People who use chalk holders...what do you do when

I never knew that there was such a thing as a magnetic chalk holder until I watched a match that Margarita Fefilova was playing years ago in the pre-Steyer days. She had the clip on her rear pocket, so it was hard to miss when she was down on a shot lol.

When I was playing league I switched from bar chalk to carrying my own (Blue Diamond) because the doofs that were playing league insisted on drilling a hole in the chalk and that made it hard to wipe it over the tip instead. Being ADD, I kept leaving the chalk on the table at the venue since I had never been in the habit of packing it in my case.

So I got a no-name magnetic holder at a tournament booth. First problem, the magnet was not strong enough, kept falling off so I put a very strong coin type magnet under the chalk and although it helped the retention quite a bit, it still falls off once in a while. Second problem, a couple times I could not find it on the floor because it had stuck to a metal chair leg.

But it is still a win because there is only one place, ok... maybe more than one :LOL: for it to be since I don't sit it on the table anymore.

Custom and High End Cues on the Decline?

I bought a super plain looking cue as my first and didn't care about aesthetics at all, but for some reason I really grew to appreciate cues as art this year.

Of course it won't make me play better, but I'm a nerd for this stuff and I appreciate the aesthetics.
We just did the same thing but opposite of each other, I appreciate the art and precision of building a custom cue but I love the hit of my cue even more.

Shaft suggestions

I'll also add my main playing MG cue is from 2010 and my break / jump cue is from 2005 .

As I've mentioned before there is a learning curve with them or there was for me in all honesty I'm still learning however I've also learned to trust the cue and shaft to do it's part as long as I do mine .

Yes I did have a carbon fiber shaft that hit a ball very well but I learned that I'm more comfortable with a maple shaft .
This is a Ford , Chevy , Dodge or which girl is the prettiest and is all personal preference .

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