What's up with test hit only & never chalked????

When I went to a billiard shop a long time ago, test hits were allowed using no chalk, center ball hits. If you hit the ball in the center you don't need any chalk. It might do some disfigurement on the tip though.
 
is that the same as your girlfriend saying before you get married that
it's only been test hit!
or it still plays like new ?

just wondering.
 
i test hit all my cues on the legs of bars stools, tables etc. the value doesn't go down at all either, at least no for me.
 
Kid Dynomite said:
I am seeing more and more ADS on this forum saying "test hit only" or "Never chalked" i thought used is used??? You drive a car off the lot or title it and its "USED".

I am finding this harder and harder to believe? It seems too easy to get a new tip or get a ob1, predator & etc. after market to try the cue out with.

i just cant see buying a cue and not checking to make sure it plays the way you want and need it to!!!!!

even worse is smearing the cues hit when you are too scared to use the shaft DESIGNED by the cue maker to go with it in assessing the playability. Cue makers may need to send a 3rd shaft so the owner can claim never hit and maintain resale value of 2 Original shafts.

Most Cue makers design the shafts a little on the thick side to allow for personalization and modification. I just can't see how people are not even trying to give cues and honest chance before dumping!!!

Just and observation from an OLD MAN!

Sincerely,
Kid
Dynomite
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Kid, I agree with you cues must be used if you are going to find a cue that is right for you. In my opinion anyone who buys a cue without the ability to give it a good test drive either bought it for a collection or they have so much money that it doesn't matter anyway. However, anyone buying a cue as a player must be able to try it out.

I even do this with cues I am building, before one of my cues even gets finish put on it the shaft is finished and tipped so that I can check the balance and the cues hit. This way all my cues have a very similar hit, because I would hate to finish a cue and have it turn out not hitting up to my expectations. Now, I do not know if anyone else does this as they are building a cue, but it works for me.

So I suppose to some this may mean that all the cues I am building are used, I think that is just an opinion anyway!!!!!
 
:grin:Sly. I've been looking for a good cue holder, and the one in your avitar seems to be pretty solid. Any idea where a guy might pick one up?:grin:

Steve
 
Test Hit Cues

Actually this is an interesting subject

I think there are several things that factor into it, including idiots like me that buy new cues and put them away without chalking them.

Then there are guys that do multiple cue deals with a builder to get a better discount but they are still great cues.
I often wonder though about cues that are passed around to three people and are still just "test hit".
It makes you wonder about playability.

As far as a the shaft taper goes, I've always felt that if I don't like the taper then I don't like that particular builders cues, and I don't care for the "universal taper" concept.
I would never have a shaft re-tapered

Some of my best playing cues were well used by the time I got them, like a 1991 8-point Abear I picked up.
There does however seem to be more interest on AZ when the shafts are new.
When selling a cue locally, it's all about price & playability...unchalked doesn't seem to be important

All JMO
 
Well I can see where it could be a problem. Obv a month of play isn't test hit. As a cuemaker i won't send out a cue without playing with it first. I think it would be irresponsible on my part to do so.
 
cuesblues said:
Actually this is an interesting subject

I think there are several things that factor into it, including idiots like me that buy new cues and put them away without chalking them.

Then there are guys that do multiple cue deals with a builder to get a better discount but they are still great cues.
I often wonder though about cues that are passed around to three people and are still just "test hit".
It makes you wonder about playability.

As far as a the shaft taper goes, I've always felt that if I don't like the taper then I don't like that particular builders cues, and I don't care for the "universal taper" concept.
I would never have a shaft re-tapered

Some of my best playing cues were well used by the time I got them, like a 1991 8-point Abear I picked up.
There does however seem to be more interest on AZ when the shafts are new.
When selling a cue locally, it's all about price & playability...unchalked doesn't seem to be important

All JMO
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i agree, "unchalked" is a joke. i dont think it should raise the price at all. when i got my gilbert, i chalked it up, hit 20 balls with it, decided to stick with my mace, but that gilbert was still "new" and i was able to sell it as such, even with the chalk, but i think that was because he had a 6 month waiting list or something.
 
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