When I was out on the road, before most of you were born (LOL), I left my Joss West in the trunk and used an old beat up Muecci sneaky pete especially if I was running the bars looking for action.
Can't tell you the number of times I'd walk into a poolroom with the Joss and a player would jump up and say, "Wanna play some cheap 9 ball?".
As soon as I pulled out the Joss, they would take one look and say, "We can't play cuz anyone with a stick that nice has gotta be able to play!"
Believe me, the ol' Muecci made me tons more money than the Joss every did.
As far as the way I carried the sneaky pete, I would screw it together in the parking lot and walk into the room and immediately lean in against the wall. Few ever noticed.
Occasionally, someone would notice the long ferrule and that was a dead give away.
Stones