What cue material don't you like????

Baron said:
floating points yuck

reverse points yuck

reverse floating points omg i'm going to vom

put me on the malachite/turquoise yuckwagon

gothic point designs a la Keith Josey's scabdagger stuff (his cues play great, that design's just not to my taste aesthetically)

most stained maple yuck

sneaky petes with wraps look a little silly to me

more points than 6 blechh

lizard/elephant ear/most textured wraps blaghhh

uni-loc joints can go jump in a lake
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This guy gets it. I am a bit more forgiving of sneaky petes with wraps particularly if they were built by Dennis or Bill. But other than that, he nailed my list.

Lizard feels much better than it looks. EE looks much better than it feels. In the end, I stick with linen. But that Atlas white with green speck is completely gaggable.

Great idea for a thread! This could be fun.
 
Don't like any reconstituted stone.. no malachite, turquoise, lapis.

Not a fan of cored cues. Gus, George, Burton, Paradise, Palmer, Martin.. none of them did it and they made cues for world champeeens...

Not a fan of poorly executed tribute cues.

JV
 
"Not a fan of poorly executed tribute cues."

A poorly executed tribute cue fails to be a tribute cue at all.
 
It's easier to describe what you like. I like old school cues. Piloted Steel 5/16x14, BEM Forearms, veneered Ebony points and simple Ebony butt sleeve. Leather Wrap, black Linen micarta ferrules. Simple, functional. Not a fan of inlays or other fancy things. A solid utilitarian tool with classic look.
 
butterfly splices

Untextured leather wraps

Floating points

Rounded "points"

Hi/lo points

Flame veneers

Decals :D
 
SARDiver said:
I notice malachite and turquoise mentioned a lot. Is it just aesthetics, or do the cues play/feel differently? (Feel as in how they hit, not to the touch.)
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For me it's the look... I've seen some very, very good hitting cues that just look horrible,
way too much sparkle/bling. Turquoise is beautiful, just not on cues IMO.
 
Colonel said:
It's easier to describe what you like. I like old school cues. Piloted Steel 5/16x14, BEM Forearms, veneered Ebony points and simple Ebony butt sleeve. Leather Wrap, black Linen micarta ferrules. Simple, functional. Not a fan of inlays or other fancy things. A solid utilitarian tool with classic look.
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You and I have similar tastes.

Almost all my cues have been like that...minus black ferrules and leather wrap, but I've been meaning to add a black wrap to one of my Titlist conversions.

The last leather wrap cue I owned was a "Casino" model that I had Richard Black make me back in 1981.
 
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