POLL.... chalk or no chalk...

Should i chalk and use my 9 year old unchalked mottey shaft? shaft?

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ChrisOnline

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I have had my paul mottey for many years, except a short time i needed to buy a car and sold it to a family member and then bought it back last year...

anyways.. the day i got it back in march 2004, i only chalked 1 shaft.. the first shaft i ever played with played perfect so i never felt the need to chalk the second shaft.. shortly after i got the cue, i recieved a shaft from a 1986 mottey that was mint, and pretty much became my spare shaft that i would use whenever i needed a new tip or felt i needed to use something different..

so as of last month. the cue is 9 years old.. still has one unchalked never used shaft... when i got the cue back last year i swore i would never sell it again.. and i can say that for sure.. i will never sell it again.

so my question is.. would you chalk that shaft and use it? or should i keep it un-used?

chris
 
Chalk dat sum b!tch....:thumbup:



It's a pool cue. It is supposed to be played.
 
Absolutely chalk it and play with it enough to see how well you like it!
 
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I'm one of the few who voted for no chalk, LOL. I get a lot of crap from friends, but that's how it is with me, especially with the Whites/Motteys...who is one of my favorite cuemakers.

Just the other day, I pulled out a Mottey to look at it, the date was 8/03. I was like, gesh 10 years went by just like that and it's in the same condition when I first got it. If I buy a cue new, chances are it will stay new, so at times I have to buy a used cue just so I have no excuse to use it.

So, my advice is go buy a used Mottey and play with it. :)
 
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Jimmyrayk said:
Knock the rust off it!!...............Chris, great to see you in NJ again.
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great to see you too Jimmy.. i was glad to hear you werent driving home after this years expo :)

i was very fortunate to meet everyone there that i did.. i had a great time...
met alot of new AZ users this year.. and i got to hang out with some awesome cuemakers... now just to collect their cues!


chris
 
If your other shaft had only hit a few balls and the cue was mint I would say don't shoot with it. But it sounds like the cue has seen a lot of play, so the unplayed shaft does not add much extra value to the cue. So I voted to play with it. Or sell it to someone who wants a brand new Mottey shaft.
 
Here's a suggestion......

I would simply suggest that you send the cue and the unplayed shaft to me :eek:

I won't chalk the unplayed shaft but, I may stroke the cue a bit :thumbup:

However, you won't need to worry about reselling the cue.....it's in safekeeping here ;)
 
Just use alittle chalk :thumbup:
 

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well..tonight i went and did it...

some 14.1 and some preflag master chalk and a triple ship gold crown3.. the perfect night....

and I chalked my un-used shaft..

it played awesome!!

here is a couple pics...
this shaft has really straight grain lines in it.. the go the entire length of the shaft perfectly straight and pretty close together....



 
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