> This past weekend in Memphis a buddy bought a Dale Perry,a slightly upgraded Speedster 1 of 1,for 125 bucks with 2 shafts. I had read all the previous threads slagging him for his practice of selling his cues out of an Ebay store,and the quality of cues in general. Seeing as this is only the 2nd cue I've seen of his since 2000 or so,I wanted to hit some balls with it.
I was quite surprised to find that this cue in particular plays very NICE. The joint is a flatfaced steel sleeve over black phenolic,with the Radial pin,and to me the most pleasant thing about the hit is the crispness it displays. To me,most but not all of the Radial pin cues I've experimented with play more or less like a cue with a 3/8-10 or other similar big pin into wood,this one feels much closer to a piloted steel joint. The cue ball just flies off the tip,no mushiness even with what feels like a medium Moori tip on both shafts. The sound of the hit is also quite pleasant,and has a nice "ping",also something I don't normally associate with a big-pin cue. Both the shafts are very close to dead straight,and the butt shows no roll-off. Shaftwood is not super white,but extremely clean-grained and tight.
I'm buying this cue tomorrow,and feel like it will make a damn fine replacement for my 15 yr old Joss SP,which has been my break cue for close to 10 years.
I knew his cues don't have a very high resale value,but I was told that this cue changed hands several times before my buddy bought it. At one point,this cue was sold for 75 bucks,resold by the buyer for 200,bought back for 100,resold again for 150,got back in a trade,and sold to my buddy for 125. I'm only paying 135 for it,because my buddy paid me for the 10 bucks I spent on joint protectors for it so I can refinish the shafts. Even if only 1/2 his cues played this well,I can't understand why he isn't much more popular. Tommy D.
I was quite surprised to find that this cue in particular plays very NICE. The joint is a flatfaced steel sleeve over black phenolic,with the Radial pin,and to me the most pleasant thing about the hit is the crispness it displays. To me,most but not all of the Radial pin cues I've experimented with play more or less like a cue with a 3/8-10 or other similar big pin into wood,this one feels much closer to a piloted steel joint. The cue ball just flies off the tip,no mushiness even with what feels like a medium Moori tip on both shafts. The sound of the hit is also quite pleasant,and has a nice "ping",also something I don't normally associate with a big-pin cue. Both the shafts are very close to dead straight,and the butt shows no roll-off. Shaftwood is not super white,but extremely clean-grained and tight.
I'm buying this cue tomorrow,and feel like it will make a damn fine replacement for my 15 yr old Joss SP,which has been my break cue for close to 10 years.
I knew his cues don't have a very high resale value,but I was told that this cue changed hands several times before my buddy bought it. At one point,this cue was sold for 75 bucks,resold by the buyer for 200,bought back for 100,resold again for 150,got back in a trade,and sold to my buddy for 125. I'm only paying 135 for it,because my buddy paid me for the 10 bucks I spent on joint protectors for it so I can refinish the shafts. Even if only 1/2 his cues played this well,I can't understand why he isn't much more popular. Tommy D.
