Guilty !!! ... JB Rugged 3x6 for me. It holds my Long Shafts with ease and nothing jiggles around.
All of my Fancy Leather Cases have been relegated to Cue Storage in the Safe.
PM "Saint1" ... He is our League Operator for Cal-State Sacramento
and Placerville Pool League. He always has great prizes for the Awards
Banquet. Tell him Howard Sent you.
It would be "my turn in the barrel" if I ever decided to take my Cues on a Plane.
They would probably be confiscated and run over by a truck (accidentally).
The only meaningful reason NOT to buy a New One is .... They are Waaay Overpriced.
Pick up a Cream Puff AE on the Used Market and pocket a decent chunk of change.
Starting playing regularly in 1949, with a 22 oz. Hoppe Tilteist. Almost every Cue I've had
Custom Built, starting in 1962, has been at least 20 ozs. (several are over 22 ozs.)