What's the point of inlays?

I hope everyone realizes this was a necro post pushed to front by a spam post LOL

But it's a nice discussion that gets revisited every so often along with other threads about "why are custom cues expensive" "who needs expensive cues", etc...

I usually reply that the reason expensive cues are expensive is for the same reason that any luxury low production item is. No difference between an inlayed cue than a Rolex or a Ferrari or a limited edition leather version of a book that costs 20 times more than a paperback, signed baseball, fancy pen, $500 shoes, large houses, 4 car garages, pure bred dogs, fancy water from France, $5,000 home stereo systems, $800 cell phones... the list is just about endless.
 
Inlays for a pool cue are like cosmetics for a pretty woman.

She doesn’t really need it but she looks so pretty when she does.

The cue plays the same with or without but looks prettier with inlays.

You don‘t need them but inlays add style, individuality and also value.

That why cues have a grading system and elaborate designs cost more.
 
Isaac said:
Interesting that most snooker cues look indistinguishable.

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True.

I’ve used my Snooker cue for over 14 years and Sometimes still have to look twice to make sure it’s the right one when I take it off the rack.

In that same 14 years, I’ve likely gone through about 45 hockey sticks. Get them at thrift stores for $10 or so each during the off season.

I don’t care one way or the other about fancy looking cues. All things equal, plain ones look classier to me but on a scale of one to a 100, about a 1 in importance. My wife and her friends have ornate looking cues and tend to notice such things. Then again, my wife even added a touch of colour to her bicycle helmet to make it more stylish.

Johnny Cash in a black shirt or Hank Snow, the Rhinestone Cowboy. They can both sing.
 
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