What was your first cue.

[vmax4steve]

Mine was a centre jointed ramin cue from a Kay's catalogue that I used when I first started playing pool. Then I got a centre jointed maple Ray Reardon from the next issue Kay's catalogue that I also used for pool. When I switched to snooker I got myself a centre jointed ash powerglide that I was quite fond of but then I had a one piece (now a 3/4) 62 inch ash hand made especially for me and I've had this for thirty years or so.

[rob s]

Keith Auld 3/4 cue , bought from him when he had his shop in Wimbledon . Wish I kept it now ......would have saved me a few ££££££'s . Was actually , when I think about it now , a very decent cue for the money .

Was his work good back in the day? I have seen some of his recent work as 2 regulars from the snooker hall I work in ordered a cue from him. Both cues were terrible with really thin uneven splices, poorly fitted ferrules, hardly any grain filler with a horrible finish. 1 of them wasn't even straight, I have to say they were the worst cues I have seen especially for over £200

[Saint Michael]

Riley tombstone. Was one piece but my dad got bob akers to put one of his famous clear joints in. Wasn't same again. Still got it 30 years on. 8.8mm tip. my dad uses it.

[itsnoteasy]

I bought two Chinese jobbys off ebay two and a half years ago, for under thirty pound , I loved it but the joint went and when I tried to fix it ,it went all pingy ,so I gave it away to a young lad in the club who didn't have a cue, I still have my sons one and the shaft is so nice every now and then I think about getting a nice butt made for it and playing with it. I use it as my practice cue in the house.

[jrc750]

Powerglide Executive, followed up quickly by a Purist when I'd saved more money. I still have it. Then bought another Purist recently. Black ebony and old ash, can't beat it.

The Purist's i have had i am 99% certain were painted splices

[narl]

The Purist's i have had i am 99% certain were painted splices

Some did, others for some reason had actual splicing underneath a painted exterior.

http://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/boa...ght=hunt+round

[drumcue]

Mid 1980's, a BCE Jimmy White 2 piece with the big white plastic centre joint that looked just like the cues that a lot of the pros seemed to use at that time! It was nicked out of the back of my car along with my stereo and speakers on my first day at a new job in South London. Gutted!

[jrc750]

They are not painted, or at least they weren't in the 80s and I know this because I took my first one apart and the ebony is pure black and rock hard, very difficult to hand saw through. The butt of the cue was lacquered and this caused confusion. If you chip the lacquer off and push a pin in, you will soon see what's underneath.

Did you read that thread that Narl put up a link too, my cues have all looked like this, this one http://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/boa...918#post677918

[garysnooker]

the one that ive got dont look like painted splices to me its a old 3/4 cue

[Byrom]

A cue craft cue - can't remember the exact brand name - but it was cool looked nice ash ebony something red on the veneer and maybe rose wood or snake wood - not sure cant remember I thought as it had a weird joint - a quick release triangle-ish thing that took only a slight twist to join together - sold it to my mate who got drunk one night - forgot to join the dots up when he was playing and buggered up the threads - I don't know if it played well or badly as I played badly back then and never knew any different.

Does anyone know the cue I mean?

I also had a great case a three wide aluminium barracuda case - could fit all sorts of extensions and bits in them cases.

[rightoncue89]

What was your first cue.

2 piece maple Riley Dufferin Steve Davis cue - still have it around somewhere!

[Dave Walton]

This is the cue I mentioned

[Byrom]

Just looked through the posts Rob sounds like he had the same cue - a few of them where made with a similar joint I think mine had four splices of either rose wood or snakewood and a red and pinkish veneers over the splices - cue craft monarch rings a bell that might be the one.

Made me laugh reading back through the thread finding that we all thought the same as each other about the joint - though I liked it at first - I felt like Bruce lee with his numchuckers taking it apart after wining a game on the odd occasion - thought I was cool but in reality I probably looked like this.

[Dave Walton]

Just looked through the posts Rob sounds like he had the same cue - a few of them where made with a similar joint I think mine had four splices of either rose wood or snakewood and a red and pinkish veneers over the splices - cue craft monarch rings a bell that might be the one.

Made me laugh reading back through the thread finding that we all thought the same as each other about the joint - though I liked it at first - I felt like Bruce lee with his numchuckers taking it apart after wining a game on the odd occasion - thought I was cool but in reality I probably looked like this.

Those joints were terrible

[pottr]

My first cue was a cue that my dad got me with the Embassy Cigarette coupons... Came with a little metal case and everything.

I loved it, tried to buy the exact set from ebay a year or two ago and the guy wanted stupid money for it.