What you got in that 4X8?
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Okay .......a picture is worth a thousand words.....but adding a few can often help.
Which is your favorite cue......tonight at a cash tournament, which one would you pick?
Are the cues alike in any respect......whom are the cue-makers......will you add more cues?
Just some food for thought ........pictures look great.......where's your case?
Matt B.
Which is your favorite cue......tonight at a cash tournament, which one would you pick?
Are the cues alike in any respect......whom are the cue-makers......will you add more cues?
Just some food for thought ........pictures look great.......where's your case?
Matt B.
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Almost.......which cue would you pull out of your 4x8 case for that hypothetical cash tournament later tonight?
In other words, do you have a favorite or preference? Just curiosity......I'm interested in what cues people might favor in their collection.
Matt B.
In other words, do you have a favorite or preference? Just curiosity......I'm interested in what cues people might favor in their collection.
Matt B.
The black cue is a cheap Cuetec with a Cuetec SST shaft with a White Diamond tip that I use for breaking. I got it new a few years ago from CrownCityCorey here on AZB. The green sleeve around the shaft is something I created by rolling up some thin cardboard (a beer ad flyer) I found on the bar in Hawaiian Brian's. I covered the outside of it with wide clear boxing tape to keep the sweat from my hand penetrating it and making it soggy. The sleeve puts an extra couple MPH on your break speed, IMHO, because there is way less friction when you break. This cue is 19 oz.
The McDermott RS-11 is the cue that C. J. Wiley used in the 1996 Million Dollar Challenge tournament where Earl Strickland ran the 11 racks. C. J. beat Earl in the finals. I have the original shaft for it and a Meucci PRO shaft that was made by Bob for it. About 19.5 oz with the Meucci PRO shaft. The tip on the PRO is a milk dud from PoolDawg on here. The following link shows C. J. playing with this cue. I got it from C. J. Wiley. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2BnTHfZ-tMk
The ebony 4-point cue is one of the last Adam Hall of Fame cues that were made in Japan. It is about 19.5 oz and it has the original tip...Le Pro, I'm sure. I bought it new and it has few miles on it.
The Titlist cue was converted from a 1950s one-piece for me by Mike Pancerny in Detroit. He made a shaft for it and customized a Predator FAT shaft from a blank. The Titlist blank was 20 oz and the weight mark is still visible. It is full-splice and the finished cue with either shaft is almost exactly 20 oz and this is the cue I use mostly and have the best feel for. Not that is is any better, it is just that I have spent more time playing with it. The Predator shaft has a Kamui Black SS tip and the Pancerny shaft has TNT Max Pro tip.
The outside joint diameters for the Adam cue and the Titlist are both .835 so the shafts for either cue fit perfectly on each other. The only difference is the inside diameter of the Adam joint isn't as snug inside, so the Pancerny shafts don't compress on the Adam like they do on the Titlist.
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The Titlist, with the Predator FAT shaft, is the one I would use because I've the spent the most time playing with it and I know it better. They are all roughly the same balance and weight.
My 4X8 is a black solid-leather production case with a big outside pocket and a small one. I can't remember the name and I'm too lazy to go look at the moment. When I only carry one cue, I use a brown leather Fellini that I got from Richard Black when he custom made me a cue back in 1981. I was living in the Philippines and he talked me into buying a case to ship it in. I'm glad he did...I think I paid $40 for it at the time. I still have the sample leather that he sent me to pick a color.
I have another Titlist conversion that I bought from A. E.Schmidt new back in 1973. I'm in the process of shipping it to Ryan (RAT Cues) to have refurbished. It has two original shafts. I still have the original hard leather box case that I bought with the cue new. FWIW, the butt on this cue is so big it won't fit in my 4X8 or my Fellini.
I have a McDermott C-14 that I bought new from Jim McDermott back in 1985 when the D-line came out. I had it totally refinished by McDermott a couple years ago and they made me another shaft as well. It looks better than new. It played so well that I used it for a main player for many years and sold my Richard Black that I was using at the time.
I also have a cheap rosewood Players sneaky Pete that I got in a trade a couple years ago.
I may have a couple more stashed in the closet, but if I do I never play with them.
Aloha
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The Titlist? No way. It's got to be a Pancerny.
You have a good eye.
Pancerny cues can be distinguished by the "dot".
This cue and its shafts make the "best" fitting and most solid feeling compression joints I've ever seen.
You can believe the dot or not, I'm a believer. Everybody who hits with this cue wants to buy it from me.
http://www.customcuemaker.com
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You may be right. I've always thought the fewer voids in a cue, the better. The vulnerable places are the joint, the A-joint, the butt plate, and the ferrule.
I think cuemakers have largely taken care of the ferrule. I see very few totally solid capped ferrules (all white top) these days, cuemakers preferring the little glue bleed hole to avoid any voids.
This way of taking care of the joint is interesting. I'd like to hit a few.
All the best,
WW
Hawaiian Eye....thanks for taking the time to compose your replies.......I enjoyed reading your posts.
Matt B.
Matt B.
You are very welcome. I intended to put some information when I uploaded the pictures, but they were on my phone and I hate fighting the keypad on the small phone keyboard. Being blind doesn't help either.
I love cues and, like everyone else, was always looking for the "Holy Grail" that doesn't ever miss. Over the many years, I've come to realize that there is no such thing. But the moment I start thinking that way, the little voice from somewhere says, "it's out there, just one more".
I use my .mp3 player to drown that little voice out when I'm playing now. It also keeps me from hearing the asshats at the next table who are making me miss in the first place.
