craftsman cue-good choice?

[monkey]

http://www.craftsmancues.com/acatalo...cues.html#a140

Im going for the victor burr wood cue for £65. Anyone got one of these and can comment on it or is it a good choice anyway for £65? Since this will be my first cue ive bought that you can pick the weight etc, can anyone recommend what length i could do with and how heavy? Im going for 9.5mm tip so...

[Mr O]

I'd go for 57.5 " long and 17.5 oz as a good average.

[perpetualboredom]

http://www.craftsmancues.com/acatalo...cues.html#a140

Im going for the victor burr wood cue for £65. Anyone got one of these and can comment on it or is it a good choice anyway for £65? Since this will be my first cue ive bought that you can pick the weight etc, can anyone recommend what length i could do with and how heavy? Im going for 9.5mm tip so...

Much better to go to craftsman or anywhere else that has lots of cues, and a table so you can hit some balls and decide for yourself what the best length and weight is.

[Zidane_87]

hi monkey

i have the cue below it the craftsman legend (admittedly second-hand but tip-top condition) very happy with it as a first cue solid play and nice finish

go fir that one if you can stretch your budget

[monkey]

Afraid i wont be able to stretch any further than 65 max. Im not too good at snooker so im sure that one in the link should do?

[monkey]

Argh, now my parents are moaning about me spending £65 on a cue saying that thats 'rediculous', although i can buy it as its my own money if i like they said. Anything i say to them they just say they dont think its worth it and i may as well go get a rileys one for £30 from the sports shop.

[King T]

I say try your best with your parents and get anything but a £30 pound Riley, I have one of those and to be honest the quality is so humble. Even if you were a beginner when you first get it you'll go like whats wrong with it? It plays just fine! But very soon you will realize that it is time to move for something better.

[mick farrell]

Argh, now my parents are moaning about me spending £65 on a cue saying that thats 'rediculous', although i can buy it as its my own money if i like they said. Anything i say to them they just say they dont think its worth it and i may as well go get a rileys one for £30 from the sports shop.

A persuasive reason you could give your parents - If your heart is set on a craftsman cue - is that this type of cue can be resold very easily (e.g. eBay) for about £40 - £50. New Riley cues sell for next to nothing second hand. The Craftsman is a much sounder investment.

[monkey]

Right, they will let me have it as im buying it myself, although they said it was daft paying that. I did have my mind set on that craftsman one at 65, but if anyone has anymore they would recommend me getting for around that price i will happily look at them:snooker:

[perpetualboredom]

I would look at ebay and think about buying a cue 2nd hand. I realised the other day the advice about going to a shop and playing with a cue and choosing one you like has never really worked for me, so I was being a tab hypocritical.

The best way to find a cue you really like is to buy one, play with it for a while, then try something else if you're not convinced. Eventually you'll have a pretty good idea what kind of cue you prefer. The only trouble here is if you go about this by buying new, premium cues, it'll be an expensive learning curve! (hence why several of my mates now play with my ex cues at half the original cost!).

The reason I'd suggest a 2nd hand cue, is because bar the postage, you'll lose nothing if the cue turns out to not suit you well by just re-selling it and buying another one to try.

[monkey]

ideally wanted to buy a new un. Hate buying 2nd hand

[monkey]

By the way, the victor burr wood cue wont be coated in that sticky stuff like on the cheaper ones will it? Think its called laquer or something? Because my cue ive got atm is coated in something and dosent run too smooth through my hand, what will the cue im thinking about buying me coated in? Will it be smoother?

[snookerpoolman]

Hi, for the best quality in the UK in customised I'd recommend a Cue Craft cue. I have access to plenty of these - contact me at cueist@genie.co.uk for further details.. Dave, Snookerpoolman

[02aleric]

no the victor burr cue is definitely not laquered, just received an email from simon at craftsman in response to this very question, all of the cuecraft cues are oiled and waxed!

[monkey]

thanks my friend. Now im unsure wether to just leave it a few weeks and get the classic cue as it looks pretty nice and its hand spliced. Is there much difference between hand spliced and machine spliced, enough for me to pay another 60 quid for it or will the victor burr be just as good for cheaper? So basically, whats difference in quality between hand spliced and machine?