9-Ball
Topic: Cue storage

I was just wondering which is the best way to store cues when not in use.

I have a few cues at home due to having different cues for snooker/english pool/american pool (jack of all trades, master of none is the saying that springs to mind!) and am considering a rack at home to store them all in a vertical position, is this best for the cues? or horizontal?

Collectors have various opinions on this so I will just tell you what I think from my own experience.

My snooker, billiard and english 8 ball cues are stored in vertically in either Cheddar Classic, Glover or the aluminium type cases. They used to be stored under a bed until I realised the hot water pipe ran under the floorboards in that location...not good. They have been stored vertically for years with no problems.

With the american cues, I have 2 particular methods.

1) Quality solid leather cases, stored vertically will not present a problem. The best on the market for storage in this fashion is definately Whitten. They are, however, quite expensive. So any quality hard leather case should suffice (Instroke, Porper, Giuseppe, etc).

2) Zero Haliburton aluminium flight cases or Danbuilt specialist storage cases. Both expensive but represent the best in protection for your cues in storage. The Haliburton even has a rubber, pressure seal....the cues are stored at a constant temperature regardless of the outside environment. They come in various sizes. As you can see they are stored horizontally. As this is a specialist case, there are no problems storing cues this way. I don't recommend storing cues horizontally in a leather case if you can avoid it. Here is a pic of one of my ZH cases open.....

I must also add that you should try to keep your cues in an environment where there are no sudden changes in temperature. This is especially bad if your cue has inlay work, as the inlays expand and contract at different rates to the surrounding wood. This will result in cracking of the wood and inlays. I have seen this on cues and its not a pretty sight.

Forgot to say.....a rack should be ok depending on the design and the room temperature.

Billiard cues diamondo?

You loathe the 3 ball game!

LOL

Cues are nice though but talking about the game....I can't finish a sentence on the subject without falling aslezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

You'll never understand the true beauty of the game diamondo.

LOL

Hey, I can appreciate the skill, time, effort and devotion people give the game but when you say the word Billiardzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

What about my Justis mate, whats best ?????

Of course thats perfect!! I forget there are a few Justis owners in the UK now. Best of the best mate.

And as for Billiardzzzzzzzzzzzz, have to say am with you mate. played it for years and god it's boring........ zzzzzzzzzzz