 ball racks in dead gear. This guy is not flashy either, but makes an incredibly perfect cue. I mean P-E-R-F-E-C-T. Every last detail is done to the 'T'.
Jim Auerbach has a shop here in Tulsa as well, and he is survived by his partner John Parker who makes a cue here and a cue there. He's got a nice supply of just about what ever you want to order ready to go with the machines and the knowledge to do it with. Those cues have a real special hit that seems to 'puncture the cue ball' with every blow.
Shurtz by Bob Owen (Gabe Owen's dad) is a stick with playability worth mentioning. If any of ya'll haven't hit a Shurtz, you're definitely missing something. You need to at least try it. There's nothing else like it.
I've hit them Scruggs, Libra, JW, Mottey, and blah and blah and blah. Someday, when I am a billionaire, I would love to own me some of those, too. When it comes to playability, I'll stick with my hometown cue makers. They are up there with the best of em. :yes:
The very first cue I ever owned was the 'SFS' (State Fair Special) looked like a classic rosewood 4 pt with no veneers. I was really young, but had no table, so I just stroked the cue and practiced making my bridge like I had seen on TV. The wrap came undone after doing that all the time and my world was crushed. I think I was 12 or 13.
Later, I acquired a McDermott D-13. I loved it. It was my main player for years. I later beat someone out of a D-19 model and carried those two things around like I was 'the man'. At 19 yrs old you'll believe anything though, right?
I went from this cue and that, making my way through all of the production cues and I must say that the 'Mezz' comes out on top IMO.
Schon is good too, but just different, and more old school. Mezz has a crisper hit. :shocked:
Joss cues as well as Lucasi come in right under those for production cues, and I think all the others are basically the same except for Meucci. Players, Fury, Adams, and all the other cheapies you see on Ebay.
Verl Horn had many pupils and especially in Oklahoma. Among those were Mike Betts and Eddie Farris. Mike's cues were known as 'Silky' because of his stroke. He was a real legend of a pool player here in Tulsa and made a good cue too. He was more of a player, not a cue maker.
Eddie Farris is more of pool player gone cue maker. He is definitely the man who makes the magic wands in these parts. He is like the JW of OK but without all the extra cnc crap. There is just no mistaking the hit of an Eddie Farris cue. Once you go Farris, you'll never go back. There is just a special, secret to Eddie's hit in his cues that only he knows and can reproduce! He and Joel Weinstock (DPK's pupil) are kinda buds and Eddie got some of his stuff, to make more stuff with.
JW Petree is another worth mentioning. Pete's cue is a cue you would wanna use to string 9 ball racks in dead gear. This guy is not flashy either, but makes an incredibly perfect cue. I mean P-E-R-F-E-C-T. Every last detail is done to the 'T'.
Jim Auerbach has a shop here in Tulsa as well, and he is survived by his partner John Parker who makes a cue here and a cue there. He's got a nice supply of just about what ever you want to order ready to go with the machines and the knowledge to do it with. Those cues have a real special hit that seems to 'puncture the cue ball' with every blow.
Shurtz by Bob Owen (Gabe Owen's dad) is a stick with playability worth mentioning. If any of ya'll haven't hit a Shurtz, you're definitely missing something. You need to at least try it. There's nothing else like it.
I've hit them Scruggs, Libra, JW, Mottey, and blah and blah and blah. Someday, when I am a billionaire, I would love to own me some of those, too. When it comes to playability, I'll stick with my hometown cue makers. They are up there with the best of em. :yes:
