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I really wanted to like this cue but sadly I just don't. Now it would be fair to say it had an uphill battle where I was concerned because I already disliked the case. It looks to me as if it is trying to portray itself as some kind of patchwork denim, leather affair. Now that's down to my own personal tastes and you might actually differ and like the case, which is fine, it's personal choice. Still, I was hoping the cue itself would redeem the situation.Sadly, it did not. I find the cue itself oddly balanced. It has a fairly standard balance to it, which is just behind the bezel where the butt meets the shaft. I'm uncertain how they've achieved that because the shaft (the part of the cue toward the tip) is very light indeed. So with the shaft being so light and butt not feeling like it's been adversely weighted to compensate, I don't really get how they've managed to strike the balance? Perhaps it's because the entire cue feels quite light?It has a nice finish to it though. Nice, smooth and true which does help with your cueing action. I've played snooker on and off for most of my life and I managed to play quite well with this.The tip needs work out of the box, which isn't unusual in itself. The tip itself is mounted centrally on the ferrule, but it's been roughly sanded and profiled so that it is way, way off centre. That's going to impart spin to the cue ball. You need to sand it yourself and the cue doesn't come with any included. Not a major issue, but it would have been nice.The case is fairly well built actually. It's solid, closes well and has butt-plates to preserve the corner edges. Handle feels firmly attached.The extension pieces are really light too. The telescopic piece works well enough and importantly doesn't have any wobble in it when extended. The screw together with a sleeved thread.So it's not all bad, by any means, just I find this cue very light throughout. I can't really see much evidence of it being hand made either. I also, honestly, don't feel it's worth the current asking price of £120. It feels like a cue that maybe a third of that value, half at most. Chuck in the price of what is a decent case and I'd be looking to spend £70 at most.As I started off saying, I did want to like this cue, but I remain unconvinced. You have to call it how you see it, sorry.

I ordered this expecting a snooker cue,What I got instead was a piece of art, everything about this cue screams quality, from the main body to the extensions and the case.The first thing I did when I received this was phone my brother up and ask him if he fancied going to the local snooker centre for a game later on, much to his amazement.When there, I showed him my new toy, he said it was a really nice cue, he has always been more into snooker than I have, so I'm sorry to say I lost my first game with this, my excuse is that, despite the wonderful cue, it cannot undo years of arthritis, having said that, it's first game really wasn't a loss as my brother used this throughout the game also, therefore one can still say it's first game was a win.The point of us sharing the cue was to see if we both felt the same way about it and had a discussion about it afterwards, to which we both agreed it really was a very fine cue, the balance and weight of the cue was spot on, ideally balanced for me.The build quality is really special, such smooth action on it, I didn't have one miss cue whilst using this.The extensions also feel very well made, a lot of attention to detail has gone into this, even down to the included hard case, they all provide the user with a positive feel and dare one say even a little bit of confidence whilst playing with it.All in all this is a very nice cue, would I recommend this, absolutely without a moments hesitation.