What is the reason behind your collection?

[galipeau]

Certainly to each their own. I enjoy variety.

I also play guitar and have 4. An acoustic, a bass uke, strat, and Vintage hollow body. From the 60s 80s 90s and modern, but all are designed to have different sounds. I had two strats at one point, but couldn't stand having a repetition.

Same with my cues, they are made in different eras and have totally distinct style and feel.

 

[Hungarian]

Get rich quick scheme that backfired?

 

[chuckpilegis]

This is what I have left.Getting older 70+.Since I am older might explain why they are more traditional looking

 

[Chopdoc]

My collection is purely a neurotic expression.

 

[GoldCrown]

My collection is purely a neurotic expression.

What is the reason behind your collection?​

Me? Too fkn ignorant to own 1 or 2 cues and be satisfied. The need to own multiple cases and cues that sit in a closet has to be satisfied.

 

[WildWing]

My collection is purely a neurotic expression.

I can identify with that.

 

[HawaiianEye]

My "original" cues are cues that I had made or bought with customized specs that I used for decades and never strayed from.

Over the years, I have had cues made just for the hell of it to test them out and I have kept some and sold others. I also have bought cues second-hand that I have tried and liked and was given a chance to buy at prices that could not be refused.

All of the cues I currently have are great-hitting cues (to me) that are in excellent shape and are a mixture of name-brand production cues or customs made by well-known makers. All of them play good or I wouldn't have kept them.

None of my cues are "fancy" and I am not particularly attracted to cues with a lot of unnatural characteristics or "bling" (i.e., wild colors, gaudy logos, multiple inlays, etc.). I prefer cues that have more of an old-school look and that have nice-looking and playing woods.

I consider all of my cues as "playing" cues. I don't consider cues as "art". The "art" is in how well they play.

 

[galipeau]

Dangit, the sickness has struck again. Just picked up a solid purple heart break cue to match my sneaky. I mean, I did need a dedicated breaker... I'm up to 7 total. Jump cue not included. That's a nice number. Hopefully it stays that way.

 

[Seiji Lépine]

Nothing interesting, 4 points old school, pearl or ivory, and steel joint. Perhaps not as rational as most posters about, but set in my old ways. And one player on the left with a pink ivory butt sleeve (one of a kind TAD-1-Two Woods). Pair of matching 1960s Balabushka (Purchased from and Authenticated papers by Pete Sr. Tascarella). Tascarellas, TAD (all with Fred's authentication papers), Mcdermott COTY, Bill McDaniel.

Matching TADs and Balabushka.

And a rare Goncalo Alves TAD with a Big Pin.

 

[skor]

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Where did you get that interior for the case?
I have a 2x4 Zero Halliburton that (luckily) has been sitting empty for years and when I've opened it recently I discovered that the foam interior had disintegrated over the years from humidity.
Could be nice to revive it.

 

[JasonATX]

Where did you get that interior for the case?
I have a 2x4 Zero Halliburton that (luckily) has been sitting empty for years and when I've opened it recently I discovered that the foam interior had disintegrated over the years from humidity.
Could be nice to revive it.

Not sure if they ship internationally, but this company claims to make replacement foam inserts: https://www.cobrafoaminserts.com/products/zero-halliburton-pool-cue-case-replacement-foam

 

[galipeau]

I don't think I'll ever stop trying cues out. It's an addiction. But I definitely have a core "never sell" collection, then cues i don't mind flipping.

Keepers:

Bill Hagan
Koa points on ebony with pink ivory inlay

Mariposa
Ziricote and cocobolo butterfly, wood pin

Purpleheart Sneaky
Katz Sneaky*

Adam Jim Rempe JR12 King
Adam Jim Rempe JR3 Esquire

Adam snooker cue
Adam JR4 Knight

Terry Stonier 4 Point
Terry Stonier Titleist