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Blackball and snooker. Hardly ever played American pool.

Cheers. Woods are ash, ebony, sycamore and padauk.

Most people here would either use a 3/4 jointed cue or a one-piece. I personally prefer the aesthetics of one-pieces myself, but I do have a few 3/4s for snooker. Travelling with the case hasn't given me any issue. I don't drive, so I don't have the trouble of trying to stick it in a car.

I love seeing equipment threads, and there hasn't seem to have been one like this in a while, so I thought I'd make one. So what's in your case? Essentials? Funky equipment? Anything's welcome. Here's my pool cue case: 1: Cue (Peradon Custom • 57" • 9mm Elk Pro • 17.5oz) 2: One-piece aluminium...

Don't have access to any American tables, unfortunately.

I've always struggled to burnish my tips correctly. This seems like a great tutorial.

Pool: Jason Owen custom (one-piece, 8.5mm, 57", 17oz) [Also including a matching break cue] Snooker: Mike Wooldrige custom (one-piece, 9.5mm, 58", 18oz) Hybrid backup cue for both cue sports: John Parris Ultimate (one-piece, 9mm, 58", 17.5oz)

Slight stun off the 7 to go between the 8 and 9 and leave the cue ball just off the cushion from a soft hit. Play the long pot on the 8 into the top left and the 9 into the bottom right.

I do that, too. Just a typical technique of chalking for snooker and English pool. Holding the cue at the tip end with your bridge hand and chalk with your cueing hand.

Worst: Must've been some old rack cue in college. One of those cheapo €20 Argos cues with a centre-joint, a crap tip and loads of lacquer. Best: My custom Peradon. One-piece, 57", 9mm, 17.5oz. Thing feels and hits like a dream.

Ken Doherty uses a 4/5 jointed warped machine-spliced cue. Won the 1997 world championships with the thing.

Actually haven't had the chance to actually try it on a table yet since I got my cue back in July due to COVID, but they look pretty similar to regular ones. Seems to hold chalk a little better, too, from an initial application.

Elk Master Pro. Been using the regular Elks for a number of years, but trying the Pros out for kicks.

Hi, guys, I'm Greg and I'm from Dublin, Ireland. Been browsing The Snooker Forum for a few years and I thought I'd make an account here. My main cue sport is English eight-ball, but I also dabble in the odd snooker frame from time to time.