Is your most often used cue and favorite cue, the same?

[Rackaday]

What brand/model/cue maker butt and shaft do you most regularly shoot with? In a handful of discussions that I have had, sticking with the same cue is recommended for skill development or to play consistently. Anyone disagree with this?

 

[Rackaday]

If you see these pointing at you, unscrew.

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Is that bacote w/ebony handle on the right side? Standard maple shaft?

 

[straightline]

Is that bacote w/ebony handle on the right side? Standard maple shaft?

Nah. It's ash with jet black paintbony handle. Interesting it came with matte finish and some of the car care stuff I use got on it and it's now permanently shiny. Billiard Warehouse had 'em for 90 bucks lol.

 

[SSP]

Well maybe I am wrong but a Pool Player with Skill, can play very well with a House Cue.

A banger, is still a banger with a great Custom Cue.

I agree but I love playing with my cue, it just feels like it's made for me, I did play with a house cue a couple of months ago and won 4 or 5 games with it, made me realize how good my cue is for me......

 

[straightline]

I agree but I love playing with my cue, it just feels like it's made for me, I did play with a house cue a couple of months ago and won 4 or 5 games with it, made me realize how good my cue is for me......

I was just thinking if If I had the disposable, I'd be a low level whaler <_and_> whale. The expensive players would still be possessions and probably only of sentimental value.

 

[Bavafongoul]

I only have 1 cue so its my everything

And so it should be……I was that way for years with my 1st cue that was a Palmer. I played it it for 15 years and then I met Bob Runde at his first trade show. We chatted and agreed upon a design and that’s how I got my 2nd cue years later. Then 20 years later I had the urge to design some cues and got a little carried away. You really only need one cue. I don’t need a $1400 break stick to get object balls to drop. A house cue accomplishes that & also avoids flattening my playing cue’s tip that otherwise is shaped the way I want. However, to be fair, 15 years ago I bought a McDermott break/jump stick & recently put on a Kamui Sai break tip that breaks better than a house cue.

 

[FishKnife]

Nope.
The Joss breaker and Tiger Pete see the most play because of leagues and availability of bar tables locally. They play great and are replaceable.
The Bluegrass and Cohen are easily my favorite cues. They are truly a joy to play, beautiful and an extension of my game. I usually only play them on 9' tables at actual poolrooms.
All the other cues are being gently reintroduced back into the wild, no matter how rare or beautiful.