What do you think the real purpose of using a Sneaky Pete pool cue is?

I made a true sneaky for a guy one time. I took a budwiser cue...you know the ones with the pin in the shaft. Then I bored the entire forarm and into the handle out and replaced it with good maple. Then took the brass collar and bored it to a sleave over phenolic. 3/8x 10 with a good solid joint and a good shaft with Juma ferrule and a layered tip. A little playing with the weight in the butt and he had a very sneaky good playing cue. I mean not custom level but better than any players cue out there. No one would suspect this guy with his 10 dollar budwiser catalog cue. lol. Thats a TRUE sneaky. :smile:
 
ComptonCustomCues said:
I made a true sneaky for a guy one time. I took a budwiser cue...you know the ones with the pin in the shaft. Then I bored the entire forarm and into the handle out and replaced it with good maple. Then took the brass collar and bored it to a sleave over phenolic. 3/8x 10 with a good solid joint and a good shaft with Juma ferrule and a layered tip. A little playing with the weight in the butt and he had a very sneaky good playing cue. I mean not custom level but better than any players cue out there. No one would suspect this guy with his 10 dollar budwiser catalog cue. lol. Thats a TRUE sneaky. :smile:
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Man, I'd love to have a cue like that....
...now THAT is sneaky!
If it aint sneaky, it's not a sneaky pete.

regards
doublehemlock
 
I have a fancy Josey SP, and it's not meant to fool anyone. I like wrapless cues that are full spliced, and the Josey I have is by far the best playing cue I've ever owned.
 
Lock N Load said:
The reason I asked this question is because I know pool players that buy a Sneaky Pete cue and then have wraps and inlays put on it! If you want a good looking cue buy one in the first place with all of the goodies on it, this is just my opinion. I would like to have the AZB members opinions on this subject. My Sneaky Pete is just that Sneaky!
Many Regards,
Lock N load.
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To me it is simply the easiest/cheapest way to get a two piece cue that plays well.


I have seen people upgrade their sneaky. If you like how the cue plays, then it's a reasonable thing to do. Some people have done it slowly over time. With careful consideration of the upgrades and a good cue maker doing them they end up with a custom cue that still plays like it did in the beginning.



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Fancy sneakies are a good inexpensive way to tryout certain cuemakers.
Also, some people just like the full spliced hit.

I know guys that hustle in bars who are always looking for plain jane sneakies, no joint or butt cap.
Not to hide the fact that they are playing with a two piece cue, but they say some people won't play if they have a fancy cue.
 
Cost............back in the day, take a bar cue and cut it and WAM!! you have the convience of a two piece for travel and it didn't cost much WHO WANTED TO WALK AROUND WITH A FULL LENGTH CUE.......my opinion
 
They are out-dated now. They are a pre 1970 thing.

Back in the day,,,when hardly anyone had their own cue and very few played pool well. Yes,,I mean hardly no one could run a table out. Jumping was a very very rare thing.

Back in the day,,,a few people could play well. And if they walked into a place with a custom cue,,,I will guarantee you ,,no one would gamble with them.

Some places had terrible house sticks.

That is the use for a SP. I don't believe it called hustling,,but you could call it that. But more like not have lights and whistles on you(That a custom cue,,used to bring)

Now a days,,,everyone has a custom cues,,, A SP is not needed.


SP are a little before me,,but close to when I was growing up. I re call myself,,walking into a place with my own custom cue. People would look at you like you must be a really good shot. lol
 
itsfroze said:
How do you sneak a cue with a wrap and inlays into a bar where all the house sticks are plain four pointers, a Sneaky Pete is meant to not draw any attention by blending in with the look of the house cues.

Yes and that's exactly what it's meant for, but if you want to call a stick with a wrap and inlays a Sneaky Pete feel free, some people might roll their eyes though.
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My SP has veneers and 8 points, but the average bar person is paying so little attention that they mistake it for a 1 piece bar cue all the time. Pool players would instantaneously see that it is what it is, but bar players apparently are blind, both before choosing the cue, and while playing (read: missing) on the table.
 
My playing cues are both ebony hustlers with hoppe rings. They aren't meant to fool anyone obviously, but everyone sees me coming in with a case anyway. They are both fully cored (jacoby and Diveney) I like them because of the simple design and they play great without spending a lot of money. I don't have the money to actually buy a fancy cue I like the looks of AND how it plays, and if I did buy one I'd be too afraid to use it most of the time anyway.
 
I still think about the couple of sneaky petes I had to leave behind after winning the cash. I thought it was safer just to leave them behind. In a pool room it doesn't matter what you use but in a bar where there's drinking involved it's best just to get out of there.

P.S. Just sneaking them into the game is an art.
 
Sneaky petes are a style. Kind of like why Jimmy Buffett chooses to wear hush puppies. Some people aren't meant for glitter rock and roll....less is sometimes more.

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Lock N Load said:
The reason I asked this question is because I know pool players that buy a Sneaky Pete cue and then have wraps and inlays put on it! If you want a good looking cue buy one in the first place with all of the goodies on it, this is just my opinion. I would like to have the AZB members opinions on this subject. My Sneaky Pete is just that Sneaky!
Many Regards,
Lock N load.
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:smile:

I like them because if you take it some where, a thief isn't going to think about taking it because they think it is a cheap cue not worth anything.
 
You get the feel of cuemaker xxxxx for the least dollars. You get the joint pin shaft ferrule taper everything but the butt is plain. Bang for the buch u cant beat a sneaky pete
 
Talking about the true sneaky Budweiser cue, Manwon posted once that he built a custom shaft for one of those hand carved "cane cues" with the brass doorknob on the butt end!

Now if that doesn't attract every would be hustler in the joint, nothing will:grin:
 
My opinion on the subject is this:

I never had/used a sneaky pete until a friend recently let me play with a custom sneaky he had. I decided to order a purple heart and maple sneaky from David Schmelke (got off the phone with him Thursday - Really nice guy!). It should be here in a few weeks. It's far from sneaky though, it's purple heart for one and it will have black phenolic joint collars.

It's pretty easy to tell a sneaky pete from a house cue if you play pool, but if you're some chump getting hustled... You would never know the difference.
 
DAVE_M said:
My opinion on the subject is this:

I never had/used a sneaky pete until a friend recently let me play with a custom sneaky he had. I decided to order a purple heart and maple sneaky from David Schmelke (got off the phone with him Thursday - Really nice guy!). It should be here in a few weeks. It's far from sneaky though, it's purple heart for one and it will have black phenolic joint collars.

It's pretty easy to tell a sneaky pete from a house cue if you play pool, but if you're some chump getting hustled... You would never know the difference.
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:smile:

I've seen Lucasi and Cuetec house cues already in a bar. There is no way to tell the difference between a sneaky pete and a house cue. There are house cues that are glued together at the joint and look just like a sneaky pete.
 
elvicash said:
You get the feel of cuemaker xxxxx for the least dollars. You get the joint pin shaft ferrule taper everything but the butt is plain. Bang for the buch u cant beat a sneaky pete
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I think a cue maker that does a conversion of an already made full splice cue into a real sneaky will not actually give you a feel for a cue maker's cue when he uses a short splice/a-joint cue assembly. Using a Duff or Brunswick cue and putting a joint into it to make it a true sneaky is completely different than building a complete cue by turning the shaft, forearm, butt, handle, etc down themselves.

It may be an indication of their workmanship, but turning a one piece into a sneaky won't really give you insight into the "feel" for a full custom built cue.

Just my opinion, of course.
 
poolguy4u said:
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I've seen Lucasi and Cuetec house cues already in a bar. There is no way to tell the difference between a sneaky pete and a house cue. There are house cues that are glued together at the joint and look just like a sneaky pete.
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Certain pool rooms/bars I've been in have nice house cues with decent ferrules/tips and I've seen a few bars with cuetec 2 piece house cues. However, the norm around here is a banged up one piece with a slip on tip around 14mm. Which is easy to tell apart from a shiny sneaky pete with a long taper and a small perfect tip.
 
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