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Old cues are usefull
Recently stumbled accross a sale of old cues being sold for 30 pounds.
No longer of interest to collectors because of their condition, they nevertheless make great playing cues if you can look past the broken badges and other small issues (including slight bends).
I bought three one piece cues of various dimensions and then had them fitted with brass ferrules and proper tips.
The cues are -
- a Peter Mans challenge cue (16oz, 10mm tip, 57inches, 29mm butt)
- a Perrie Mans cue (17 ounces, 10mm tip, 58 inches, 30.5mm butt)
- Ray Reardon cue (17 ounces, 10mm tip, 58 inches and 29.5mm butt)
The results are quite surprising and I quickly discovered that I really enjoyed playing with the light Peter Mans cue to such an extent that I am considering changing the specs of my TW that I am waiting for to reflect those (bar the lenght which should be 58 inches ideally).
The Ray Reardon is a powerful cue that plays really very well and the Perrie Mans, although it has a beautifully smooth maple shaft, is too thick for me in the butt and will be sold again soon.
Moral of the story. If you still hunting around to determine your ideal cue stats you could do a lot worse than buying a few old cues, modernising them a bit and experimenting :snooker:
No longer of interest to collectors because of their condition, they nevertheless make great playing cues if you can look past the broken badges and other small issues (including slight bends).
I bought three one piece cues of various dimensions and then had them fitted with brass ferrules and proper tips.
The cues are -
- a Peter Mans challenge cue (16oz, 10mm tip, 57inches, 29mm butt)
- a Perrie Mans cue (17 ounces, 10mm tip, 58 inches, 30.5mm butt)
- Ray Reardon cue (17 ounces, 10mm tip, 58 inches and 29.5mm butt)
The results are quite surprising and I quickly discovered that I really enjoyed playing with the light Peter Mans cue to such an extent that I am considering changing the specs of my TW that I am waiting for to reflect those (bar the lenght which should be 58 inches ideally).
The Ray Reardon is a powerful cue that plays really very well and the Perrie Mans, although it has a beautifully smooth maple shaft, is too thick for me in the butt and will be sold again soon.
Moral of the story. If you still hunting around to determine your ideal cue stats you could do a lot worse than buying a few old cues, modernising them a bit and experimenting :snooker: