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I was asked to critique a Whitten.
Since I don't have a Whitten I couldn't really do that. But what I did have is a copy of a Whitten that I chose to use. And as it turned out the copy was perfect for me to make another point that I have ranted about.
That point is DON'T BUY KNOCKOFFS because you don't know how they are made.
Excellent point JB! My wife has a Whitten knock off case because she wouldn't let me spend decent money on a nicer case for her. A couple months back we were at the pool hall and part of the bottom dropped off of it. Since she has a nice custom cue and was also carrying one of my custom cues, we were lucky it didn't fall all the way off and damage anything. It was spring loaded and those metal springs could have torn gouges in the butts of our cues. Although she is not aware, I am working on getting her a nicer case. That was too close of a call for me.