I first started playing pool when I was 13 and 30 years later, sometimes I still feel like a kid again.
I have bought and sold countless cues in the last 15 years, and as far as I can recall, I have had very few issues with mushroomed tips. I generally prefer old cues with old tips as they are nice and hard.
Yesterday I shot for a hour or so with a late 80’s Schon I picked up last year, though I have only shot 3 times since COVID started.
It felt a touch dead with any English. Luckily the only other guy in the hall was someone I know and he happened to have a glorified pencil sharpener for tips. A few twists to shave off the mushroom and it felt like completely different cue.
I feel foolish for not having known the dramatic differences in feel with and without mushroomed sides, though I guess I should feel lucky after all these years to never really have had tips mushroom.
I have bought and sold countless cues in the last 15 years, and as far as I can recall, I have had very few issues with mushroomed tips. I generally prefer old cues with old tips as they are nice and hard.
Yesterday I shot for a hour or so with a late 80’s Schon I picked up last year, though I have only shot 3 times since COVID started.
It felt a touch dead with any English. Luckily the only other guy in the hall was someone I know and he happened to have a glorified pencil sharpener for tips. A few twists to shave off the mushroom and it felt like completely different cue.
I feel foolish for not having known the dramatic differences in feel with and without mushroomed sides, though I guess I should feel lucky after all these years to never really have had tips mushroom.