It's a chocolate dessert. :thumbup:
Maniac
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Man.. I *LOVE* that stuff!
It's a chocolate dessert. :thumbup:
Maniac
Pt is a legend of his own here on the northside. A journeyman prior to Thornburn time. First time I saw him he was firing those balls on a snooker table like they are 7 footer valleys. Well respected full of humor gent.
A moose is as big as a carabao.
The only cue I'll ever need, lol. I still have it, a Pechauer from 2014. Mine looks better than this pic from their site, but you get the idea.
How the hell can ANYBODY hit a moose when the slingshot is ten feet away?
....my arms aren’t that long
...
A moose is as big as a carabao.
Pretty cue. Very simple. Elegant.
Agreed, and one of my Vigus butts looks very similar to his.
Maniac
Seeing a lot of Vikings mentioned here. I had some sort of cheap red linen handled Buska knockoff during college but is was a POS.My first cue was a Viking. Had it about 2 weeks and then it was stolen out of my car. Arrrggggg!
Pretty cue. Very simple. Elegant.
Thanks Michael, and Maniac I see further down. This is an enjoyable thread, stories, pics etc.:thumbup:
From reading through the thread it is starting to appear that by the reference of "good cue" it means to a lot of people what is your first "good, collectable cue?".
Except for my Larry Vigus cues, I suppose by the definition, I don't really have or have ever owned a "good" cue.
But...that's not MY definition of "good".
Not any kind of expert on cues, but in my opinion ( like Hawaiian Eye's), a "good" cue is nothing more than a cue that play acceptably in the hands of he/she who owns it....regardless of the price, value or collectability of it.
That opined, I have had many good cues in my ownership that would certainly fit the bill of "good" in the hands of someone more capable than I. :sorry:
Maniac
I completely agree with this. I will say, however, that what for me was my first “good” cue — a JW that I bought in 1980 — was not a collectible at the time. At least I didn’t understand it to be that. I was a 23 yr old who was just getting into the game and saw these great looking JW cues that other young players were PLAYING WITH, not collecting. I bought it to play with it, and I did just that for decades before I ever knew about it being collectible.
84-5 with the rainbow stain. Bought it new for $225 at West Penn Billiards in 1993.
Gorgeous cue. I'm guessing it hit balls solid as a rock.
The first time I ever saw a black joint was on a Meucci, circa mid - late 70s? I said... "I want one." So I got one. And then someone stole it @ a month later. But man was it pretty. And plain as a Jane. Ebony points, maple nose, black joint ( and late in 2017 I ordered 2 customs from Meucci. Both have black joints ), linen wrap, black butt cap. Nice cue. And someone got it for free... I had to pay for it though.
84-5 with the rainbow stain. Bought it new for $225 at West Penn Billiards in 1993.
Gorgeous cue. I'm guessing it hit balls solid as a rock.
The first time I ever saw a black joint was on a Meucci, circa mid - late 70s? I said... "I want one." So I got one. And then someone stole it @ a month later. But man was it pretty. And plain as a Jane. Ebony points, maple nose, black joint ( and late in 2017 I ordered 2 customs from Meucci. Both have black joints ), linen wrap, black butt cap. Nice cue. And someone got it for free... I had to pay for it though.
Back then it was pretty common knowledge that if you had a mediocre or worse stroke (and, four months into taking up the game, I did), Meucci cues helped with draw. That cue really did help with draw and English, as did the Rempe edition which replaced it. When I upgraded to a Tim Scruggs a year or so later I really had to re-invent my stroke because I couldn't move the cue ball as freely.
I think you mean "pretty common myth".Back then it was pretty common knowledge that if you had a mediocre or worse stroke (and, four months into taking up the game, I did), Meucci cues helped with draw.
Back then it was pretty common knowledge that if you had a mediocre or worse stroke (and, four months into taking up the game, I did), Meucci cues helped with draw. That cue really did help with draw and English, as did the Rempe edition which replaced it. When I upgraded to a Tim Scruggs a year or so later I really had to re-invent my stroke because I couldn't move the cue ball as freely.
One of the reasons I loved Meuccis. Less energy, more stroke / english. Plus they just looked... different. Sleek. Whatever you wanna call it. But man I liked the first one I ever saw. It was sweet.