Anyone here know much bout em? brand names , etc?

I was in the pawn shop yesterday , was a nice looking cooper in there, it was reddish brown , and said graphite on it, they were askin 40 bucks , i have been looking for a cue , but don't have any idea if that cue is worth 40 bucks?

 

If there are any blood, hair or teeth marks, pass it up.

 

I have a viking cue

Graphite, warp resistant, and it was a gift, but its been priced by so called "pros" for being at least 200 bucks. Ive been offered 180 for it, but its not for sale. Lets see, Vikings are awesome, Cue Techs are much pricier and supposebly much better quality, i have no basis of comparison, except for those two brands, Eitherways mines a pretty grey color with a white tip, and a "model" on the handle... basically is you strategically place ur hand, you cover her goods he he he..., good cue overall, dont use it much, just on special occasions, u bring ur own cue to a bar u draw too many ooo look he is a big shot looks, id rather be a sleeper. Not saying im **** good, just a lil better than some..

Tx

 

McDermott makes a nice cue too.

 

I've used and had good luck with Dufferin. Plus, they have the Maple Leaf in the cue



~Rob

 

That's what most of the house cues are here ^^^

I think i am going to pass on this one for now , might check out some sports shops sometime and see what i find.

 

So what's the Cadillac of cues, just out of curiosity...

 

McDermott seems to be the cadillac to me. You see them at all of the tournaments. I used one once and it was great. A little rich for me. The one I looked at was over $600. I haven't heard the term " graphite" in a long time. Nowdays they call it " carbon fiber". It's very stable and has stiffness seen in no other composite product. I worked with it alot when I worked in aerospace fabrication. It's so stiff that you have to be careful when sanding it because a splinter will go through the sanding block and through your finger bone and all. I've seen it happen. I never used a graphite cue but it would be a great product assuming that they wound it around a mandrel.

 

Mcdermott is one of the better brands out there. You can spend anywhere from $100.00 to who knows what for a good cue depending on what your looking for.

 

$600

I still don't know if that one i saw is worth buyin , lol

 

I think I dropped $120 on my McDermott. It's not the cheapest cue that they make, nor the most expensive. Just a nice cue. If you can get yourself a friendly dealer, he'll order exactly what you want, color, grip wrap, weight, and tip style.

 

I looked on their website and saw a $2,575 cue.

 

I like the Viking..

but then again i have no basis for comparison... I need to try a mcdermot now.. and for 2575 dollars, ill put that towards my BOMB fund.... he he he he

Tx

 

I did some work on a dust collector here in Houston for a custom cue builder....Richard Black. His cues are all custom built with inlaid jade, Ivory, exotic woods and you name it. His work fetches between 20 and 50K each.... Minnesota Fats had his cues custom built by him.....

Just wanted to give insight to the TOP END of the price range.......

Wanna trade your Cummins in on a cue????

Gary

 

i guess i don't know much about them , what effect does weight have? and tip style? i guess i really didn't know there was different ones. does that grip wrap make a big difference?