Todays Sneaky Pete cues

[George the Greek]

35+year old Dufferin Sneaky Pete. It's 17 0z and turned down to 11.5mm and I use it as a break cue. It's straight as a die and if I put a quality tip on it I could use it as a playing cue as it hits that good. I had the black ring installed after somebody picked it up thinking it was a housecue . All the housecues at the time were Dufferin 1 pc at the poolhalls

 

[maxx_colt]

As someone mentioned, it's hard to keep those joints clean.

My first sneaky pete was a Meucci. I managed to mess that up pretty bad by sanding down the joint area. Don't remember if I sold it or if I broke it with one of those quick "taps" to the table after missing a shot.

Never got good enough to have to worry about people thinking I was a hustler, but the Dufferin was cheap and made for a great break cue at the time.

 

[NevadaP]

35+year old Dufferin Sneaky Pete. It's 17 0z and turned down to 11.5mm and I use it as a break cue. It's straight as a die and if I put a quality tip on it I could use it as a playing cue as it hits that good. I had the black ring installed after somebody picked it up thinking it was a housecue . All the housecues at the time were Dufferin 1 pc at the poolhalls

I really like this! I have several very old Dufferin basic 'house cues' which are all in very good condition. I'd love to have one made into a SP, the more plain, the better.
What you've done is pretty much what I have in mind. Now I just need to find someone to make the conversion for me.

 

[maha]

the original name for a sneaky pete, was a two piece house cue.

those were the original ones. people took a house cue and had a maker just put a pin in to make it a two piece so it would fit in the car and easy to take in bars.

then makers found out people would keep paying more if they put additional things on them and still called them sneaky pete's.

but in any action bar no one cared if you had your own basic cue. if it was fancy they wouldnt bet with you.

 

[Jaden]

The only sneaky pete that looks like a house cue is a house cue. Nobody that can play is fooled by "sneaky petes". If you want to look like you don't know what you are doing get a purple Cuetec or gaudy Walmart cue. And after a rack or two you aren't fooling anybody

It's changed through the years. At one point a sneaky pete would do it. At another point carrying a cuetec and wearing a glove would do it. Then carrying a searing or a szamboti. It's been pretty much impossible to hide for a while. With the internet and cell phones with data people will just take your picture and send it around to find out who you are.

 

[Lowell]

Nobody is gonna fall for a "Sneaky Pete" in 2026 anyway, it's better that your cue actually looks nice rather than resemble a $30 house cue

 

[kling&allen]

This has been my favorite playing cue the last 6 months or so, a basic sneaky blank (no joint collar) with a dark roasted maple shaft (with phenolic joint collar). The roasted maple / kielwood is so delicate I don't trust it without a joint collar or ferrule. I might eventually make a matching "sneaky" blank with Birdseye maple into matching roasted maple.

 

[maha]

no body even cares what your cue looks like when you match up. more often than not the more expensive looking cue you have the worse you play.

except in bars where they play for beers only, and thinks anyone that wins more than a few in a row is a hustler and deserves to be hit in the face.