I do not personally break with my player/s. I have a J&J jump/break cue that cost me under $100.00, and it is an absolute field cannon.
Big Question - Do you break with your main playing cue or not
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I do not personally break with my player/s. I have a J&J jump/break cue that cost me under $100.00, and it is an absolute field cannon.
Since I play with a soft tip I do not break with my playing cue. When I used to use a hard water buffalo tip I did break with my playing cue. I also found I break better with a heavier break cue (24oz) and my playing cue is 18.5oz.
I always break with my opponents playing cue.
Chicago area. I can't think of many folks who don't have a break cue. Every single person and every single team I've played on had break cues. I can't recall playing with anyone that didn't have a break cue. I should take a video of league night some time. Heck, guy on my team just brought out a new Predator breaker last week.
I have 4 break cues. Depends on the table that i'm breaking on. I don't use them all, but no sense in selling the ones I don't use, how much is a used breaker worth? My son can use the ones I don't use anymore.
Most break cues have a harder tip and all of mine have a heavier weight, just the way I like them.
I break every rack with my player, 8, 9, and 10 ball. Like the OP I am accused about being anal with my cue. If I discover any imperfection in the shaft I repair it immediately when I get home. home. I also use a medium tip that I like better when it is compressed and feels harder. The tip I just took off I had not had to shape for probably 6 months. I have a phenolic tipped break cue but I hate it, I do not have nearly the same cue ball control with it.
Some times
My break speed is slow, so I don't mind breaking with my Diveney Lake Salvage shafts with the longer ferule and Pat said they should be ok to break with.
But, he does offer his version of a low deflection shaft and I have one of his LD Lake Salvage shafts and one of his Kiel Wood LD shafts. The ferule is only about half inch long and Pat said not to break with them.
So when I go to the bar tonight to play on the crappy tables with the crappy balls and screwed up bar rules I will bring a regular Lake Salvage shaft and break away. I have a good break cue, but really don't need it for the bar box break.
I think hard breakers and better players benefit more from a dedicated break cue then I do.
My break speed is slow, so I don't mind breaking with my Diveney Lake Salvage shafts with the longer ferule and Pat said they should be ok to break with.
But, he does offer his version of a low deflection shaft and I have one of his LD Lake Salvage shafts and one of his Kiel Wood LD shafts. The ferule is only about half inch long and Pat said not to break with them.
So when I go to the bar tonight to play on the crappy tables with the crappy balls and screwed up bar rules I will bring a regular Lake Salvage shaft and break away. I have a good break cue, but really don't need it for the bar box break.
I think hard breakers and better players benefit more from a dedicated break cue then I do.
FWIW. Almost always break with my playing cue. Frequently, I use a break/jump cue for a second ball break in 8 ball.
3-ball, 9-ball, 10-ball, one pocket and straight pool are almost always done with my playing cue.
Edit: I realized it seems contradictory to say “almost always break with my playing cue” and “I frequently use a break/jump cue for a second ball break in 8-ball.” What I should have said is, “when I play 8-ball, I frequently use a break cue yada yada yada.”
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3-ball, 9-ball, 10-ball, one pocket and straight pool are almost always done with my playing cue.
Edit: I realized it seems contradictory to say “almost always break with my playing cue” and “I frequently use a break/jump cue for a second ball break in 8-ball.” What I should have said is, “when I play 8-ball, I frequently use a break cue yada yada yada.”
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I don't break games like 8 or 9 ball with my playing cue because it flattens the tip.
I play most One Pocket, and 14/1, my player is my breaker.
can't stop laughing at this
as for the OP, a few reputable cue makers have told me that if a cue can't be used for breaking, then what good is it, just that doing so will flatten and harden the tip
that said, probably shouldn't break with LD shafts cause they're spliced and could come apart
I play with a maple shaft and a hard tip, so it's no issue for my player, I also don't worry about the shape of the tip, i shape it when it gets put on the cue, after that some tip pik work once in a while and whatever shape it ends up with is what i'll get used to,
last tip was a Triangle and 3 years later it's still on there, just much more compressed and it makes that ping sound like a phenolic when i hit the ball
as for the OP, a few reputable cue makers have told me that if a cue can't be used for breaking, then what good is it, just that doing so will flatten and harden the tip
that said, probably shouldn't break with LD shafts cause they're spliced and could come apart
I play with a maple shaft and a hard tip, so it's no issue for my player, I also don't worry about the shape of the tip, i shape it when it gets put on the cue, after that some tip pik work once in a while and whatever shape it ends up with is what i'll get used to,
last tip was a Triangle and 3 years later it's still on there, just much more compressed and it makes that ping sound like a phenolic when i hit the ball
Now that right there is funny.
