Suggestion: Don't even get slightly mad at your cheap production cue!

Autist

Autist

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As I dodged an easy shot for the 5353454th time a couple of nights ago, I got slightly pissed at myself and unfortunately abused my cue.

I usually, almost always, keep a pretty cool head when it comes to equipment, but I lost control that time.


I hit the tip of my cue onto the table felt and accidentally also slammed the joint area onto the table railing. In all fairness, I didn't hit it that hard, and it was one of the few true "wtf" moments in my life. I broke my cue :(


Anyway, what kind of wood is it? Seems very weird. And what's the green stuff inside the cue? Seems like some kind of glue. It's very hard, almost like glass.


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Time being, I am playing with my snooker cue. Any offers up to 200$ INCLUDED shipping to Europe (~40$) are considered. Please pm.


Moral: Don't buy cheap ass chinese cues and don't abuse your equipment!
 
It's hard to say exactly what type of wood it is. There are a lot of black and/or dark brown woods. In the second picture, it looks jet black, so I would guess Ebony or African Blackwood.

As far as the green stuff, it's epoxy. It looks to be the bottom of the joint screw hole.
 
DoubleD said:
As far as I am concerned, you got what you deserved. Had I been the owner of the table you abused in that situation, you would have been going to the proctologist for a cue-removal surgery.

dld
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Luckily, nothing happened to the table.

And yes, I got what I deserved.

Never again.
 
You would be surprised at the amount of force thats is exerted on the cue when you hit it on the joint. I watched Jeremy Jones snap his like that at Derby city three to four years ago. It was exactly the way you snapped yours. I bet that his wasn't Chinese.
 
Maybe you need to buy a $1,000 or more custom. That way, you'd think it over before abusing it?
 
krupa said:
Otherwise, how will the other cues learn their lesson?
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That's why I always carry two cues. That way, one always knows it can be replaced! Add a couple shafts each and the combinations are many! :rolleyes:
 
The green stuff is lucky Kamui Snot that will be available in
the NewYear.Its suppose to replace the Shamrock and will only
come in Green or Red.
This stuff is the real deal and silky smooth.Don't fall for the imitation
snot!
$35 dollars for a half cup
$5000 for a Ten Gallon Drum.
 
Yup, I did the same thing to a $600 Pechauer about 7-8 years ago. Just tapped the tip on the table and it fell apart. Don't think it has anything to do with the cheapness of the cue, but more to do with the fact that you're not supposed to apply stress in that direction!
 
It's not the price of the cue or where it's from. I have seen custom cues break from not much "abuse". One time a Schon literally fell on the floor and sheared clean along a wavy line in the wood.

One of the best cues I ever played with was a McDermott D-4 that had been broken at the shaft and glued back together before I bought it. I broke it two or three more times in the same place and each time I simply glued it back together and the next day it was ready to go.

One time I won a city championship with that cue after having broken it the night before. The shaft was glued and taped up with masking tape.

Then one day I was playing my friend some 14.1, not gambling, and I missed an easy shot after a run of about 3o something. I swung the cue not at all meaning to clip the table and I did and it broke on the forearm. Without missing a beat Andi said, "guess you won't be putting it back together this time". I didn't and bought my first Schon shortly after. I did use that McDermott joint piece though to start my tip installation service. Everything gets recycled. :-)
 
Well,
just my personal opinion: For things like that there s no excuse- just a bad attitude and showing no respect for material.

NO matter if it s 25 bucks or 2.500 bucks.
 
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