Might be where I choose to play
Buffalo sent a gross of cues to my shop in one batch. Most got new quality ferrules, all got new decent tips, most Triangle, a few Le Pro and Elkmasters just for variety. The shaft area of all got cleaned and buffed. Some pretty nice playing cues while they lasted.
Reminds me, that is probably the biggest change using one piece house cues, those soft plastic ferrules make a big difference in play. Of course the slipover tips so common on cues in bars are an acquired taste too.
I won many a cue during my gambling years, some never figured they were busted until they lost their cue. Never toted any because it marked me as a bit more serious than a bar room banger and also as a bit of a dude player. Only rarely was someone toting a stick a real monster. Dozens of people that thought they were good for every good player. Some of them were decent quality sticks. Looking back on the seventies and early eighties I wonder sometimes what some of the sticks were that I gave away.
Different times now and with the leagues a lot of amateurs own their own cue. Doesn't mean the same thing. Although I did get a chuckle out of a youngster I played. He had every patch and decal known to man on his case! He proudly told me he was a member of half the alphabet. Briefly considered it might be a hustle but when things got serious he didn't have anything.
Hu
Problem is today, the cues on the wall are literally the same ones you played with back then.
Buffalo sent a gross of cues to my shop in one batch. Most got new quality ferrules, all got new decent tips, most Triangle, a few Le Pro and Elkmasters just for variety. The shaft area of all got cleaned and buffed. Some pretty nice playing cues while they lasted.
Reminds me, that is probably the biggest change using one piece house cues, those soft plastic ferrules make a big difference in play. Of course the slipover tips so common on cues in bars are an acquired taste too.
I won many a cue during my gambling years, some never figured they were busted until they lost their cue. Never toted any because it marked me as a bit more serious than a bar room banger and also as a bit of a dude player. Only rarely was someone toting a stick a real monster. Dozens of people that thought they were good for every good player. Some of them were decent quality sticks. Looking back on the seventies and early eighties I wonder sometimes what some of the sticks were that I gave away.
Different times now and with the leagues a lot of amateurs own their own cue. Doesn't mean the same thing. Although I did get a chuckle out of a youngster I played. He had every patch and decal known to man on his case! He proudly told me he was a member of half the alphabet. Briefly considered it might be a hustle but when things got serious he didn't have anything.
Hu