Thanks. I was a Schon guy for almost 30 years. I'll always love them.

I've been having an issue lately where my old Schon R12 has suddenly become a monster in my hands. It's really making me wonder why I ever switched away from it.

I really like the simplicity of my Hoppe Schon. Green and brown veneers wouldn't have been my choice, but they look great together. One of these years I hope to be able to try a Mezz cue. I remember looking at their website, and I was surprised by how expensive they can me.

Wow, that's probably twice what I paid for my R12 in 1991. You must have gotten a really fancy one.

I like the look of SS joints. I can't really detect any difference in the hit of a cue based on joint differences. Oh, the SS joints have a different sound which may be too "pingy" for some people.

The Cuetec Cynergy is the best shaft I've ever used, easily. But but but I haven't tried all shafts, or even all carbon-fiber shafts. I've tried the Cynergy, the Pechauer Rogue, the Predator Revo, and the Meucci CF shaft that I can't remember the name of. The Cynergy, to me, hits better than any of the other CF shafts I've tried, and all of the CF shafts hit better than any of my wood shafts. Your mileage may vary, as "hit" can be pretty subjective.

@@davidsiltz any reason you don't use it? Must be the look. LLoyd

@@dookjr Correct. I haven't been able to handle how the black shafts look.

I agree with that. Most of my Schon cues hit very well, but I have several other cues that hit better. And one or two of my Schons don't hit very well at all.

I don't feel like CNC point ed cues are inferior in quality, just in looks. If you compare two cues that are identical except one has sharp points and the other has rounded points, I don't see that as an indication quality at all. Of course, the sharp-pointed cue is going to cost four times as much and the CNC version, so value and street cred are definitely different.

@@davidsiltz The thing is that stress is concentrated at a sharp point more than it is at a round point, where the stress is distributed around the curve. Now whether there is enough stress is a cue for that to matter, is open to debate.

I did a video last August called "My Best Hitters" where I compared some of my best-hitting cues. In short, my Pechauers and my Joss cues have had the best hits of any of my cues with the stock shafts. My Adam Balabuska is very good as well, as are most of my Schon cues. I believe, that of the cues I've tried, Pechauer and Joss all have fantastic hits. My Schon cues and my Adam Balabushka have very good hits. It's probably important to note that all of my Schon cues are at least 20 years old.

None of them would be considered rare except my Runde-era one. I'm not interested in resale value of my cues. Never have been. That's not why I've got so many.

@@davidsiltz giveaway video time !! 😎

@@jonnygrowlately Actually, I will probably give away a cue when I hit 1000 subscribers. I gave away 2 cases when I hit 500. I just might live long enough to hit 1000 if things continue at this rate. The cue I give away probably won't be a Schon, though. Maybe my old break cue. I dunno.

I'm curious to know which 4 cues look exactly the same. Perhaps you're blind? Actually, beauty is, as they say, in the eye of the beholder.

@@davidsiltz Are you seriuos? 1, 2, 4, 5 , 7 look the same (exactly) and 3, 6, also look the same, except number 6 (the cue that you forgot) you call a sneaky pete, except its just the 3 but wrapless. haha. I'm sorry that you don't see that because probably you're too much in detail, but I am speaking of the generality of the cue when you take a glance at it, its exactly the same, go to a non-pool player let him take a glance, then bring another one let him take a glance, he'll tell you its the same item.

@@xanh350 My problem was that you said "exactly" which I interpreted to mean "exactly" but you were actually opining from a non-poolplayer perspective. My goal in buying cues was never to get cues of all the varying styles, nor was it to get cues I thought were ugly. I get cues that I like, and it seems that my taste-range is narrower than you would prefer. Everyone is different, and it seems that, in this area at least, you and I are different.

@@davidsiltz I respect that, please don't get me wrong I respect all what you do. But obviously our taste are soooo different and I can see that. Thanks for the videos. I am not a cue collector but I am a player, when I get a cue I stick to it for years and I had one cue which is custom with no much style because to me playability is what matters and looks does not matter to me whatsoever. In fact I tell the cue maker just to make a plain cue choose whatever color he wants and just send it my way. Long story short literally few days ago my fav cue which I had for years got stolen from me here in London or maybe I missed it in a taxi, I tried to track the taxi down but couldn't and my cue & shaft is gone forever, they were in a 1x1 case and now I am without a cue. The way I found you was me searching for info about joss. because I can't afford yet another custom so I am going to get the cheapest joss out there to play with. I wouldnt even care for looks, just plain joss butt with its shaft and maybe find a USED carbon fiber shaft to fit into it, thats it.

@@xanh350 My Joss cues are all in my Top 5 best-hitting cues. Just fantastic.