Your Cue Stick History?

Budweiser Cue I won in a tournament.

Schmelke - bought new for $80.

Joss Color of money Cue.

Schon - 6 points with ivory diamonds in points and ivory bars in the butt.

Southwest - plain bubinga wood cue made by Kershenbrock. Bought new in 1986 for $180, sold it a week later for $250. Got it back 6 years later and played with it for 18 years.

Nice Southwest - Ebony butt, six points, will play with it till I die.
 
'01-'02 Stealth $60

'02-'08 Lucasi $215

'03-now Barkley Custom Jump/Break $200 (used)

'04-now Barkley Custom Shaft for Lucasi, recently converted to Viking $200

'08-now Viking $100 (used, late 80's model)
 
1st cue was a Willie Hoppe, still have
2nd is a Meucci, David Howard III w/two 30" shaft, still have
3rd is a Schon STL-09
now Keith Josey FP-14 ebony w/ matching break stick S-01D ebony
 
Lets see,
$5 no name @ about 17
low end Meucci
Adams,
Mcdermott no points
Meucci Sneaky Pete
Mali, just briefly
Viking briefly
couple of Hueblers
I now play with nothing except Apha Cues
 
short list

1st cue 24oz dufferin
2nd cue Zamboti I had for maybe an hour before her dad told her to bring it back I had no idea what it was and I didnt ask for it
3rd 20oz meucci
4th 19oz Schon until my wife took a hammer to it
5th 19oz cuetec SP all the bars in Korea used them as house cues
6th 19oz 60in Josey SP good player
7th 19oz tiawan cue with 2 gilbert shafts I bought for 20 buck
8th 19oz NickDao he is a fillipino maker and it is the best cue Ive ever had
9th 19oz OmegaDPK SP Sold to masonh now Im back to the NickDao
 
Viking
Viking
Meucci Sneaky Pete
Meucci Gambler
Meucci Original European Series (Block lettering)
McDermott
Schon Cue (wish I still had this one - graduation present)
Bludworth Sneaky (GREAT playing cue...left in car and warped bad in FL)
Espiritu
Rick Howard (kept for years)
Schon Cue
Tim Scruggs (brand new from Tim's shop)
Skip Weston
Schon Cue
Predator Sneaky petes (SEVERAL)
Southwest (brand new, real fancy)
Tim Scruggs (fancy box cue)
Steve Klein (fancy, made just for me)
Sledgehammer (Gulyassy) J/B

I've tried them all, but I'm no collector. I'm married to the Steve Klein cue and the Sledge.
 
At the moment...

As best as I can recall, what I have let go of so far is:

Cuetec Earl Stricland model (first I ever sold)
All black eliminator, ss joint 3/8 pin
Meucci FR1
Old Lucasi merry widow
Fury
Two scorpion cues
GW "dave p." Cue
Players Sneaky pete
Cheap minnesota fats hustler graphite cue
Dufferin 1 pc hi-run
Eliminator 1 pc house cue

Cues I currently have:
Players:
Universal Smart Cue UN30 inaugural edition 7-10
Huebler (non) SJ-5
Huebler Hustler
TCG by Mark sneaky pete

Jump/break:
Knock Off Adams type J/B
Harley 1 pc black graphite jump.

Others I have around:
McDermott C-14 original condition.
Espiritu Pj coco
Lucasi LE-64
5280 RM10
Players 9920
Cheapie china special (my very first cue ever)
Winston Cigerette cue (just cuz it was funny to me)

Cues on the way:
Purple heart Dufferin fancy sneaky 1pc conversion by local cue smith.

26 total, most at one time was about 15.
 
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Cues

3 piece cue with adjustible weights (18-20 oz) - Xmas present from my big brother when I was 16.

Huebler sneaky Pete (had for 20 years - stolen)
Huebler all black with red points - 21 oz.
Shurtz (Bob Owen cue) - Bacote and Padauk cue - featured in American Cueist Magazine.
Shurtz Sneaky Pete - bought from a friend

Frog jump cue
Scorpion jump cue

J&J Break/jump cue with 2 shafts
 
my cues

Since 1997

kmart special- beat the crap out of it
Saved up for meucci maximum (kept) turned into break cue
import cue - bought for shooting cue, then sold
meucci protoype from Valley Forge, signed by Bob, sold this and the maximum
Scruggs sneaky pete- sold
2 older dufferins-kept
huebler - sold
2 scruggs sneakies- traded
2 hueblers- sold 1 of them
huebler- traded
huebler- sold this one and the first huebler I bought
bought the 2 cues I will keep for a long time
2 scruggs, custom and sneaky pete
 
Huebler jump break and a joss. I've had them both for over fifteen years and they are the only two cues I've ever owned
 
this is a tough one but ill try my best to remember them all

steve mizerak from walmart
black widow from sears
cuetec sneaky pete
action cue(i consider my first real cue, and still have it)
2-5280 cues
joss
mezz sneaky
adam cue
meucci
5-leon sly sneaky petes which i regret selling
phillippi custom
russ espiritu
joss custom
odom
2-schons
2-scruggs sneakies
joss
klein custom(the only cue i regret selling, also the best playing cue ive ever had)
richard black custom
mcdermott
odom
joss
rat cue(current player)
bludworth sneaky(up for sale)
and more that i cant remember.

some really good cues here and some that were not so much. i am still trying to find that special cue for me. im pretty sure the klein was it, but regretfully i sold it. all have been sold except the last 2.
 
No name.
Mcdermott
Mcdermott
Meucci
Phillippi
Joss
Phillippi
Bollman
Ginacue
Ginacue
Ginacue
Ginacue
Ginacue

Over the past 25 years.


Edit: Just realized how old this thread was when I saw my own reply from 4 years ago. I wrote it exactly the same way as this one....
 
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I have owned something like 100 cues in my life, but here are the ones I played with for at least a few months...

McDermott D-1 (80's)
McDermott D-16 (80's-90's)
Craig Peterson Custom Cue (90's)
Southwest Custom Cue (90's)
Burton Spain Custom Cue (90's)
Omega DPK Custom Cue (90's)
Hagan Custom Cue (90's)
Thomas Wayne Custom Cue (90's)
Jerry Powers Custom Cue (90's)
Bailarin Custom Cue (90's-current)
McDermott Sword Cue (00's)
Shaman Custom Cue (00's; was current before I started playing with Bailarin again)

I have kicked the tires on so many others that I can't name them...

Interesting, though, I have video of myself playing with the Southwest and the Burton Spain... Those were the days... LOL
 
First cue was this 5 piece POS that came apart and fit inside of itself.

In order after that

plain jane Meucci
4pt Meucci
Schon sp 20
Cuetec (white, Strickland model)
Thomas Wayne (only had that cue 1 day)
SouthWest
Paul Mottey
Paul Mottey
Paul Mottey
SouthWest
Tim Scruggs
Thomas Wayne
Jim White

I currently have the Jim White, Tim Scruggs, Thomas Wayne, and a Mottey.

My favorite cue out of all of them would have to be the first Mottey that I bought. I could kick myself in the teeth for selling it. I really love my JMW but that Mottey is my all time favorite. Next to those would have to be that Schon. I remember really wanting that cue and having to save for a long time to buy it.
MULLY
every once in a great while I'll run across someone using one of my old cues and nostalgia sets in
 
Ricco found in parking lot 15 years ago. With the owners first name on it. We never found her. Action cue bought a couple of weeks ago

Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2
 
Starting in '55...

jgpool said:
What is your cue stick history? Here's mine

Unknown, gone in 3 days.
Schmelke, leather wrap
Viking, leather wrap
Josswest, leather wrap
Meucci, filled
Joss, Limited Edition, Irish
McDermott, all wood
Dominiak, Irish
Schmelke,Bocote, blk leather wrap

That took about 46 years and counting.
Click to expand...

1955-1968 Bar cues
1968-1973 Schmelke 60"
1973-1981 Viking W80
1981-1987 MEUCCI ORIGINAL LARRY HUBBART LH-2 (sold, retired 2 yrs)
1989-1991 Huebler Low-end (gave to my son)
1991-1995 Meucci SP (1988 model) (stolen along with Meucci jumper)
1995-2004 Bob Frey SP
2004-2006 Huebler AS-H4 with original 314 shaft
2005-2007 Predator SP (green veneer) with original 314 shaft
2007-2011 Pechauer Custom SP (no points) with 314-2 shafts
2010- Custom 1987 Joss with original 314 shafts

I've bought and sold well over 100 cues since 2006. The above were my main players. Also tried a number of jumpers, breakers and jump/breakers. I currently own a Pred-air jumper, a Pechauer breaker, J&J breaker, a 54" J&J jump/breaker and a 54" Joss breaker. I also own three 1984 Meuccis and a couple of Abe Rich cues that I play with occasionally.

Donny L
BPIA/ACS Instructor
 
My player history

In my long quest of searching for the staff of god I have been lucky to own a few. Here is what I can remember

Montgomery Wards (still have it)
Meucci
Joss
Schon
Joss
Schon
Joss
Meucci
Meucci
Espiritu
Judd
Carmeli
Manzino
McDaniel
Barnhart
Schon
Titliest
White
Chudy
Buss
Southwest
Helmstetter
Schick (loved it, miss it)
Barry Szamboti
Josswest
Tad
McDaniel
Gina
Blackboar
White
Cantando
Pancerney
Tad (loved it, miss it)
Josswest
Blackboar
Cash (loved it, miss it)
Prewitt (loved it, miss it)
Schon
Runde
Carmeli
Tascarella
Gilbert Wrapless
Gilbert
Helmstetter Bushka
Schick (love it, end of the search for now)

More will come to mind in time
 
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Just great.
My first cue was a Dufferin with a box case. Was stolen.
Next was a pawn shop Cue Tec Earl autograph model to replace it.
Then found another of the same and a Scorpion with a case at a pawn shop.
All pretty much brand new. I was pretty darn proud of these puppies as I has no exposure at that time with customs. I probably had no idea how to get them as I didn't have a computer at the time.

Then I got a computer.
Then I found EBay and AZ billiards.
Then most of my disposable income disappeared.
Now I have approx 20 custom and production cues.
Then I found the wonderful world of cue lathes, tools, jigs, supplies etc.

I loves it.
 
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