Breaking with your playing cue ?

I break with my playing cue. I have never owned a break stick. I recently had a chance to try the Mezz powerbreak 2 and it was nice. Exploded the racks with it. I was sending the cue off the table though.

My avatar is me breaking with my Joss/OB1 shaft. It gets pretty bendy. I think on my follow through it sits on the table bed for a second. I have noticed it gets bendy like that on power draw shots as well.

My thoughts on this are that if you have a quality cue, it was built well enough to be used to break. The biggest downside I see is the leather on the tip gets compressed faster. Just keep it roughed up and you should be good.
 
Sissy cues!

I break with my playing cue. Z2 shaft on a Joss. Original tip that I haven't had to change since I got it a year ago. The tip is nearly as flat as a board, too. I noticed I miscued more after shaping, so I decided to just play with it like that. I've finally made it to an APA 7/9, so I'm not a bad shot.

I can understand if somebody wants to protect a soft tip (I don't care for soft tips at all, obviously) or an ivory ferule, but other than that I like to just walk up to the table with 1 cue and do what I gots'ta.
 
Different strokes for different folks

I just ordered a new J&J Break/Jump cue with a wooden pin. I played it today and made some balls on the break but not liking the phenolic "tinK" sound and feel. My shooter is a custom Raven SP with a moori s tip.

I am using my other JJ J/B Cue (Talisman WB tip) for a playing stick for league night at the local honky tonk with crowded corners. This works well for me.

I think JJ provides some good sticks at reasonable price.

I am going to put on a Picone tip and see how it works.
 
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