Your Cue Stick History?

First cue: Spalding, traded for a pull out cassette deck,

then on to a meuci, then an Earl Strickland Cuetech, played with a schon and fell in love

with it, and bought one immediately. Purchased a Brunswick made by Joss, then a Dale

Perry (gift) back to a schon and now I also have a Bob Owen custom...which with my

schon is my players.
 
Players - sent to my great Nephew last fall.
Shurtz 2005
Dennis Cash J/B

Figured I'd support the local economy since both Shurtz and Cash cues are here in Wichita.
 
Began playing around 2000. Went through a lot of cues in the beginning.
Didn't have much money to spend on cues so mostly no-names. May have missed a couple.

1: no name fiber-glass cue (gave away)
2: no name two piece house cue (gave away)
3: Lucasi with 314 (sold)
4: Lucasi seconds off ebay (sold)
5: Meucci - broke shaft, sold butt
6: no name 6pter - sold
7: no name 6pter - sold
8: Lucasi jump-breaker - still own part of it
9: Coker 2000 6 pointer - still own
10: Capone 12 pointer - sold
11: Josey true sneaky with 314 - still own
------------------------------------------------pre-2005
NOTHING - stopped playing
------------------------------------------------pre-2009
12: Franklin Southwest 6 point - still own
13: JD PFD bumperless Hoppe - still own
14: Mezz PB pro - still own
15: David Barrenbrugge butterfly - still own
16: Cognoscenti 5 up & down - still own
 
Went through about 5 70's Joss cues, moved on to Scruggs for a lot of years, Szamboti for a year, then Bob Frey for quite a few years. Mike Lambros talked me into one of his cues next, that was a short fling, back to Bob Frey where I remain to this day. Still own a couple of the Scruggs & they get played now & then but nothing has ever replaced the Frey for long.
 
Wrapless K-Mart brand 54" diseased maple w/ genius external weighting system - FAR ahead of its time.
Huebler wrapless (The plastic insert scared me so I sold it to a friend)
Julio Stamboulini (Adam Cues) - Irish Lined - its the one with the rainbow butterfly points (still have it)
McDermott D-1 - Blue - Hit like a short-changed pimp (presented as a gift to a buddy that had his cue stolen)
McDermott D-19 - Blue - I dont have words for the awesomeness that is this cue (Still have it)
Meucci Gambler (2nd Generation) - Won in a Tournament in 1994 - (Traded for Yingling Cue 2015)
McDermott G501 - wrapless - So purdy
Yingling Custom wrapless - 3.8x10 piloted
Players Ltd break cue - Presented as a gift to a bearded orangutan shooting as a C+
Predator SPR8J 8-point Sneaky Pete w/ a Tiger shaft - Recently sold for pure unabashed profit

Regards,

Lesh
 
Various academy cues,as a teen


Then I got serious I got a outlaw

Then 2 Olivier's
Then a treadway
Then a Gilbert
Then jd
Had to sell them all
Started playing carom
Got a kilby
Getting another kilby
And another probably
 
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Purchase Order:

Players (decal cue)
Balabushka GB-1 (made by Adams)
Frey Sneaky
Jacoby
Sly
Capone
Phillippi
Phillippi
Sly
Scruggs
Lambros Sneaky
Phillippi (Current Player)
Phillippi Sneaky (Current Breaker)
Phillippi Jump Cue (Current Jumper)
Joss

I feel like I missed one
 
Viking (*)
Olney BEM plain jane(*)
Schon STL1
Viking breaker
Tiger sneaky
Diveney sneaky
Gilbert bloodwood jump/break (*)
Olney 4 point snakewood/birdseye/ebony
Schon STL4
Schon STL2
Schon STL1
Schon STL9 (*)
Runde 14 4 point cocobolo/birdseye
Runde 15 4 point ebony/birdseye (*)
Jacoby bloodwood (*)
Runde 15 "sneaky" padauk (*)

(*) indicates I still have it.

Never really made the list, more than I would have guessed and a lot of Schons but some of those happened in pretty quick succession as I just bounced around a little.

Only real regret is letting go of that Runde 14 cue....that was a nice one (like all Rundes) that I wouldn't mind having back but couldn't really afford to keep it and pay for the cue right below it which I custom ordered and is far and away my favorite cue.

The Viking is still around because nobody wants to buy it and never hurts to have a beater around. The Olney was a nice cue but now has a creak in the a-joint unfortunately, still plays nice though. The Schon STL 9 would be gone but for a roll in the forearm. Still plays nice and I'll probably list it cheap someday noting the roll as it's a great player!

My core cue set is my two Rundes, the Jacoby, and the Gilbert jump/break. Love all four of those cues!
 
My first cue was a custom made by small volume craftsman. Plain Jane of some dark wood, oil finish, brass joint, and (he claimed) mammoth ivory ferrule.

Thank you kindly.
 
I started playing in 2011, still have all of my cues and are listed in order of acquisition.

Viking-Plain Jane from early 80's
McDermott D-11
McDermott-Snap On promotional cue
Titlist-Rosewood all original with Hoppe signature
Titlist conversion by Dayton
Runde Schon
Brunswick
Schon STL 6
Gulyassy Orange Crush
McDermott D 19 (player)
Jacoby jump cue
I also have 9 Brunswick 1 piece cues that came with my Gold Crown II
 
Playing cues...(I've owned many cues but these are the ones I played with on a regular basis)

1978 - Ross (Sportmart Sporting Goods)
1979 - Meucci
1984 - Schon R-14
1987 - Szamboti (Burned up in a car fire :sorry:)
1987 - Kersenbrock/SW (From John Wright. Found out later from Laurie Franklin it was prabably a South West)
1988 - Schon R-14 (Talked into selling the Kers/SW 8 months after I got her :eek: and went back to the Schon)
1989 - South West (found another for $100! :grin-square:)
1989 - Schon R-14 (Dickie Weaver talked me out of the SW :embarrassed2:.. I went back to the Schon..again)
1993 - Tascarella
1995 - Cognoscenti
1996 - Tascarella/Schon R14 (Retired the Cog. It was just too fancy to play with)
1999 - Tascarella (different than the first)
2000 - Josey
2014- 2016 - Cognoscenti or Josey (Switch between both. The Cog is a new player Joe made for me)

To the best of my recollection :smile:
 
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Palmer is what I started with then a Richard Black until Tim Scruggs opened his shop and I tried one of his cues. Been playing a Scruggs ever since.
 
over the past 4 years
and in no particular order because they've been too many to remember
might have even forgotten a few

Playing cues:
Action Economy all black cue (first cue)
Stealth
Valhalla
Viper
Scorpion
Lucky
Outlaw mystery box cue
Minnesota Fats
Dale Perry "1 of 1"
Lucasi LE7
McDermott
Viking
5280
Meucci Gambler
Predator SP4RW
Predator Ikon 1
Predator Ikon 3
Cuetec R360
OB 122
OB 123
Mezz EC7-W6
Jim Pierce custom
Jack Madden custom
Mike Wheeler sneaky
Cory Barnhart custom
Bob Frey custom
Leon Sly custom
Leon Sly sneaky
Steve Klapp sneaky
Poison AR-5
Elite 62 inch
another Cuetec R360
another Predator SP4RW
another Madden custom
Players sneaky

Carom:
Longoni
Hanbat

Jump and break cues:
Fury J/B
Lucasi Air Hog
Jacoby 3 Piece Jumper
James Hanshew Jumper
Tiger Impakt
Predator BK2
Pat Diveney J/B
Steve Lomax Jumper
Lomax Breaker
Larry Nevel Breaker
Poison VX J/B
Players PureX J/B
Jacoby Edge

all i got left are 2 Maddens, a Cuetec, a Players loaner, a Hanbat and a Lomax Jumper
and of course my first cue (Action) sits at home for sentimental reasons along with the Fats
 
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1) Grandfather won a bar fight after getting caught taking a cue sometime in the early 1970's, that cue was passed down to my father then me, which i've shot with since 1988, migrating it to breaking duties in 2012. Meucci/Huebler H-4.

2) Bought a Ariel Carmeli custom cue during APA nationals in Vegas in 2012 as my primary shooting cue.
 
Cool old thread, thanks for resurrecting :grin:

Brunswick (by McDermott), new in 1995?, in my cue rack
Falcon M5, used from thefonz in 1997?, in my cue rack
Dufferin Phantom, new in 1998?, in my cue rack
Lambros, used from thefonz in 200? in my cue rack
Schmelke sneaky, new in 2000ish, in my cue rack
Schmelke sneaky, new in 2001ish, in my cue rack
Schmelke sneaky, new in 2002ish, in my cue rack
BHQ, new from Brent in 2003ish???, in my cue rack
PFD/Bear sneaky, new from Martin in 2009?, in my cue rack
Prather sneaky, new in 2010?, in my cue rack
Baxter/Bear sneaky, new in 2012?, in my cue rack
Baxter/Omori sneaky, new in 2013, in my cue rack
Gracio sneaky, used from plshrk22 in 2013?, in my cue rack
Hills sneaky, new in 2013?, in my cue rack
Mark Bear 60", used from thefonz in 2014, in my cue rack
??/Davis sneaky, used from cfrandy in 2014, in my cue rack
Blackcreek sneaky, new in 2014, in my cue rack

Dave <-- doesn't sell cues and also has several cue racks :thumbup:
 
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Palmer

Dad got me a third catalog Palmer as my first cue when I was about Nine. I have a picture of me playing with it at about 12 years old at Capitol Billiards in Dover, DE.
I think it's a 1993 but I could be mistaken. Nylon wrap got replaced last year. Ferrule has been replaced several times. Tips come and go. But that cue and I have run out from places and in so many states.....
It's in my case in the car.....gotta go play!

In between, the best production cues besides that one I ever hit with:
Poison - Had two, sold them both when I was in a slump. Both Bolts, both hit great!
Nick Varner - Had two, first one got ruined by a guy repairing a shaft ding sold the second
Older Dufferin
Older Players -
 
1. Eliminator - Stolen
2. Viking - Car was stolen... cue was in the trunk
3. Viking - Gave away
4. Hurricane by Whitey Spach - Sold
5. Whitey Spach custom jump cue - Sold
6. Pechauer - Sold
7. Al Romero SP - Sold
8. Alex Brick Breaker - Sold
9. Eddie Cohen Player - Sold
10. Eddie Cohen Breaker - Sold
11. Lomax Jump - Sold
12. Davis Conversion by Eddie Cohen - Sold
13. Ned Morris - Current Player
14. Jacoby Custom Jump/Break - Current Breaker
15. Predator SP - Current space filler in the case

Wow... Great thread... I had totally forgot about some of these cues until now!
 
-viking - given to me then i gave it to someone else

-predator roadline

-bob frey sneaky

-mike webb- on the way
 
Rich cue
Palmer
Meucci
Schon
Richard Black
Joss
Rambow
Szamboti Gus / Barry
Dale Patten
Rich Hsu
Allen Green
 
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