Your Cue Stick History?

Wow, great thread. Wish I could remember my whole history but there is no chance of that, way too many cues to remember.

If I think hard, I can think of a couple Joss, couple Lucasi, couple Predators. Notable customs I owed were: Southwest, Capone, 2 Fanelli's, Mottey & I'm missing something but it won't come to me. More recently I had a James M White & 2 Joel Dadiva's, but traded them.

Everything listed in my signature is what I have now & on order. Very happy with them all & can't wait for the Sly but that just started so it will be a bit.
 
the cues that i played with over 38 years

My first cue was a mcdermott second cue was a meucci cue, thrird cue was a mali customised by libra cues it got stoled, my fourth cue was a joss, fifth cue was a joss west cue love this one but to many tried to take it so put it up and my sixth cue is a southwest. Cue that i play with now. 38 years of playing. Planning on shooting with a lambros cue next. I also have a lot more cues that i have collected. Not sure if this is what the question was but it the way i reason it.
 
Memories

Old 60's Hoppe- lost track of it when I was in military
McDermot- still have it
Meucci Sneaky- still have it and like it
Diviney- 2 players with 3 Lake Salvage Shafts shafts and 1 OB Classic
Diviney- jump/break
 
McDermott
Joss - won off a guy I stuck for 300 one night 25 years ago
McDermott
Joss x 3 - pawn shop find
Paul Dayton
Perry Weston
Southwest knockoff - won in raffle
4 titleist Hoppe pro models
2 custom cues I built at Pete Cherriers' shop
Titleist conversion Pete made for me- my main player
Two more being built now-one in clear coat almost done
One Lucassi jump cue
Several sneakys too...custom, Adams, custom
 
Viking - traded with cash for
Runde Era Schon - sold
Bought a Meucci to shark with - traded for break cue
Schon STL-9 - sold
Jeff Cole Custom - sold
Jeff Olney Custom - still have
Jeff Cole Custom - still have
Jeff Olney Custom - on order
 
$50 cheap-o cue
Viking
Schon
Bryan Mordt BEM
Mike Stacy
Tommy Migliorie (still own)
Jeff Olney
Ernie Martinez (player)
PFD (still Own) Most recent purchase

Plan to own a few more before I am done collecting.. Tascarella, Murrell, Scruggs, Black

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::D:D:D:grin::grin:
 
Over 14 years

Players:
Cuetec
Meucci
Schon Ltd (best looking)
Sly (Sneaky)
Rick Howard (6pt coco)
Rick Howard (ebony sneaky)
Barnhart (coco fancy sneaky)

Waiting list: Bender

Breakers:
Cuetec
Lucasi J/B
J&J J/B
Pred BK3
Alex Brick J/B
 
First cue was a Ramin-wood p.o.s. Second was a BH-1 Rifleman that i bought from Buddy himself out of his trunk at BoulderBilliards in Tulsa. The rest are just a blur.
 
Plenty of house cues (worked in a pool hall)
Cheap 2-piece Taiwan Mosconi cue that a guy gave me when I was a kid working in the pool hall
Cheap 2-piece cue (probably import) that I bought off the same guy for $10 (if I remember correctly)
A.E. Schmidt Titlist conversion that I bought brand new for $105 from the A. E. Schmidt company in 1973 (still have it)
Richard Black ebony 4-point that I had him make for me in 1978 (sold it in the Philippines)
Richard Black rosewood Casino cue that I had him make for me in 1981 (sold it in Grand Forks, ND)
McDermott C-14 that I bought new in 1985 (still have it) (refinished by McDermott and added new matching shaft)
Dale Perry rosewood cue that I bought a couple years ago to play with while my C-14 was being refurbished by McDermott (Sold it)
Players rosewood Sneaky Pete (still have it)
Players tuxedo cue with HXT shaft (sold it)
Cuetec bottom-of-the-line cue with White Diamond tip that I use for breaking (still have it)
1950s Titlist cue that I had Mike Pancerny from Detroit convert into a 2 piece (1 Pancerny shaft and 1 Predator FAT shaft custom fit by Mike), my usual player (still have it) (added a Meucci Carbon Pro shaft for it)
Adam (Japan) Hall of Fame ebony 4-point cue (Balabushka copy without the signature) (still have it) (Meucci carbon fits it)
McDermott RS-11 cue that I bought off C. J. Wiley with original shaft and a custom Meucci Pro shaft that was made for it for C. J. (this was the cue that C. J. used when he beat Earl Strickland in the 1996 Million Dollar Challenge tournament final, after Earl had won the million dollars on the first day) (still have it)
Becue with three carbon fiber shafts (2 Prime 12mm shafts and 1 5.1 conical taper 11.8mm shaft)
Custom Schmelke 4-point full splice (purple heart into ebony) (sold it)
Mike Gulyassy white ebony PHX cue with PHX SPT shaft (still have it)
Murray Tucker cocobolo Sneaky Pete with two shafts (still have it)

I've probably had a couple more, but it's early in the morning and I still haven't finished my first cup of coffee.

Updated to reflect new toys.
 
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Oh cool...

Playing Cues:
1. Players cue
2. Cheap Imagination butt with 314-1 shaft
3. P2 with 314-2/Z2
4. Lambros Sneaky #1
5. Joss
6. Black Boar Catalog Cue
7. Bob Frey Sneaky
8. Mezz EC-7c
9. Lambros Sneaky #2
10. Predator Ikon 2-5

Break Cues:
1. J&J
2. Gulyassy Orange Crush
3. McDermott Sledgehammer
4. Mezz Power Break II
 
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Cues

My List, not chronological. I only have three left.

Barnhart (2)
Bender
B. Szamboti
Bluegrass(2)
Brunswick
Schon
Pechauer (2)
Morris (2)
Howard (3)
Hercek
MasonH (3)
Mottey
Black Boar (2)
Cantando
Chudy(2)
Capone
Haley
Olney (2)
Prewitt
Rauenzahn
Southwest
Sugartree (3)
Scruggs
Tascarella (3)
Zylr (2)
Carmeli
Joey Bautista (2)
 
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1966 Frank Paradise
1972 to 2005 NONE ... SADLY No Pool.( Pussy whipped by wife from 1st born till last born gone
from home)
2005 McDermott
2012 JIm Pierce
2013 Pechauer
2014 Sugartree
2015 Lucasi .. Won it here in Gold Member Givaway in November
 
None of my Cues have a History that I would want to record.

I swear, every time I get a cue, they must be all worn out, cause they never play good for me.

It's like I always get the High Mileage ones. If anyone could give me a Heads Up on how to purchase a decent Low Mileage cue that can make balls, I would appreciate it.
 
A lot of impressive collections here. Here's mines.

Eliminator cue - cemented a driveway to buy this back in 1999. Broke at the joint while using it to break.
McDermott C3 - bought it from a shady co worker for $10 back in 2004.
McDermott D606
Cuetec

Sold my cues to pay bill back in 2008 and stopped playing.

Bought a pool table in 2016 and got the urge to buy cues. So far I purchased:

Pawnshop Viking F95
Old Viking Z130
Pechauer JP07
Meucci MA-P
Schon STL16
 
Action Cue : bought for 10$ after house cueing for 5.years
Dufferin 1-piece turned down to 11.5mm : still in my closet
Joss Plain Jane : 1st gen z shaft added, stolen years later
Nick Varner J/B : hated it.
Viking : bought at tournament, sold to co-worker one month later.
Dale Perry cocobolo : sold
Poison sneaky Pete : traded for black McDermott
Dale Perry African Blackwood : broken in half
Dale Perry maple/bloodwood : traded for z2 30" modded by Ronnie Powell
McDermott something : all black G series, put 30" z2 on it. Good times are had.
Chinese 40$ break jump : cheap as hell but breaks great.
 
McDermott "graphic" cue.
Viking generic circa 1992.
Kikel custom.
Kikel sneaky Pete
Jerry Olivier cue
CueTech break-jump
No-name cue won at a Jeanette Lee challenge
-10 year hiatus-
Mezz wx700
Poison break-jump.

Still have everything but the McD.



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Old Dufferin sneaky pete
Mali plain jane
McDermott floating points leather wrap
Custom McDermott leather wrap no inlays no stain
Meucci 4-point
Scruggs 4-point cocobolo over BEM
Scruggs sneaky pete
Viking plain jane
No-name sneaky pete
Scruggs 4-point 6-veneer Hoppe ring

Smatterings of other McDermotts, Vikings, Malis, Meuccis....
 
KMart 56" - Won a local tournament with it after a couple months practice.
McDermotte D1 (gave to a dude that had their cue stolen)
McDermott D19
Huebler Merry Widow (sold)
Adams "Julio Stamboulini" Model 10
Meucci Gambler (not original, but circa 1990) (Sold)

***24 year break***

McDermott G501 (Sold)
Predator SPRW8 wrapless (Sold)
Yingling Diseased Maple 3/8x10 Piloted Merry Widow
Rack Runner (Mike Smith) Fancy Sneaky

That's all folks!

Lesh
 
I was going to give this a shot but when i started to remember some of the cues i've owned and sold i got really depressed. The "wish i'd kept that one" trauma was too much.
 
Cues

1-Adams full splice. 2-McDermott D-15 3-Bludworth sneaky full splice. 4-Shurtz4 point 5- DZ custom 6- Tucker full splice bumperless is current player and awesome!!
 
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