Riley Snooker cue

[jprender]

Hi all,

I'm a new member to the TSF. I'm a recreational player. I play pool and snooker (or anything with a stick and a ball I guess) once or twice a week.

I have a Riley cue that I broke recently and I'm contemplating repair or buy.

I recently found a cue advertised as a Riley R33 - 3/4 split, 57" ... approximately 12 years old, rarely used.

I've never heard of it and I can't find any reference to it anywhere. Does anyone know what it retailed for10 to 15 years ago or what it may be worth today?

Cheers!

[DeanH]

do you have any photos to share, would make any identification easier

You can use an image-sharing sites such as tinypic or ImgBB to get the "code for forums code; which you copy completely and paste into your TSF post you can do more than one per post; and you image should display

[DeanH]

and photos of your old cue that shows the damage to assess whether it is able to be fixed

[jprender]

Some photos to go with the story

DeanH - I Hope this works ...

This is the only image I have of the cue that's for sale:


This is my broken cue (tenon snapped off):

[DeanH]

images worked

cant tell much about the cue for sale apart from it is hand-spliced butt - I dont know the range enough to tell from the front splices.
A photo of the badge may help. It could be that age and it could be older
Value? whatever someone is willing to pay for it, probably not that much.

Damage - this can be fixed easily by a cue-doctor/maker you will lose a little bit of the length of cue (not enough to make much of a difference) but a new tenor can be done and a new ferrule and tip fitted. does not take long and does not cost a lot.

Being in Canada though I don't know myself of anyone - but try any snooker club and they may know of someone local.
Hopefully TSF Canadian members will know more and pop on here
Where are you again? Ottowa?

[jprender]

Yes I'm in Ottawa ... unfortunately not many snooker clubs here but thanks for the advice.

I don't have access to any other photos of the cue for sale (sounds like it 14 years old or more). I'm hoping to see it this week though.

Cheers

[jprender]

btw - what do you think of the Blackspin and Bullseye ferrule/tip for performance/cost (Mike Wooldridge)? Would that be a good option for my repair ... or more cost than it's worth?

[DeanH]

Riley Snooker cue

not tried them myself
probably cost more to do than the cue is worth (monetarily not to your heart)

[Mark187187]

I know early doors the blackspin had a few issues with its strength/longevity. I understand MW now recommends installing a pad between the tip and ferrule now to reduce the pressure and stop cracking/wonkiness. The bullseye ferrule and system is supposed to have the same advantages of stiffening the hit, but with a stronger brass ferrule. It's too expensive for me to have the adaption on any of my cues, but if I ever got a MW cue custom I'd give the bullseye a go