Collector Cues - Do you play with them or not

PoolFan101

PoolFan101

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I know some Guys collect Cues and various things pool related. Some guys collect pool ball sets etc. Are you the type that will not play with your Cues that you collator are you the type that will play with. I have heard people say I would not own a Cue I could not play with. It just seems a shame to chalk a Cue that has been in a Collection for a long time. Say a cue that is 20 plus years old. What is your thoughts on this. Thanks
 
Seems a shame not to use a cue as it was designed. Sure there are a few cues that are nothing more than art work, but the vast majority were made to be played with.

Lucky for me, I don't have to worry about it. And a 20 year old cue isn't that old of a cue, shoot d series mcdermotts are older than that.
 
Seems a shame not to use a cue as it was designed. Sure there are a few cues that are nothing more than art work, but the vast majority were made to be played with.

Lucky for me, I don't have to worry about it. And a 20 year old cue isn't that old of a cue, shoot d series mcdermotts are older than that.
 
I have about 12 cues now with 1 more on order. I've shot a couple racks with most of them but I only play in a dive bar so some don't ever go there with me even though I'm usually carrying between 7-10k in cues on me to the said bar. Hopefully one day I'll have space in my own place to get a table and I'll shoot more with each cue. I do like the cf shafts now though, so a lot of my shafts won't see much of any action at all.
 
Not at all! Some of my cues are about 60 years old. That's why I collect them, not play with them.

randyg
 
Play with every one of my cues- whether they cost me a few hundred or several thousand. Never bring my higher end cues into a bar or a smoke filled room. Most who play with higher end cues from their collection leave one shaft unchalked or try both shafts and quickly decide on one shaft and leave the other as a claimed unchalked shaft.

One of my MAIN interests and enjoyments in cue collection is actually experiencing the playability of various cue makers - so you can't experience that without play- however, if you are meticulous, you can keep a cue looking relatively new for its entire lifetime. I am not concerned with cue price appreciation, a true collector is not a dealer in a profit sense- they are entirely different objectives; but can go hand in hand for some. My collecting is more about appreciation of the cue makers and their cues, passion for the game, and all the residual personal benefits that hobbies/collections/interests can bring to your life.
 
I'm not a collector but if i was i'd have those cues for using at home and those that go to 'halls and bars. Would never take a collectible/hi-end cue somewhere it could get damaged/stolen.
 
Although I have 20 plus cues - I am using my Ed Prewit as my player. It's like with a girl - watching is nice, but playing is much more fun.
 
My wife (who is 61 years young) inherited a stick that was originally her grandfathers. She sent it to Leonard Bludworth several years ago for clean-up/rehab. He shipped it back with the recommendation that it was collectable enough that it should not be used for playing. So now it's sitting in a display case in our living room.
 
I have two Titlists Conversion that are my player, the one that is VERY FANCY, I have never it a ball with I am now trying to sell.


I honeslty would be scare to play with it, so I selling it. Tikkler aka Steve Piesner had a fabulous Cue Collection, most were in Case, he never played with. Some of his Black Bore were 20K+.
 
It does not matter who made the cue, how rare it is or how much it is worth,
all pool cues.....every pool cue.....is just a creative tool that was meant to be
played with. Otherwise just take a photo and hang it on your wall as art but
as long as you actually have such a cue, then play with it. Let it come to life.
 
Maybe I am just ignorant, but when I call a cue a "player", it means I use it -- my #1 or #2, in my case, ready for use. Further, I would, if necessary, play with any other cue I own, except a 70 year old WH Pro. I consider my WH to be an "artifact", a tool from another age. It has been through the wars and has scars to prove it -- nothing pristine to preserve. I still consider it to be a tool; it's just retired.

To further clarify, I am not holding my WH in hopes it will appreciate in value, planning one day to sell it (along with its age appropriate leather case -- https://forums.azbilliards.com/thre...expert-leather-cue-case”.512517/#post-6656001 -- it might bring a few bucks).

A cue held for purposes of appreciation/sale is more an "asset" than a tool, and our relationships with, and attitudes toward, such objects are fundamentally different.
 
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I've hit with every cue I've ever owned. I have an unchalked Schick headed my way that might be the first that I don't
 
Play at home with them all.... anywhere else is a much more limited cast of players.
 
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