Buy House Cues

Today I am going to touch on house cues or one piece billiard cue stick. If you have visited billiard parlor quite often, you will realize that those billiard cue stick that hang on the wall are one-piece billiard cue stick. These are called “house cues” and you most definitely can use them for free. To know the weight of the billiard cue stick, it is either cut or stamped on the billiard cue stick itself in ounces.

So now how do you choose the best billiard cue stick for you? First, you have to check the cue tip, which is the most important. Make sure that the cue tip is not overly used and the ferrule is not cracked (Ferrule is the white plastic that holds the cue tip).

Secondly, check for the straightness of the billiard cue stick . Simply row it on the billiards table and notice if the billiard cue stick is wobbling or not. The other way to check whether the billiard cue stick is straight is by your own eye judgement, hold the billiard cue stick up and look through with one eye from the butt to the tip of the billiard cue stick; slowly turn the billiard cue stick in one direction and take note of any curves in your line of sight of the billiard cue stick.

The last thing to check for your right house cue is the smoothness of the billiard cue stick. When the billiard cue stick has been handled by people through time, perspiration, dirt and dust will accumulate on the shaft of the billiard cue stick and cause the billiard cue stick to be bumpy. You will find it rather irritating when shooting, probably it will make you lose a bit of concentration when shooting. If that is the best billiard cue stick the wall can offer, ask the person in charge of the billiard parlor for shaft papers. Shaft papers are special papers designed to clean and smoothen billiard cue stick. They act like sandpaper, so all you need to do is handle them like sandpaper by rubbing the billiard cue stick in a up and down motion.

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