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<blockquote data-quote="maylar" data-source="post: 177575" data-attributes="member: 541144">I&#039;ve been into pool for 20 years. Being an active woodworker with a lathe, I&#039;ve even made my own cues. What do I play with? A $50 stick from Sports Authority. As long as it&#039;s straight, with a maple 13mm shaft it&#039;s hard to tell the difference in the way a cue plays until you get to $800 customs. Then there&#039;s a difference.K-Mart sells a brand endorsed by wolrld champion Steve Mizerak (the &quot;Miz&quot;). My bud has one, and it plays very well. About $40.I don&#039;t like linen wrapped handles - they get dirty and can&#039;t really be cleaned. Just about every commercial cue has wrap. That&#039;s just a personal choice.All the commercial brands you mentioned are good. McDermott is probably the most popular, but I don&#039;t like their weight adjusting feature (same stick - add weight bolts). It throws off the balance.One of these days I&#039;m gonna get back into building cues again and start a business. After my new subs and comps are installed...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maylar, post: 177575, member: 541144"] I've been into pool for 20 years. Being an active woodworker with a lathe, I've even made my own cues. What do I play with? A $50 stick from Sports Authority. As long as it's straight, with a maple 13mm shaft it's hard to tell the difference in the way a cue plays until you get to $800 customs. Then there's a difference. K-Mart sells a brand endorsed by wolrld champion Steve Mizerak (the "Miz"). My bud has one, and it plays very well. About $40. I don't like linen wrapped handles - they get dirty and can't really be cleaned. Just about every commercial cue has wrap. That's just a personal choice. All the commercial brands you mentioned are good. McDermott is probably the most popular, but I don't like their weight adjusting feature (same stick - add weight bolts). It throws off the balance. One of these days I'm gonna get back into building cues again and start a business. After my new subs and comps are installed... [/QUOTE]

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