What's the heaviest cue you've seen?

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I went to play my first match in an in house 9 ball league that a friend of mine is running. He invited me to start playing in his league and I thought i'd give it a try. When I got to the bar/pool room I got my cue out so I could hit a few balls to warm up before the matches got started. I spoke to a couple of people I knew and began my warm up.

I'd noticed a man hitting some balls on the only 9 foot table in the room which was next to me and his cue had caught my eye. It had a regular wood shaft, but the butt of the cue was chrome plated without a wrap. I'd never seen a cue like that, but I didn't think too much more about it. When my friend who runs the league showed up we shook hands and the first thing he said was "James, I want you to check out the balance on this cue". It was the cue that belonged to the man who was hitting balls on the 9 foot table which appeared to be chrome plated. My friend asked the owner if I could hold his cue and he took it from him and handed it to me with the shaft pointing up. I reached for the cue and when I grabbed it I almost dropped the thing it was so heavy.

I know that some people won't believe this, but the chrome plated cue weighed 8 pounds and 7 ounces! I absolutely couldn't believe it. All of my years playing pool and owning many cues myself i've never seen or heard of anything like that. The cue owner said that he loved playing with that cue and it was the only cue he played with. I don't see how he could make a ball with that thing. The cue butt was solid steel!

I'd be surprised if anyone who might read this has seen anything like what i'm describing. How in the world could you play position with english and a good stroke with something that heavy?

James
 
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Gasp!

8 pounds is the heaviest cue I've ever even heard of! The heaviest cue I've ever seen was a 36 ounce one used by George-- Phil Spector's driver and bodyguard. This was back in the late 1960's. He used it for all games, including SNOOKER!

Doc
 
Many years ago I purchased an old Palmer Model #11 with (3) Original Shafts that weighed 26.9 ozs.(no weight bolt) and was my favorite 14.1 cue for a long time ...

I currently play 14.1 daily with a Alex Brick Custom 1-of-1 that weighs in at 22.7 ozs. ... It is an almost exact copy of a Palmer Model #20 and 60" in length ...
 
yikes!

I once weighted a cue and tried one that weighed about two pounds. Never have I seen anyone attempt to play with an eight and a half pound cue. I suspect the one you saw wasn't solid steel though, I believe that would be even heavier!

I wonder what that much mass and stiffness back there would do to all of the deflection theory?

Cool story!

Hu
 
selling cues

I think the heaviest we have ever sold that was STOCK was 26oz. A break cue. I want to say a Scorpion. And the heaviest we ever had altered was about 32 oz I think. Added a steel bolt if I remember right.
 
i cant remember who made it but it was a ivory forearm, ivory handle and ivory butt sleeve. it had what looked too be 18 or 20 carot yellow gold veneers and points in it, it was very crude workmanship to put it nicley, kinda about like I spell. It was made by a well known cue maker in the late 80's, i saw it in 90 or 91. it weighed about 28 oz. I cant remember who made it, it had 3 gold dots that made a clover leaf on the tips of the points that were 3/16" wide veneers of gold. The handle was a 3 segment handle seperated by the same 3/16" golr that was used as points. I cant rememer the butt of the cue. It was at Best Billiards it was there for along time, Rich or Rick wanted $8,000 for it. It was a horrible thing a waste of ivory and gold. I played with it.
 
SCCues said:
I went to play my first match in an in house 9 ball league that a friend of mine is running. He invited me to start playing in his league and I thought i'd give it a try. When I got to the bar/pool room I got my cue out so I could hit a few balls to warm up before the matches got started. I spoke to a couple of people I knew and began my warm up.

I'd noticed a man hitting some balls on the only 9 foot table in the room which was next to me and his cue had caught my eye. It had a regular wood shaft, but the butt of the cue was chrome plated without a wrap. I'd never seen a cue like that, but I didn't think too much more about it. When my friend who runs the league showed up we shook hands and the first thing he said was "James, I want you to check out the balance on this cue". It was the cue that belonged to the man who was hitting balls on the 9 foot table which appeared to be chrome plated. My friend asked the owner if I could hold his cue and he took it from him and handed it to me with the shaft pointing up. I reached for the cue and when I grabbed it I almost dropped the thing it was so heavy.

I know that some people won't believe this, but the chrome plated cue weighed 8 pounds and 7 ounces! I absolutely couldn't believe it. All of my years playing pool and owning many cues myself i've never seen or heard of anything like that. The cue owner said that he loved playing with that cue and it was the only cue he played with. I don't see how he could make a ball with that thing. The cue butt was solid steel!

I don't thing anyone who might read this has seen anything like what i'm describing.

James
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28 oz used as a playing cue, not a break cue. The guy used an 18.75 for his break cue.:eek:
 
I swear it was at least 10 lbs. if it was an ounce. The thing was heavy as hell I though it was made of steel. :cool:
 
At Palace Billiards in the early 70's(Frisco) this guy with weight lifter arms had a unique cue: at the balance point it had a one inch long circular weight that was twice the diameter of the butt. The weight had to be at least 2-3 lbs.
 
the miz had a 25oz. Richard Black for 5-10 pocket tables

thread should read who was the best player with a heavy cue. When steve lost on a nine he challenged people to play on a 5-10. He used the 25oz for a break cue. mark read it somewhere
 
The WPA-rules says, you can't play with a cue heavier than 25oz. So the heaviest cue would been 25oz.
 
I sold one on Flea-bay last year that weighed in just a touch under 9 lbs....but it was also 8 feet long and had an inch wide tip.lol
But it played pretty good!
 
Heavy Break Cue

The Heaviest Cue I Have Played With That Still Played Well Was 21 Oz. And That Was Only For Breaking. I Know That Seems Not Worth Mentioning But There Is A Good Reason. The Cue Was A Schmelke; It Had The Long Ugly Brass Joint And It Was Bacote Wood With No Points Or Decoration. This Is What Made It Break Well- It Had A Very Small Diameter Butt At The Grip. I Have Been Thinking About Finding One And Trying It Again. It Was A Very Ugly Cue But I Was Very Surprised At How Solidly It Felt To Break With It. Anybody Else Have That Experience With A Thinner Butt Break Cue?
 
FAST_N_LOOSE Break cue

has to be the heaviest cue I have seen any one actually use to break with. his limp swing of his arm and the cue sends the cue ball into the next county or across the Delaware. but it does break well and it helps his game, i think I heard him say some where around 27 ounces. I break with something around 18 or 19 ounces. have a smashing time today. :D
 
Jeeves said:
has to be the heaviest cue I have seen any one actually use to break with. his limp swing of his arm and the cue sends the cue ball into the next county or across the Delaware. but it does break well and it helps his game, i think I heard him say some where around 27 ounces. I break with something around 18 or 19 ounces. have a smashing time today. :D
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I HAVE BOLTS TO MAKE IT AS HEAVY AS 29 OUNCES. I HAVE IT AT 24.8 OUNCES NOW TO STAY UNDER BCA REGULATIONS

IT'S ALSO THICKER AT THE JOINT AND HANDLE AND HAS A 14.25MM SHAFT WITH A BILLIARD TAPER
 
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