I suppose my second Meucci Cue in the early 90’s is in contention. Inlays popped, points popped, and the butt cap fell off. I played with that cue for about 10 years and won about 50 tournaments.

I also had a Maximum by Meucci that the shaft warped. You could actually see the minor knot in the shaft that caused the warp

I got a cheap cue from Bert Kinnister, and I believe he said he made it. In restrospect, it was meant to be cheap… and it succeded. I suppose it would’ve been OK if I re-wrapped with real Irish linen and re-tapered the shaft.

Longoni always made great looking and playing cues. Over 20 years ago, a friend and a mentor used to play with a Longoni with a 314 shaft, that cue was stiff and had a really solid hit. here is a picture of it (sorry for the image quality, I wasn't that good with a camera back then)

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