A very strange tendency I can not understand about Pool Players

30 years ago, before break and jump cues were the fashion, I carried a sneaky pete in a thin vinyl case with no pockets. If someone asked me to play...zip, I was ready to play in about 15 seconds. No one ever looked sideways at the cue or the case.

Now, I walk in with my leather 3 x 6 case with a zillion pockets (I believe there are pockets I still haven't found yet), a shooting cue, break cue, jump cue, 2 tip tools, chalk, sand paper, towel, talc bag, pain relievers, red circle cue ball, extra jump cue handle, slip on bridge head, cue holder, cell phone, hand sanitizer and extra contact lenses.

Now when someone asks me to play I say, "Sure, I'll be with you in about 30 minutes as soon as I'm through unpacking." The only thing I'm missing now is the crane to lift it.

By the way, the case was stolen once but I got it back and the thief was rewarded with a bloody nose.

JAM, what's the pay like for being a pool caddy? Any benefits? Do you get to stand behind him and help him read the green on certain shots?
 
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rangoonkid said:
When you get to these mini tour stops you get a lot of very fine area players running racks but most are broke pool bums and they are so cheap they squeek. The bum with the dirty white tennis shoes, jeans and T shirt with his hat turned backwards has the $59 case. Go to a big tour event and every one has $500 leather cases and some quite expensive and exotic costing thousands. No jeans, no T shirts.
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yeah............and most of them were given to them
 
Too much like buying an expensive purse to me.

Pfft

I don't carry purses.
 
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one time I had a case worth 450 $ with a made in china cue worth 65$.They were stollen from car trunk.
Now I have a case that costs 350 $ and cue that costs only 37 $.
 
I have a basic canvas zipper case with extra padding that works great, is light and doesn't draw to much attention to itself or me. To me showing up with a huge ass golf bag looking cue case is nuts. Of course I'd never spend a huge amount of money on a cue either as all I like to play with are simple wood to wood jointed sneakies:)
 
Jack Madden said:
I don't even have a case (except a 12x24) right now. Gave away the last two I had built for me (some custom leather work from some local saddle shops). I see a guy here at the local tournaments who converted a trumpet case into a cue case.
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That was one big freakin trumpet!!! :D (I'm thinkin trombone?)
 
I think the term cheap is relative, just because I didn't pay a lot for my cue case doesn't mean it isn't well constructed (I own a Porper). I paid a wopping 65 bucks for it, but it protects my cues, and with the reputation that Porper has, I'm sure they are not producing junk.
 
CaptainJR said:
About three years before had to start using a riding cart in golf (which was about two year before the doctor told me "No more golf") I bought a remote control golf bag cart. It was great. Carried the remote in my pocket. After getting it I bought a real big bag since I wouldn't have to be pulling it around the coarse. I could carry two six packs of beer!


I've got a nice big 3x5 pool case, maybe I'll get a remote control carrier for it, for the next big pool tournament I go to. I could use the remote to have it caddie my beer and jump stick from shot to shot!:D
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I would love to see that, and the look on peoples faces when you stroll in with it following you!

As for me, a $10 case for my $50 cue. Hopefully that'll change one day, money permitting!
 
TooManyCues said:
But I still do not understand why a Pool Players will spend near a thousand dollars, or more on Cues, and pack em or carry them around in a $59.99 inexpensive vinyl case.
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I do not know the reason for this but I will make an assumption. It is probably the same reason a guy can afford to play pool for $500.00/ set:eek: , and when he wins..doesn't have enough money to pay his $14.00 pool bill after he pays back the money he owes everyone in the room. :rolleyes:
 
bigskyjake said:
It is a trombone case, it belongs to and was made by my buddy Chad "Catman" Sylvester
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That sounds like fun. It would be cool to see that. The bell part would be storage.
 
Many cases in the $59.95 price range are really well made.
Often the case takes the most abuse, so many do not want a $300 case that will look like it has been beat to death in a couple of years. Buying a $500 case is about like buying a $3000 cue if you calculate normal percentages. Most do not buy a $3000 cue although some do. So a $59.95 case to carry a $400 or even $1500 cue in is not bad if it really protects the cue. I carry a $300 case on wheels that carries 12 cues. It is a pain to lug in and out of the car but is less trouble than a leather case with shoulder strap as I just roll it around. At times there might be $20,000 worth of cues in that $300 case. And almost never less than $10,000 worth. I used to carry a case that retails for $150 that held 4 butts and four shafts and my neck hurt all the time. Went to the roll around case and have less neck problems. Now if I were carrying only one cue I like the Small Porper, whitten and guisseppe cases. Very light weight and they really protect the cue. Not very expensive either.
Chris
www.hightowercues.com
www.internationalcuemakers.com
 
there was talk on AZ a long time ago about some cheap cases and they were scratching good cues...so buyer beware..
 
My first case was a simple soft case that had a fur lining so the cue wasnt going to be damaged at all.

Second case was a 2x2 Giuseppe hard case. which was nice and durable, but two of the tubes started to collapse so i got ride of it.

Next case was a Action acsc07 model 2butt 4 shafts, it cost me 45$ and was nice n light and just right for the duty of carring the cues. plus it had two decent size pockets too for chalk and extra stuff.

When i got ride of all my cues i sold the case too lol, and got a simple 1x2 action soft case which cost me 20$ and has two pockets for extra stuff. I was actually able to fit 2 hole cues and a jump cue in the case.

I sold that case and bought another action 2x4 case lol, which now carries my Gilbert, BHQ, action break cue, and lucasi jump cue, along with all my other stuff too.

Like what i said before its simple and doesnt give me the look that i am a world beater either, I just look like a simple guy out to play some pool.

I've always wonder'd why guys get the big 3x7 leather cases and lug them around? a friend of mine she went to Vegas with her bf one yr for APA nationals and she had to lug around his 3x7 case and hated IT! cuz she was only 5'2 and maybe 100lbs so the case weigh'd about as much as her lol.
 
cheesemouse said:
I think pool players should be required to leave their house with their playing cue, a tip tool, and a rubber band as the case once a month. This reality check would double as a priority check there bye re-focusing their perfect body and raising their skill level by one ball.
If your too anal to try this even once, for the hell of it, then you might consider easing your way into it by adding a nice little piece of sandpaper to your back pocket.

PS...just another step on my mission to destroy billiard supply industry....:)
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LOL - I did this. When I sold Instroke I had a large cue collection. While I had a good selection of cases left over I didn't keep my cues in them. My cues were displayed in racks. So me being lazy, I wouldn't want to take my main cues out of the case and go through the whole 3 minutes it takes to switch cues in the case. So every once in a while I would just grab a cue and two rubber bands and go. When I got to the pool hall I would usually tell people that it's my new minimalist design.

Honestly, a nice protective cue case is a good thing to have but it is not essential. I built Instroke cases because I was pissed off about a case I had where the cues fell out after being knocked off the table. I still believe that an Instroke type case is the best protection for the cue. It is however not required protection and most people don't end up with the issues that an Instroke would protect for. For those that have needed the Instroke level of protection, well they have been glad to have it. Other people, they just buy a new cue.

Another thing to remember is that a cheap case is also considered to be a hustler move. As in, how good could that guy be if he doesn't have a good case? Some players prefer this route. Myself, IF I were going to hustle then I would walk in with a case covered from top to bottom with APA stickers and patches - all the way up to APA 5. And I'd have the matching jacket to go with it. That's the new hustler gear in my opinion.
 
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