best hitting cues

blud said:
Yes, many of us saw what the guy was doing, he did have in fact, 13 cues, yes, 13.

He would bend over the racked 9 balls, and stare and stare, at the balls, then make his move to break, and sometimes he would go back and stare angain, and again.. He was trying to be a movie star, he was infact, a dumb-ass.
No other way to describde him. dumb and all get out.
I was told by a friend, that the guy NEVER won a match in several years of play-acting....
Blud
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Thanks Blud, you have refreshed my memory. He is the same guy I'm talking about and I do remember him staring at the balls and also moving his hands back and forth over them as though he was trying to get them to move without touching them.

Bob
 
bob c said:
Thanks Blud, you have refreshed my memory. He is the same guy I'm talking about and I do remember him staring at the balls and also moving his hands back and forth over them as though he was trying to get them to move without touching them.

Bob
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I heard about this guy, I heard the guy was Autistic or something, Yep in St. Louis I think they called him Autistic Arty or something like that. :D
 
The best hitting cues are the ones I own and use... and they are not for sale at any price!

Thank you for asking! :D
 
A second opinion !

manwon said:
There is no such thing as the best hitting cue, unless you are referring to what is best for you. Because there is no best hitting cue, each cue has it's own individual hit. While cue makers strive to make repeatable hitting cues there are too many variables to allow for every cue built by anyone to hit exactly the same including South west.

So, in my opinion there is will never be the best hitting cue, due to how subjective the question really is, and the differing opinions of players who use these cues.

Oh and by the way, if anyone says that every cue they build, or every cue made by a certain cue maker is a Monster Hitter, Hits a ton, Crushes the balls like no other, and on and on this is just hype. Where I come from when people can only use these subjective terms to describe cues they really need to be educated on the above subject. Because they do not know how foolish they look.

Hope this helps, and no disrespect intended for your question, nothing that I said is directed at you.
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Craig, I totally agree with every thing you said. If I may digress a little, in the good old days when all the top notch pool rooms had cue racks lining the walls with good straight Willie Hoppe's or A.E Shmidt cues (with good tips on them) nothing could hit any more solid. If you found one you liked, you could lock it up and keep it for yourself. Then Mr. Rambow started cutting the Hoppe's in half and putting a joint in them. Thus began the
"jointed cue" craze which has continued to this day. Nothing hit better than an old 58" Brunswick Willie Hoppe cue with a good Elk Master tip on it.
So call me old fashioned. (plus you could buy one for well under $3-4000.)

Dick
 
SJDinPHX said:
Craig, I totally agree with every thing you said. If I may digress a little, in the good old days when all the top notch pool rooms had cue racks lining the walls with good straight Willie Hoppe's or A.E Shmidt cues (with good tips on them) nothing could hit any more solid. If you found one you liked, you could lock it up and keep it for yourself. Then Mr. Rambow started cutting the Hoppe's in half and putting a joint in them. Thus began the
"jointed cue" craze which has continued to this day. Nothing hit better than an old 58" Brunswick Willie Hoppe cue with a good Elk Master tip on it.
So call me old fashioned. (plus you could buy one for well under $3-4000.)

Dick
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Thanks Dick, but I must comment on the following.( Then Mr. Rambow started cutting the Hoppe's in half and putting a joint in them) This is not correct, two piece cues were made before Herman was even born. Herman is best known for inventing a system to balance cues, in fact his method was patented, and the first cue sold by Brunswick with this design was the Hubb. This system or the addition of weight at what is now known as the A-joint is still the preferred balancing method used by many Cue makers to this day.

No disrespect intended, but I thought you would appreciate the additional information.

Have a good night
 
manwon said:
Thanks Dick, but I must comment on the following.( Then Mr. Rambow started cutting the Hoppe's in half and putting a joint in them) This is not correct, two piece cues were made before Herman was even born. Herman is best known for inventing a system to balance cues, in fact his method was patented, and the first cue sold by Brunswick with this design was the Hubb. This system or the addition of weight at what is now known as the A-joint is still the preferred balancing method used by many Cue makers to this day.

No disrespect intended, but I thought you would appreciate the additional information.

Have a good night
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I stand corrected Craig. I guess Rambow was the first jointed cue I ever
saw. My main point was the guy's who are so sold on a particular make of
cue as being so solid. It would come under the law of physics that nothing, no matter how well its constructed, can consist of two pieces of wood (however joined together) could possibly ever be as solid as one continious piece of wood. (Unless of course one is balsam wood and the other is hardrock maple.)

Dick

PS Good history lesson Craig! You're dating yourself though, Ha ha !
 
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SJDinPHX said:
I stand corrected Craig. I guess Rambow was the first jointed cue I ever
saw. My main point was the guy's who are so sold on a particular make of
cue as being so solid. It would come under the law of physics that nothing, no matter how well its constructed, can consist of two pieces of wood (however joined together) could possibly ever be as solid as one continious piece of wood. (Unless of course one is balsam wood and the other is hardrock maple.)

Dick

PS Good history lesson Craig! You're dating yourself though, Ha ha !
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I totally agree with you Dick, I just wanted to clear that up before some Nit jumped in to our conversation.

Have a great day Dick
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
These threads always end with the same answers, and opinions.
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Kinda like the threads you start Bruce, but at least it's something to talk about isn't it!!!!!!!!:D
 
That's not true.

SJDinPHX said:
I stand corrected Craig. I guess Rambow was the first jointed cue I ever
saw. My main point was the guy's who are so sold on a particular make of
cue as being so solid. It would come under the law of physics that nothing, no matter how well its constructed, can consist of two pieces of wood (however joined together) could possibly ever be as solid as one continious piece of wood. (Unless of course one is balsam wood and the other is hardrock maple.)

Dick

PS Good history lesson Craig! You're dating yourself though, Ha ha !
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referring to the quoted text, if you take a solid piece of wood and core one out with steel rod, then it would be more solid.
 
Not true.

TheBook said:
The best hitting cue is always the one that someone is selling. Could never figure out why they would want to sell the best hitting cue that they have ever played with.:confused:
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The vest cues I've ever hit with I still own, and THE BEST hitting cue I still play with and couldn't have gotten a better deal if I tried. I never even intended to get the cue, but my Bryan Fisher that he auctioned off right here as a donation to TAR, is the BEST cue I've ever hit with and I own a southwest, a Frank Paradise and a couple of other cues as well.

Jaden,

p.s. the best cue that my brother has ever hit with is a southwest that he's playing with right now, and he's had people offer him well more cash than he paid for it and turned them down.
 
Paul Dayton said:
3andstop,

Well put and I think if you had 6 people trying the six tips you would have different favorites.
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I have been told by several people with South Wests that my custom Hightower plays just as well and has a good a hit as any cue could possibly have... I know i sure like it....... If your not familiar check out his site www.hightowercues.com .......:)
 
My masonh cue is the best playing cue Ive ever had!

everyone that has touched my masonh cue has loved it. I'm not gonna tell you what I think about them besides they are my favorite cue.

Go to the az forums and search the name masonh and see what everyone has to say about them.
 
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