If you knew lutman back then, then you Know how good it felt....:thumbup:
Have You Ever Snapped A Cue ?
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If you knew lutman back then, then you Know how good it felt....:thumbup:
snapped my favorite cue at the time. Was a 90's model Meucci sneaky pete. Used to take it to the bars when I frequented those types of places on the weekends. Missed a shot (imagine that), laid it ontop of my head, few too many beers and a few too many pounds of pressure applied to the join. Snapped it at the male pin.
Had it repaired, but it never was quite the same :frown:
Had it repaired, but it never was quite the same :frown:
Ha! My long time nemesis broke his shaft while playing me. I dug it out of the trashcan, drilled a hole in each half, and put a string through it to make a necklace out of the two shaft pieces.
I show up at the pool hall the next night, wearing the necklace proudly, and give him a hard time about it. He enjoyed it. lol, ahhh, the good days
sometimes, the cue must pay.
I never did but my buddy likes to throw his stick on the floor and against the wall in his basement.
We were playing in a pool hall one time. After missing a few easy shots, he layed his cue on the table with the butt on the rail. Then slowly leaned on it with one hand on the joint until a loud 'Snap!' came out of it.
The funny part is it was a Viking cue his wife bought him for Xmas several years ago..
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We were playing in a pool hall one time. After missing a few easy shots, he layed his cue on the table with the butt on the rail. Then slowly leaned on it with one hand on the joint until a loud 'Snap!' came out of it.
The funny part is it was a Viking cue his wife bought him for Xmas several years ago..
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Ran a couple thru a wood chipper. This was after going home that night, sleeping..... woke up in the morning had breakfast. Walked up stairs took it out of the case .... and out to the shed we went... the only one that came out of the shed was me. Damn I hated that cue. The second one was for fun LOL
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I never broke one while playing, but, I did break the butt end of one during an issue that had nothing to do with pool.
My brother on the other hand has pulled a few Earl Stricklands by smacking the cue down on the floor and breaking the shaft!
I try to not let my temper override my wallet.
My brother on the other hand has pulled a few Earl Stricklands by smacking the cue down on the floor and breaking the shaft!
I try to not let my temper override my wallet.
Sounds familiar-
I went to the houseman and bought a house stick for $20, and swung a 1hitter-snap/splitter around the cinder block corner of the building...because I was mad...because....
I was in an all night 5 handed golf game on tight, tight 5x10. Everybody tired. My man in front of the out hole, favoring one end. Apparently, it was time to go home-I got hung out to dry by the player I followed. He was 'holding his man'/me. He wouldn't leave me the cb to have a chance for a takeout of the leader, or to move the cb to a safer spot. I lost, paid double as the 'sell out'-about $250.
Hey....that's golf.
Missed a ball, got pissed, smacked the rail, split my Z2 shaft.
-$220
Tried an OB2 for fun, like it a little more, so I tell myself "Well, then the money's no biggie".
Miss a shot, smack the OB2 on the rail, split it.
-$220
Replace it. Later smack it on the ground. Tip pops off.
-$10
I think when I hit -$500 I'm done smacking the stick on things.
-$220
Tried an OB2 for fun, like it a little more, so I tell myself "Well, then the money's no biggie".
Miss a shot, smack the OB2 on the rail, split it.
-$220
Replace it. Later smack it on the ground. Tip pops off.
-$10
I think when I hit -$500 I'm done smacking the stick on things.
LOL.............nice description of your ca$h flow.............
you guys are goofy....cues are shaped like a javelin for a reason! 
never snapped one, but have sent her airborne a few times
a cue without battlescars might as well be hanging on a wall somewhere. lol
never snapped one, but have sent her airborne a few times
a cue without battlescars might as well be hanging on a wall somewhere. lol
I've snapped a cue but did it purposefully and not out of anger. I've started building cues and wanted to see if my pin install technique was solid. So I did the typical "smack the cue tip down to the ground out of anger move" that I've seen people do. Shaft snapped, joint pin was nice and solid, screwed on the 2nd shaft I had made for the cue and it still rolled perfectly straight.
Only time I'm going to perform that test!
Only time I'm going to perform that test!
But it answered your question:
Reminded me of a time in OK when Jeff Melton was playing the ''Canadian'' can't remember his name, probably late 80's (he was stocky, curly light brown hair, good looking man) and they were playin' on a snooker table. Canadian thought he had a lock, but' Jeff was one hell of a player on a snooker table. Jeff Busted em' he snapped the shaft and threw the butt in the trash and walked out. I retrieved the butt added a shaft and made a good score selling it, the butt was a solid light blue color w/no wrap. Can't remember the brand/McDermott???, but at the time it had a flat spot on the butt that was used when ya couldn't reach the shot so U just used the bumper to dink the ball in the hole because the flat spot allowed the player to slide the butt end on the cloth to make a shot that was unreachable, I liked this functional idea allot better than the Sailor cues/Wisconsin with the fluted end on the butt plate.
Once.. Blew a game and snapped a cuetec in half. One of my first cues.
snapped a Randy Mobley Cue in 2001, right before the U.S. Open.
Edited: Actually it was the shaft only which was easily replaceable with a 5 minute drive from the poolroom.
Was playing a race to 9, it was my break hill-hill. I was getting the 8 playing Donny Mills for like $200, I scratched on the break, hit the cue tip to the table kind of hard, shaft split.
Edited: Actually it was the shaft only which was easily replaceable with a 5 minute drive from the poolroom.
Was playing a race to 9, it was my break hill-hill. I was getting the 8 playing Donny Mills for like $200, I scratched on the break, hit the cue tip to the table kind of hard, shaft split.
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i've broken 3.
1) on my 21st birthday the guys took me out to get me polluted, and they took their mission very seriously. according to the story i heard somebody towards the end of the night was bragging about how tough they were so i grabbed a house stick and snapped it over my own head, bled in my beer for a minute, then drank the beer while staring the bragger in the eye. everybody said it would have been mighty impressive if i hadn't immediately puked, passed out, and then wet myself. lol
2) breaking with a house stick one night i was paying more attention to the girls than my stick selection and manged to grab one with no tip. on the break i mange to split the end of the stick which didn't really help me impress the girls.
3) about a year ago i finally decided to buy my own stick and not knowing any better i went to walmart and bought one of those 10$ specials. i mean it's a wooden stick, how badly can you screw that up right? well let me tell you those things are made of something less sturdy than balsa wood because i broke with it exactly once and the ferule cracked, the joint popped loose, and the butt fell clean off.
now that i'm much older, a little wiser, and a hell of a lot more careful (with both myself and my posessions) i'm hoping i never break another one.
1) on my 21st birthday the guys took me out to get me polluted, and they took their mission very seriously. according to the story i heard somebody towards the end of the night was bragging about how tough they were so i grabbed a house stick and snapped it over my own head, bled in my beer for a minute, then drank the beer while staring the bragger in the eye. everybody said it would have been mighty impressive if i hadn't immediately puked, passed out, and then wet myself. lol
2) breaking with a house stick one night i was paying more attention to the girls than my stick selection and manged to grab one with no tip. on the break i mange to split the end of the stick which didn't really help me impress the girls.
3) about a year ago i finally decided to buy my own stick and not knowing any better i went to walmart and bought one of those 10$ specials. i mean it's a wooden stick, how badly can you screw that up right? well let me tell you those things are made of something less sturdy than balsa wood because i broke with it exactly once and the ferule cracked, the joint popped loose, and the butt fell clean off.
now that i'm much older, a little wiser, and a hell of a lot more careful (with both myself and my posessions) i'm hoping i never break another one.