Recent content by Mr M

What comes next? I’ll go through writing reviews of each of the cues according to my experiences and the criteria I’ve outlined above. As I do this I’ll also include photos for each of the cues. I also plan to go out and buy a tool to properly measure the diameters of my cues in the next few...

So What Cues do I have? My Childhood Mali - My first cue my Dad bought me when I was 12ish was a then new Mali around 2000-2001 and would have been made in the last few years before Mali’s cues started being made outside the US. I haven’t been able to find the model number for it so until then...

What Type of Cue Do I Tend to Enjoy? I typically prefer older, more traditional style pool cues with a 4 point splice or as a plain jane. In terms of vibe and color the most I go for probably only gets to the level of “quiet loud”. I’ve tried to put my cue preferences and biases here to give...

Grains of Salt: These are my experiences with my cues and they may not match your experiences even if you have the exact same model cue that I do. I have bought old cues that I do not know the previous ownership experience or if they even are all original. They could be a ship of theseus and...

How I want to judge my cues: Emotional Nostalgia - does it hit me with the feels? Do I really like the look, textures/feeling, or overall vibe of the cue? Playing Inspiration - What types of shots do I feel like this cue tends to prefer or excel at? Does it do well with applying spin? How...

What I want this thread to be: Me going through what I think of the various pool cues I own This will feature my initial experiences of the cues along with any changes that I find happen with my experience. I expect my opinion and preferences may change over time as I (hopefully) continue...

The point of starting this thread: As I perused AZB and began learning about the types of cues I might be interested in trying to buy, I found that there tended to be a gap in the type of reviews which covered information I was looking for. This is something I wanted to try and help fill in as...

Had more photos so needed to do a new post to attach them

Been wanting to post on this topic for a bit now as I've recently got back into pool and I've also become reacquainted with Mali pool cues. For some background my first pool cue my Dad bought me when I was 12-13 was a gold label Mali cue which given my age would have meant we bought it new...

Hi Everyone, I'm someone who grew up with an 8/4 ft table playing in the States and then had moved to Australia about 12 years ago and due to the combo of different sized tables, balls and cues I had stopped playing roughly 6 years ago. Recently had a company christmas party where the venue...