What do you keep in your cue case?
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That's SO not a good idea. Keep your ferrule clean by cleaning it before, during, and after play with a simple damp paper towel from the restroom or whatever. Shafts, same thing. Clean it every day. Many pros are meticulous about this.
Aside from that, I would expect the steel wool to "shed" and all that fine wool getting on everything.
Wow, I dare not imagine how much you used to carry before
About six years back we could add:
Add 2 packs of cigarets
a couple of lighters,
lighter fluid to clean the shaft and ferrule.
Cue Glide or something like it, like a little tin of cue wax.
Oh! I forgot the ole shooting glasses and
elastic strap(s) to hold them in place.
I did forget:
a few business cards
a small book to read while waiting around at a tournament
some peanut butter cracker sandwiches for energy.
Also forgot:
Alcohol wipes
Wedgees (they hold the glasses in place)
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I don't carry anything but the small stuff in my case pockets now that I've gone to carrying a small sports bag for all my bigger stuff (I call it my gadget bag).
In my "gadget bag" I carry: BCA & APA rules (copied from internet and kept in full-size binders), a bottle of Q-slick, a Longoni cue extension, retractable bridge stick w/bridge head, two slip-on Moosehead bridge heads, small box w/assorted color chalk, 6-cue Q Claw, Porper 6-cue clamp-on holder, my eyeglasses cases, rags, pens, a Crown Royal bag w/quarters in it (for the barboxes), and the most important item, the battery-operated LED desk lamp so my blind ass can see the scoring sheets in the dim barroom lighting. Sometimes I carry my Delta-13 rack with me to the poolhall (depending on which one it is).
For the most part, all I carry in my cue case pockets anymore are a few assorted pieces of chalk, a pocket marker, a few pool gloves (for those extra humid days), and a tip pick/scuffer. I think I've got a moosehead bridge head in the pockets of ALL my cases (I bought ten at a time as I really like the moosehead!!!). When I remove the joint protectors from my cues I store them in my case pockets while playing. And.....my cues of course!!!
Maniac
In my "gadget bag" I carry: BCA & APA rules (copied from internet and kept in full-size binders), a bottle of Q-slick, a Longoni cue extension, retractable bridge stick w/bridge head, two slip-on Moosehead bridge heads, small box w/assorted color chalk, 6-cue Q Claw, Porper 6-cue clamp-on holder, my eyeglasses cases, rags, pens, a Crown Royal bag w/quarters in it (for the barboxes), and the most important item, the battery-operated LED desk lamp so my blind ass can see the scoring sheets in the dim barroom lighting. Sometimes I carry my Delta-13 rack with me to the poolhall (depending on which one it is).
For the most part, all I carry in my cue case pockets anymore are a few assorted pieces of chalk, a pocket marker, a few pool gloves (for those extra humid days), and a tip pick/scuffer. I think I've got a moosehead bridge head in the pockets of ALL my cases (I bought ten at a time as I really like the moosehead!!!). When I remove the joint protectors from my cues I store them in my case pockets while playing. And.....my cues of course!!!
Maniac
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The older you get the more that list will grow. I like your preparedness. I hate not having someing that I or my friends need.
I regularly clean the ferrule with a rubber eraser. It works very well, but at some point there's some blue spots that just won't go away. That's when I rub the steel wool. I hate blue ferrules. As for shafts, they hardly get dirty, as I play with a glove. But every once, they need a little TLC too.
My playing pool cue is 12 years old, isn't worn out, has gone through 5 or 6 tips, and everything is still in good condition.
Just for squirts and grins, I read through all these posts and could'nt help but laugh at some of the stuff you guys haul around.
For instance: A silver dollar (that's for bus fare home after you get cleaned out). A CPR kit (you finally won one, and had a heart attack). Steel wool? White hole reinforcing donuts (I think I know what those are for, but I'm not allowed to say it here). Earplugs (for tuning out the sharks). 2 oz. flask of liquor (now we're getting somewhere). Foldable ashtray (goes with a foldable pack of cigaretts and lighter). Nodoz (obviously plays one-pocket). And last, but not least, a condom (I carry those myself).
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For instance: A silver dollar (that's for bus fare home after you get cleaned out). A CPR kit (you finally won one, and had a heart attack). Steel wool? White hole reinforcing donuts (I think I know what those are for, but I'm not allowed to say it here). Earplugs (for tuning out the sharks). 2 oz. flask of liquor (now we're getting somewhere). Foldable ashtray (goes with a foldable pack of cigaretts and lighter). Nodoz (obviously plays one-pocket). And last, but not least, a condom (I carry those myself).
I love this forum!
Strickly uptown stuff!
1. 3x5 case
2. playing cue with original and ob1 shaft
3. break cue 1 shaft
4 hustler cue 1 shaft
5. jump cue 1 shaft
6. 2" c-clamp for homemade stick holder
7. homemade stick holder
8. cutec bowtie tip tool
9. joe porper tip tool
10. various grades sandpaper
11. leather scrap
12. alcohol wipes
13. ziplock bag with different kinds/shades of chalk
14. magnetic chalk holder (that can leave, I never use it anymore)
15. phone numbers
16. microfiber towel
17. pen
18. eye drops
19. 1-200 dollars
2. playing cue with original and ob1 shaft
3. break cue 1 shaft
4 hustler cue 1 shaft
5. jump cue 1 shaft
6. 2" c-clamp for homemade stick holder
7. homemade stick holder
8. cutec bowtie tip tool
9. joe porper tip tool
10. various grades sandpaper
11. leather scrap
12. alcohol wipes
13. ziplock bag with different kinds/shades of chalk
14. magnetic chalk holder (that can leave, I never use it anymore)
15. phone numbers
16. microfiber towel
17. pen
18. eye drops
19. 1-200 dollars
A billiard friend of mine used to carry a 1 ft tall mallard duck plushy strapped to his case. The damnable thing had a sound box in its innards that, when pressing the duck's sides, quacked rather loudly. When he played, he set the duck on the side coffee table, in front of the billiard table. Whenever his opponent (or he) made the point by sheer luck, he'd make the duck quack.
That stupid toy made me crazy: it stared at me at the opening point, and the quacking was incredibly annoying in the tomb-quiet billiard room. I think he tried to participate in a regional tournament with it, but he was told to put the duck away or be excluded.
That was almost 20 years ago, but even today, I can't help calling lucky shots "ducks"
A billiard friend of mine used to carry a 1 ft tall mallard duck plushy strapped to his case. The damnable thing had a sound box in its innards that, when pressing the duck's sides, quacked rather loudly. When he played, he set the duck on the side coffee table, in front of the billiard table. Whenever his opponent (or he) made the point by sheer luck, he'd make the duck quack.
That stupid toy made me crazy: it stared at me at the opening point, and the quacking was incredibly annoying in the tomb-quiet billiard room. I think he tried to participate in a regional tournament with it, but he was told to put the duck away or be excluded.
That was almost 20 years ago, but even today, I can't help calling lucky shots "ducks"
HAHA......I had a friend back in my home town that carried a staples that was easy button in his case. He was always clicking that damn thing!!