Hurricane Higgins cue

[Dave Maguire]

Hey guys , does anyone know what cue hurricane higgins used when he was playing?? Dave

[jrc750]

Well he is most famously associated with using a Burroughes & Watts Burwat Champion cue

[Dave Maguire]

Well he is most famously associated with using a Burroughes & Watts Burwat Champion cue

Thanks mate. Want one. Are they difficult to get a good one?

[jrc750]

Thanks mate. Want one. Are they difficult to get a good one?

They are on ebay all the time, but as you say, not always easy to get a good one, quite often too whippy for modern play. You may be better off buying a replica, i have one for sale

[jrc750]

Terrible pics, but gives you an idea, this one is 58", 9.5 ferrule, stamped 16 oz, but actually weighs 16.5 oz, 17 3/4" balance point.
Think its either a Tony Glover replica, or more likely a Tony Ions one.

[Dave Maguire]

Terrible pics, but gives you an idea, this one is 58", 9.5 ferrule, stamped 16 oz, but actually weighs 16.5 oz, 17 3/4" balance point.
Think its either a Tony Glover replica, or more likely a Tony Ions one.

delete some messages so i can pm u what do u want for it? and if i hold off to get an original , how much will i be paying?? thanks

[jrc750]

delete some messages so i can pm u what do u want for it? and if i hold off to get an original , how much will i be paying?? thanks

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Was thinking around £235 delivered for quick sale, it's in brand new condition
Originals vary so much on ebay, all depends on specs, here are a couple that have sold cheaply lately
http://www.ebay.co.uk/csc/i.html?_sa...mplete=1&rt=nc

[willtyson]

They are on ebay all the time, but as you say, not always easy to get a good one, quite often too whippy for modern play. You may be better off buying a replica, i have one for sale

Wow, great salesman lol :snooker:

[narl]

Higgins in the end went through quite a few champion cues. His problem was he never took care of his cues. They all got battered around and bits and pieces of the splices started to break off ( you can see this damage in some match footage, his 147 attempt against Davis in 1980 for example). He had 1 or 2 "stolen" allegedly and he lost at least one other. Not the only kind of cue he used though, pretty sure at one point he had an H&O and I've seen at least one pic of him playing with a Eureka. I recall one story where his cue had warped due to being left on top of a radiator.

[mattyshinobi22]

yes alex went through many cues, burwats being his favourite but as previously stated they are not renowned for being stiff cues and alex prefered a stiff cue. also he liked altering weights of the cues. theres a clip on youtube about him playing with a mannock cue and in maple, stating he never using anything but ash but the mannock is playing very well

[narl]

yes alex went through many cues, burwats being his favourite but as previously stated they are not renowned for being stiff cues and alex prefered a stiff cue. also he liked altering weights of the cues. theres a clip on youtube about him playing with a mannock cue and in maple, stating he never using anything but ash but the mannock is playing very well

Got a link to the mannock and eureka vid?


This is a good example of his battered cues, you can see that one of the splices has a large chunk missing out of it.

[cazmac1]

Terry mentioned that Alex made 6 147's where any on camera?

[ADR147]

Thanks mate. Want one. Are they difficult to get a good one?

almost impossible, if you want to play with it buy one from tony ions or tony glover.

[mattyshinobi22]

Got a link to the mannock and eureka vid?


This is a good example of his battered cues, you can see that one of the splices has a large chunk missing out of it.

just found it, cant recall him playing with a eureka though. heres the bity about him playing with the mannock

it follows the frame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckdyc...ature=youtu.be

[narl]

just found it, cant recall him playing with a eureka though. heres the bity about him playing with the mannock

it follows the frame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckdyc...ature=youtu.be

Interesting, wonder why he found it a "cardinal sin" to be using a maple cue, if you play well with it i don't really see the issue. If i found a maple cue i could knock tons in with id be over the moon