Small cue, big whooping

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Fastolfe

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A guy in our league came in the pool hall with his brother tonight. The guy is on the short side (less than 5'5), and said "guess what? My stupid brother bought me a miniature cue for Christmas. He thinks he's funny or something". Then he produced the thing out of his case: it was a small 2-piece Buffalo cue, maybe 30" in length, and susprisingly well made. We all laughed and his brother was giggling rather noisily.

So the guy assembled the minicue, pointed it at his brother and said "9-ball, race to 5 for 20 euros". Bro said sure, pulled out his own full size cue, and got beat 5-0. On a 9-footer :)
 
lol thats pretty cool, we used to get drunk and bet a few dollars playing pool on one of those little bitty minature tables at my buddies house...it was loads of fun.
 
dam that was pretty cool....our table was not as nice nor near as level as his...which made it that much more fun to try and play...
 
Fastolfe said:
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So the guy assembled the minicue, pointed it at his brother and said "9-ball, race to 5 for 20 euros". Bro said sure, pulled out his own full size cue, and got beat 5-0. On a 9-footer :)
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Gives some credibility to the phrase - it's not the equipment just the skill of the operator.
 
I bought the cue

The guy came back to the pool hall with the mini-cue and offered it for sale at 15 euros, complete with its mini-case. Needless to say, I bought it on the spot ;)

I played 14.1 for an hour with it. It's just tough: the cue is so small I have to fold my bridge arm and bring the bridge almost under my chin, so my shooting arm has a chance to assume a somewhat correct position. As a result, I can't see much of the shaft, so it's hard to aim. I also have to pinch the butt really hard, adopt a stiff wrist, stroke at the speed of a hummingbird and pound the shot hard to get any sort of action out of it, since it's so light. But surprisingly, after an hour, I got used to it and I managed to do a run of 8 points, including a rack break :) When I picked up my regular cue again though, it felt heavy and unwieldy like a steel bar. It took me 20 minutes to get my speed back with a normal cue. Wow, I didn't expect that side effect...

Anyway, it's a great prop, a fun toy, a good conversation starter, and it fits all assembled in a spare slot in my regular cue case, so it's definitely a keeper!

Here are some picture of the thing. It really isn't badly made: it's got a linen wrapping, some decorations on the butt, a rubber bumper, a steel-and-bronze joint, joint rings, and a nice straight shaft. For a toy, I'm surprised:

minicueminicase.jpg


minicue_next_to_full_size_shaft2.jpg


minicue_joint_detail.jpg


minicue_next_to_full_size_cue.jpg
 
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