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Do you play with “collector” cues or are you concerned about hurting their value?
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This falls under the same catagory as my bike....had it rebuilt from the ground up by a master bike builder...no limit....just build it.
However expect it was gonna be rode like a bike was meant to be...
It wasnt going to be a show bike...
He did...I ride the hell out of it....I get asked all the time why I dont put it away and save it as it was the last bike he built before passing...I tell them I honor what he did by using it as it was expected to be
Why own it to never use it?
R
However expect it was gonna be rode like a bike was meant to be...
It wasnt going to be a show bike...
He did...I ride the hell out of it....I get asked all the time why I dont put it away and save it as it was the last bike he built before passing...I tell them I honor what he did by using it as it was expected to be
Why own it to never use it?
R
I think you just have to ask yourself what your goal is... Do you wanna wow people at the pool hall with your equipment or your shooting?
If it's your shooting you don't buy collectible in the first place, you probably just attach a predator or ob1 shaft to whatever butt happens to be laying on the floor and off you go. If you want to show the equipment off... well you might as well shoot with it anyway. It's going to look the same to the naked eye whether you hit balls with it or not, unless you treat it badly and smack it on the table or allow it to get bumped and scuffed.
Of course, if your plan is to collect it for eventual resale, don't even take it out of the shipping box except to verify you got what you paid for
If it's your shooting you don't buy collectible in the first place, you probably just attach a predator or ob1 shaft to whatever butt happens to be laying on the floor and off you go. If you want to show the equipment off... well you might as well shoot with it anyway. It's going to look the same to the naked eye whether you hit balls with it or not, unless you treat it badly and smack it on the table or allow it to get bumped and scuffed.
Of course, if your plan is to collect it for eventual resale, don't even take it out of the shipping box except to verify you got what you paid for
Ive played every cue I have and will play every cue I get. Ive played my Gus,Barry,Schick,Kikel,Weston and I played them in bars. I dont have any of those any longer. How ever i will play thier replacements although I will not play them in the bars any longer. I actually had forgotten my Gus in the bar before, different age different time however.
Well I was just handed down a cue stick. Its an original palmer, hand made from palmer himself I was told by a few. I'm a rookie at the game so I know very little, but I was told by a few vets that my cue was worth 3-4000 dollars, so I figure ill buy a cheap $100 stick and use that until I get real good. Even then I will only play with it sometimes
Tried collecting once...found myself playing with them all and never getting use to one and my game went south. Now I play with a Skip Weston exclusively.
dang, another vote in the minority! can't I get one of these test questions right for once!! arrrggg!! the most expensive cue I ever had was $1700 and I was a little uncomfortable playing with it, buying it with a credit card eased some of the panic when pulling it out in a crowded bar, but not worth the trouble.
Great question...
I think that you can get a cue that will play up to your ability, even if you are SVB or Efren, for under $1500, maybe even below $1000.
Why then would you want to bring a $1500+ cue out to poolrooms and maybe even bars to play? Four reasons come to my mind:
1. You want to show off your high end equipment. I may fall into this category as I am a self-admitted showoff. I have a smallish (less than 30) cue collection in which there are a strong number of upper end sticks and I have been known to bring some out to play. After an unfortunate ding or two, however, I have ratcheted down my enthusiasm for showing off, giving way to better sense, and now almost exclusively I use either my $800 Olney or $800 Scruggs.
2. The magic wand. After searching and trying so many cues you feel that you found the best hitter of all time; it's your sweet hitting monster player and even though it cost mucho denero, you're using it.
3. Your flush with money, or at least comfortable enough financially, that taking and using very a high-dollar cue out to play isn't going to have that much of an effect on you, even if it gets dinged up a little.
4. There are those who feel that cues were made to be played and should not be display-rack-queens regardless of cost. There have been a number of posters already in this thread alluding to having this mindset. I salute those of you who feel this way. Despite my generally being a bit of a showoff, I don't believe I could take, for instance, Kikel's "Pink Dianthus" over to Sully's Cafe for the Friday night 8-ball tourney.
I would be way too on edge like I left a 2010 Lamborghini parked over at the Stop & Shop parking lot.
I voted for 'less than $2000' but if there was a 'less than $1500' option I would have clicked on that one.
Best,
Brian kc
I think that you can get a cue that will play up to your ability, even if you are SVB or Efren, for under $1500, maybe even below $1000.
Why then would you want to bring a $1500+ cue out to poolrooms and maybe even bars to play? Four reasons come to my mind:
1. You want to show off your high end equipment. I may fall into this category as I am a self-admitted showoff. I have a smallish (less than 30) cue collection in which there are a strong number of upper end sticks and I have been known to bring some out to play. After an unfortunate ding or two, however, I have ratcheted down my enthusiasm for showing off, giving way to better sense, and now almost exclusively I use either my $800 Olney or $800 Scruggs.
2. The magic wand. After searching and trying so many cues you feel that you found the best hitter of all time; it's your sweet hitting monster player and even though it cost mucho denero, you're using it.
3. Your flush with money, or at least comfortable enough financially, that taking and using very a high-dollar cue out to play isn't going to have that much of an effect on you, even if it gets dinged up a little.
4. There are those who feel that cues were made to be played and should not be display-rack-queens regardless of cost. There have been a number of posters already in this thread alluding to having this mindset. I salute those of you who feel this way. Despite my generally being a bit of a showoff, I don't believe I could take, for instance, Kikel's "Pink Dianthus" over to Sully's Cafe for the Friday night 8-ball tourney.
I would be way too on edge like I left a 2010 Lamborghini parked over at the Stop & Shop parking lot.I voted for 'less than $2000' but if there was a 'less than $1500' option I would have clicked on that one.
Best,
Brian kc
I own about 6-7 nice, high end cues, and I have played with them all, except one.
I think it really boils down to a couple of factors. Why did you buy it?
If you bought it purely as a collector's item or to sell, then don't play with it. You'll get a better sale/return on MINT equipment.
However, unique or special cues are just that, Unique & Special, as such, they would bring a higher value for that reason alone, whether they were played with or not. At least that is the way that I think about it.
What do I do differently? I don't let anyone except top players use my better cues. I bought 6 cues for guests, all in the $250-650 range. That is plenty good for most players to play with.
I have had a couple of my nicer cues get dings on the butt or the shaft because some players just don't protect and care for a quality cue.
While I might rarely take nice cues to a pool hall, I would never take them to a bar. I have a couple of very nice Sneaky Pete style cues for that.
Just my .02
I think it really boils down to a couple of factors. Why did you buy it?
If you bought it purely as a collector's item or to sell, then don't play with it. You'll get a better sale/return on MINT equipment.
However, unique or special cues are just that, Unique & Special, as such, they would bring a higher value for that reason alone, whether they were played with or not. At least that is the way that I think about it.
What do I do differently? I don't let anyone except top players use my better cues. I bought 6 cues for guests, all in the $250-650 range. That is plenty good for most players to play with.
I have had a couple of my nicer cues get dings on the butt or the shaft because some players just don't protect and care for a quality cue.
While I might rarely take nice cues to a pool hall, I would never take them to a bar. I have a couple of very nice Sneaky Pete style cues for that.
Just my .02