IMO, the best production cue ever made was Adam/Helmstetter cues! Maybe not as popular here in the states but very popular overseas. Especially in countries where carom cues are in demand. Although Yuri Miki was not yet with Helmstetter, by 1964 he was making 240,000 cues a year. By the time he started making carom cues he was teamed up with Helmstetter and making double that amount! There cues were so much in demand that they had to build a new factory to meet that demand! Yuri is the George Balabushka of production cue making. Par excellence!