Sticky new cue

[sanman]

sanman : Remember your last visit to Omin's office, 2 weeks ago ? You saw 50+ ready-made cues up the displaying rack in his office ? 90% were gone yesterday. Guys from other country came in and bought almost all of them. Those machined, handmade, plain butt/5-splices, 8-splices, etc. News is that cue prices will go up next year

Like I said before in the post "Thai Beauties" in the cue section of this forum the two Omin cues I bought for 60 dollars were well worth the money. So I am not surprised. I sold one Omin cue already at almost 3 times the price I paid. I kept the old Omin rack cue that he refurbished for me. I will never sell it and it plays exceptionally well. Better than most cues I have had. When I said thai cues are exceptional value for money and that the two UT cues I bought were in a class of their own people scoffed at me but you remember some of the shots I pulled of with that cue unclevit. Well the one UT cue made its first 100 break yesterday. Not by me but by a league snooker player. I am not in that league yet as I play more 8 ball pool than snooker but I am never going to sell those two cues for any money. He offered me 250 pounds equivalent for it and I refused. Thats a lot of money in South africa. He asked me to name my price and I again refused. I already placed an order for a sixteen splice UT maple cue early next year. As good as Omin cues are and there were many on display, I think you agree the two UT cues were just so much better. Beautiful yet superb performance.

[brendan147]

Guys,

This thread is supposed to discuss about what we can do to deal with our sticky cues. I believe there are few threads in TSF discussing about Omin's cue. So, please get back to the main topic.

No offense intended here.

Thanks.

[sanman]

Got side tracked
but fromwhat was discussed in this thread it seems like a the course of action if one wants to use get a cue that is not sticky would be to remove the sticky layer and then to treat it with either some kind of oil or wax. It should be noted that a cue can also build up a sticky layer over "naked" wood. Therefore the cue has to be cleaned and maintained as often as possible if one wants to maintain a smooth playing cue surface.

perhaps a thread on cue maintenance would be in order. Don't know if one exists

[brendan147]

Got side tracked
but fromwhat was discussed in this thread it seems like a the course of action if one wants to use get a cue that is not sticky would be to remove the sticky layer and then to treat it with either some kind of oil or wax. It should be noted that a cue can also build up a sticky layer over "naked" wood. Therefore the cue has to be cleaned and maintained as often as possible if one wants to maintain a smooth playing cue surface.

perhaps a thread on cue maintenance would be in order. Don't know if one exists

There should be one in TSF. Why not you open a new thread for cue maintenance? It could be fun. Different people with different ideas of taking care their cue, whether when the cue is "healthy" or "sick".

[sanman]

There should be one in TSF. Why not you open a new thread for cue maintenance? It could be fun. Different people with different ideas of taking care their cue, whether when the cue is "healthy" or "sick".

Maybe next week

i am packing of for the weekend right now

[RGCirencester]

Got side tracked
but fromwhat was discussed in this thread it seems like a the course of action if one wants to use get a cue that is not sticky would be to remove the sticky layer and then to treat it with either some kind of oil or wax. It should be noted that a cue can also build up a sticky layer over "naked" wood. Therefore the cue has to be cleaned and maintained as often as possible if one wants to maintain a smooth playing cue surface.

perhaps a thread on cue maintenance would be in order. Don't know if one exists

If you use the search their are many threads on cue maintenance already including a few I can remember on refinishing varnished cues. Another on removing dents from shafts. Personally (it was a cheap cue so i didn't much care), I took the varnish off my old cue with #000 grade wire wool, took maybe 45 minutes while I was watching TV, and then I finished it with craftsmans wax. Though this was purely because it was a cheap cue I much prefer oil finish and would finish a cue I was going to use regulary with linseed oil.

[unclevit]

Like I said before in the post "Thai Beauties" in the cue section of this forum the two Omin cues I bought for 60 dollars were well worth the money. So I am not surprised. I sold one Omin cue already at almost 3 times the price I paid. I kept the old Omin rack cue that he refurbished for me. I will never sell it and it plays exceptionally well. Better than most cues I have had. When I said thai cues are exceptional value for money and that the two UT cues I bought were in a class of their own people scoffed at me but you remember some of the shots I pulled of with that cue unclevit. Well the one UT cue made its first 100 break yesterday. Not by me but by a league snooker player. I am not in that league yet as I play more 8 ball pool than snooker but I am never going to sell those two cues for any money. He offered me 250 pounds equivalent for it and I refused. Thats a lot of money in South africa. He asked me to name my price and I again refused. I already placed an order for a sixteen splice UT maple cue early next year. As good as Omin cues are and there were many on display, I think you agree the two UT cues were just so much better. Beautiful yet superb performance.

Thank you sanman. Talking about the quality of the shaft, I agree that I prefer UT more. Solid, welldried, and feel good when cueing. I am not a good player (you knew this) but have lots of experience on various cues through out the past several years. UT cues might be inferior in butt craftmanship/beauty (except your 12 splices ), but when it comes down to playing quality, it's all in the shaft and the tip. Talked to UT before about your 16-splice version, he is alright. Next year he will be having a very experienced assistant to help him on the butt splices. This man is an ex-navy and have worked as a great local carpenter before. He was working for a hi-end export-to-europe furniture company here, as supervisor (very talented person). I have seen his work before recently (quality similar to your 12-splice's). He will be UT's only assistant on the butt work (shafts making remain totally with UT's 100% handmade). Cues will come out much faster, from 10 per month to 15. Too bad my full time job is taking me away bit by bit from UT and Omin's cues.