I hate to say this, I traded and bought back a cue I sold a buddy some yrs ago. I bought it back due to the fact that a buddy bought a 9 foot table and the cue is 60 inches long. It is lighter than I normally shoot with about 18.5 ozs. The problem or issue is I find that I shoot some of the best pool I have shot in yrs with it. I hate to say this but if I was to shoot for my life I'd shoot the game with it rather than my Hercek. I am not knocking the Hercek Joel did his usual perfect job and built it to my specs but I learned something.