Quality custom carom cue. Who and what to look for?

Fatboy said:

here in Vegas at Best Billiards(one heck of a billiards room) the owner brought in about 8-10 carom cues from Italy, they come with 2 shafts, resin wood shafts, some kind of bright white wood impregnated with resin. They have a built in extension. And a adjustable weight system I will discuss below, its a great solution. They are 100% carom cues not pool cues. I cant remember who makes them it was a 5 letter name I tried to memorize, i'll check later today.

And also adjustable weight system that is very impressive, its not a weight bolt in the back like McDermott uses, Let me describe what I have seen on American cues and then this "System" on the carom cue. Until this carom cue all I have ever seen in adjustable weight bolts are screwed in ffrom the back of the cue, if you want to add a ounce use a longer bolt, or to reduce weight cue the bolt shorter, use aluminium or take it out-all of which mess up the balance point of the cue. And in carom, snooker, and pool it is my opinion that the balance point of a cue is perhaps the most important feature of a cue(I assume all good cues are straight and well constructed). On the Carom cues he has from Italy there is a 12" weight bolt in the back of the cue and on it are from 2-5 threaded weights that you can move up and down the bolt or remove, this is a brilliant solution because If you like a cue with more forward weight you can move them up, back for rear weight, off to reduce weight. This system is the absolute best system for dialing in a cue to your specific taste. I have had cues that I liked at first then after some time I might notice they are back or front heavy-with this system of being able to add/remove and distribute the weight where you want it-is the best solution for a cue possible.


these cues are about $800-$1500? perhaps a bit more $$, I cant remember forsure. I played with one for a few minutes and without a doubt they are worth the $$$, the only down side is they look like $30 not $300 but $30 Chinese decal cues from a distance. When you pick one up and see how the quality of the cue is, extension, shaft wood etc. then you can understand the price, I dont know why they are putting the decals on them, they would be better left off. IMO. they make the cue look cheap-which is ok for hustling bars, not carom cues...

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customcuelathe said:

PS: next year I will be switching to a Dieckman Cue

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Dean_H said:

I had a Hanbat Kentauros model and thought it was really nice.

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