Who takes an unchalked 1984 Gus, and slops chalk on it, then breaks with it??.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smeiRiqYTHo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smeiRiqYTHo
What a clown
- Thread starter poolrod
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Kids got a slughammer break. 
Kids got a slughammer break.
You must have heard what my wife said in the background,lol.
Actually most of the higher end cuemakers have stated that there's nothing wrong with breaking with their cues...including Gus. Some have said, "if you can't break with it, it ain't worth sh!t.). I've had dozens of highend cues and broke with them all. Never had any damage. I still play with a $4K custom Samsara that I break with every day.
Scott Lee
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Scott Lee
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Are you referring to that he is playing with the cue at all or his power puff break? If you are talking about the cue, that is why it was built, to play with.
Reminds me of guys who have guns they like to brag are unfired. Really, why? Why would you own a great gun and not want to shoot it?
His cue his money. He can go frog gigging with it if he wants. I think the frogs are safe though.
He would need a hard tip for frog gigging, but at Rod's break velocity, I don't
think the hardness of the tip would make a difference
I think a few people are missing the fact that the man in the video IS the OP
Oh snap!
Well I'll be nicer- use a closed bridge for your break and stop moving the cue to the side like that.
I watched some of your other videos and you aren't bad but if your break gets better you will see more consistent spreads and run outs will become more frequent.
Kool Cat !!!!
Totally agree....you don't honor the legendary Gus Szamboti by turning his cue into
a wall hanger....you honor him by playing with.
I DO agree about the break....top speed 14 mph
Kids got a slughammer break.
9 on the snap, it's good enough!
Any cue worth a damn should be able to be used to break with without fear. The only real reason for a break cue in the first place is to save your tip.
Ha! I didn't watch the video but I , for one, am a guy who believes that anything whether it be a cue,classic car, whatever....isn't worth a damn unless it's used for what it's meant. I feel it's a crime and a shame to have a great cue and leave it in a case because of who made it and fear that you will "bring the value down" if you chalk it and actually use it for what it was intended to do...play!! That cue is worthless if it never gets to hit a ball.....IMHO.
Unfired in the box is the minimum requirement short of "mint". Firing a collectible gun knocks at least 10% off the top...often more. My father had two Ruger Bearcats, unfired in the box, with CONSECUTIVE serial numbers. Worth about $1200 back in the '80s, he kept them for about 5 years, then couldn't resist shooting them--both. I think he got like $400 trade value on the pair after that.
Rod's break isn't too bad. Would like him to swing by and play for that cue though.
I understand what you are saying some guns can be very collectable and the unfired tag can only add to the value. Those guns though are few and far between. A guy with a 4 year old Glock in the box that he doesn't want to fire to preserve it is just silly.
One of the guns in my picture is a Colt Diamondback 38. Many would consider it quite collectable. I bought it from the original owner and it in fact was in the box and had not been fired. The first thing I did was take it to the range. If it now has lost some value, so what I want to shoot it.
I used to have a number of classic cars and I drove them all. I had a 64 1/2 Mustang I drove every day. At the same time my wife was driving a flawless 65 Thunderbird. Sometimes I drove my 48 Ford Pick up. There is risk of something happening you could get hit or it could be stolen but that is just the way it is.
Regarding cues with something like Balabushka or a Gus Szamboti I would probably not take one to the pool room. Who wants to be walking around with a $10,000.00 cue. I once came in the pool room and the guy working there got me to the side and said he heard some guys talking about me.
I made a point to make it well known that I don't keep cues at the house nor money. If you have ever read the book "In cold Blood". Those killings were all over a false rumor. When you hear you are being discussed it can be unsettling.
Let me add, my driving classic cars is not to make you think I am some kind of collector. When you drive classic cars that are drivers, not the kind that spend their life on a trailer, it is a way to basically drive cool cars for free. If you buy them right or maybe even do a little restoring yourself you can almost always sell the car for more then you paid. You can't say that about new cars or the average used car. I could drive up to a high end club and have an new Mercedes in front of me and people will be checking out my 65 Thunderbird. So if you want a car for a little prestige they even offer that. They are affordable as well. You can get a cool classic for the cost of a used car that is going down in value everyday.
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