Do you use your collectible cases for daily play and travel?

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whiteoak

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This seems trivial, perhaps, but do you use your collectible(Justis for example) for traveling to and playing tournaments, league play, etc.(when tournaments and leagues still existed)? Some like Justis are irreplaceable and just curious if you use a backup or just carefully watch those prize cases? Thanks in advance,Mike S.
 
Yes. To me, it would be impractical to have a nice case and not use it. But then, I'm not a collector, per say, either.
 
whiteoak said:
This seems trivial, perhaps, but do you use your collectible(Justis for example) for traveling to and playing tournaments, league play, etc.(when tournaments and leagues still existed)? Some like Justis are irreplaceable and just curious if you use a backup or just carefully watch those prize cases? Thanks in advance,Mike S.
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No collectible cases here. Simply a tool. I wouldn't own a cue/case that i had to worry about.
 
I consider myself a collector and a player. I do have some cases that are not carried out of my home- mostly these are mint condition older, cue cases that are really not replaceable as they are truly in mint condition- Palmer Deluxe, Lord Brunswick cases as examples. Even my "production" cues from the 70s and 80s are mint condition originals- I will take them out - but very careful to keep them in 99% condition- Palmer 3rd catalog, Huebler H-A, McDermott D-11, Dufferin Flame Butterfly, Meucci Oldie series, etc.

My more modern-post 2000 custom cues and cases, Scruggs, R Black, Gracio, Instroke, GTF, etc. etc. ; even though far more valuable price wise - I tend to play with more and travel with as well. Growing up in the pool world in the 60s and 70s from early to late teens; I have more of an affinity for keeping that older part of my billiard collection looking exactly as I remembered them back in the day.
 
I take the good stuff out now and then. No problem keeping them safe. The really nice ones stay handcuffed to my wrist.
 
whiteoak said:
This seems trivial, perhaps, but do you use your collectible(Justis for example) for traveling to and playing tournaments, league play, etc.(when tournaments and leagues still existed)? Some like Justis are irreplaceable and just curious if you use a backup or just carefully watch those prize cases? Thanks in advance,Mike S.
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Yes.

I've traveled and used a custom Chas Clements, a custom black alligator Whitten, a Fellini(2), and a custom Rusty Melton envelope.

Lou Figueroa
 
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