• Cuetec cue used for breaking. I've never used a better break cue, but vanity prevents me from carrying this thing out in public.
• Schön STL-13, 20oz. Delivers a good solid hit. Traded for new Artemis cushions, new Simonis cloth, and other considerations.
• Schön SL-7, 20oz. Still my most trustworthy cue, except that lately I've been playing better with the Predator below it..
• Predator 99-6, 20oz. A softer hit, works well on those days where I'm spinning balls in. For whatever reason in Fall 2003 I suddenly started playing very well with this cue. My banks were not as reliable but my other games saw a lot more shots go in than they did with the Schön.
• Schön STL-4, 20oz. My new break cue. This cue was ordered as part of a matched set along with the STL-13 above. It turns out that it matches the SL-6 much better.

For the Schon I use either of a matched pair of Predator 314 shafts. For my Predator I prefer a different 314 shaft that's a little more narrow and has a longer ferrule. For the break cues I use shafts by the respective cuemakers. All shooting cues have Moori medium-hard tips. The Schon break cue has a Schon water buffalo tip, and the CueTec still has a LePro tip on it.

My Instroke Artisan 3+5 case.

My new Diamond Professional Pro-Cut table, minutes after the installers left. I'd like to say I broke and ran this first rack of 9-Ball, but the truth is that, on the break, I knocked the cueball off the table and into some stonework, chipping the cueball.

Just a picture of how the Diamond pro-cut pockets are relative to the balls. I need to get a better stepstool so I can take a better picture.