cues loved and lost.

[Neil Taperell]

Robert Osborne Redplate with 4 snakewood splices .......no idea why i sold it .

I think someone on here has it......would love to buy it back .

[buddfridgeman]

It sounds nice neil, the things we do, havnt got it but how much would you pay to get it back ?

[shanerayner28]

cues loved and lost.

one i sold and regret is up for sale on ere now but it's not my specs now it's the Trevor white cue wiv the matching mini butt in my profile pic

[Neil Taperell]

It sounds nice neil, the things we do, havnt got it but how much would you pay to get it back ?

Don't know mate ......probably never get the option . Think i sold it for £250.00 .

[mattyshinobi22]

Don't know mate ......probably never get the option . Think i sold it for £250.00 .

i know feeling mate, i had few back plate hunt cues i sold few years ago for 500. wish i wasnt in rush to sell them. however they werent the best playing cues ive had. prob why i sold them. but worth some coin today lol

[DeanH]

Many, many years ago I had an old maple/rosewood butt 2pc, no idea of the make/model, but I could play really well with it.
Unfortunately I did not drive in those days and it fell off the back of the bike in its soft-vinyl case and went under the wheels of an 18-wheeler.
The shaft was snapped in two, and the butt broken apart at the splices.
Did not know of any cue-doctors in those days (and no internet - yep I am that old ) so just had a ceremonial burning in the back garden.
RIP

[lostmycue]

I had an old Barracuda gold medal that I loved until an angry ex decided it was firewood Dont think I have ever been that mad since. Stopped playing for years after.

[MinnesotaSlim85]

Hi guys, heres my lovely old John Parris - Special Cue made in the early 90's I said goodbye to it many years ago now... best cue I ever had for playing 8-ball pool and the side spin and screw shots I could do with it were amazing!..sadly it had to go as it became so badly warped at both the top and bottem ends of the cue

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[gagg8ball]

I bought a matchplay custom maple about 10 years ago, i know not the best make but it was a stunning piece of maple,triple butted with ebony,goldfield burr and snakeswood. I used it for 8-ball as it had a tiny tip,7.8mm. Anyway,being the 19 year old donut i was,i sold it to a friend as i was in need of some wedge to whisk a trollope off her feet!my friend then proceeded to slowly kill the cue,banging it on tables,floors etc. i even saw it fly past my table at 1 point. I've never played as well on a pool table since.......youngsters learn from my,and many others mistakes. When you got a good un,keep it

[damienlch]

I had an old Barracuda gold medal that I loved until an angry ex decided it was firewood Dont think I have ever been that mad since. Stopped playing for years after.

I had the same cue. Chucked it into a garbage bin outside a snooker club many years ago in a fit of pique after a bad session. Stopped playing for a number of years too.

Kind of missing it now after reading your post.

[G30 MC]

My first proper cue was a Riley Gold Medal, It was my 21st birthday present from my mum. Still have it but sadly i never could get on with it. Very stiff. After that i bought a John Parris Professional, Superb cue. Played my best snooker with it. Sold that with a Cheddar Classic's Case for £300 (WHAT A TOOL) Only sold it cause i orderd a John Parris Ultimate (821). Had it in my head that a one piece cue was better. Played with that for a while, Could'nt get used to it cause it's Maple, It sit's in it's case under my bed along with my other cue's. i.e 2 Will Hunt Blaclpate's, Robert Osborne Blackplate, Customised Dave Coutts, Trevor White (POOL SPEC):snooker:

[Guy3103]

My first cue was a fake 2 piece peradon I bought in Israel back in 2007 for 150 GBP. I know it was fake because a guy who had an original one told me that the joint in it was not a peradon joint. I have no idea what the specs of this cue were and I never bothered taking pictures of it but all I know is that it's the best playing cue I ever had... played my highest break of 51 with it along with many high 40's and that was back in 2007 when my snooker skills and knowledge was very limited compared to what it is now after having several private lessons with far better players.

What happened with this cue is that I simply stopped playing snooker at one point as I went back to playing club basketball so after a while of not playing snooker I just three it away. About a year after this happened my wonderful, amazing, best wife made me a bday surprise in the face of a JP Ultimate which I hoped will bring back with it the love for snooker I once had. The only problem was that since my baby knows nothing of snooker, and since Mr. Parris has very "helpful and professional" people working for him the cue ended up being 59" long and 19.5oz heavy which is far from a standard spec. The thing is I never knew anything about specs and I figured that the fact of it being a John Parris cue "the best cue in the world" "used by all the professionals" must helm me play much better than I ever did before. I spent a whole year until I started playing decent snooker with it and even that was not that impressive and far from constant.

I was very close to quitting snooker for a second time thinking I'm just no good without even trying to contemplate there might be something wrong about the cue and not about me but then I was lucky to enter a billiard club which had a new JP Ultimate for sale and after trying a few shots with it I went on to buy for a fortune, but at least I am still playing snooker today