Pretty much never, unless they happened to come with cue but have never went out of my way to get them. One exception, kinda. I bought adet that looked like a.bullet, unscrewed and had a scuffer inside, a ***** tool, and a small storage space for ( whatever ). Now though; someone mentioned Jim Baxter, amd I have been a fan of his work for quote some time. I am thinking about trying to get him to male a set for me ( not so much for.protection but rather his cause they perrrty! ) As much as like Jim Baxter's work I do have to say this though : I got a brand new cue made from me from a well know maker about a year or two and I was gonna get a set of JP's from Baxter. I did message him with what materials I wanted used and a general idea od what I wanted but specified id leave it mostly up to him as I was cerain whatever I ended up getting would be gorgeous. I also asked for any kinda ballpark on price, and I didn't need an exact quote because ot would be what it is amd jist curious. ( I knew these were gonna be high end even for him bit didn't care ). I.did get one.response, seemed pretty much disinterested and I never heard back from him so I said f it. I MIGHT give him one more try, but if not there's quite a few folks doing crazy good work on FB And less wait time along with lower prices so we will see I suppose.