New cue for my son

[ardvark66]

We cannot make our minds up whether to go for omin or woods 3 star or has anybody any other ideas? budget £150ish

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Om...item233cbbbe09

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Woods-3-St...item4d1feeca7a

[hotpot]

I have a lovely omin with extentions for sale for around that price if your interested .

[itsnoteasy]

Ardvark look at the Pheonix cues they are around 160, someone had a thread about them recently, they looked decent for the money, had good reviews as well.

[jaffa.johnson]

Woods cue is lacquer finish,

Cuedos is member on here so maybe worth contacting direct (he would probably oil finish for you).

[ardvark66]

I thought woods cues were oil finished.

[dave121260]

i bought a woods 3 star cue of cuedos and quite surprised to how well it plays don't get me wrong its not the best looking cue in the world but is a cracking playing cue. The shaft is oil finished and the butt is varnished Honest opinion though i wouldn't pay over £100 for a 3 star woods.

[denja]

For that sort of budget I would try the PHOENIX cues on the Craftsman Cues Web Site ! their basic Machine Spliced is around £ 95 ok ! its Machine Spliced but I have one and the quality of the shaft was better than many of the more up market Hand Spliced cues if you go for a hand spliced cue I think the Phoenix Master range start at around £175.

[darrenlowe79]

New cue for my son

I have a brand new phoenix cue or mastercues here if you pm me I can send you some photos

[old school]

Although he is currently on holiday ADR is doing similar O Min cues h/s for £109 + post and " cuedos " is doing pool spec Woods cues for £50 + post . In the case of the Woods cue an alteration to a larger tip size ( thus shortening the cue ) would be around £20 , so for about £80 you could get a good playable cue , for a junior player.

[thainichecue]

You may consider "niche cue" hand made in Thailand at around GBP160 including delivery cost, PM me for pics and details if you are interested