| My cue's are custom built One at a time! NOT PRODUCTION CUES! I do all the work on each and every cue. |
| CUES FOR SALE |
| I have been playing pool since 1986. I had a good friend that played really good, he traveled all over the country. Every now and then I would wager a couple dollars on him. WE WENT BUSTED OFTEN! This was before I ever shot pool for money. So, I was used to going busted from pool! In 1993 I tried to get a local cue maker to build me a custom cue. After a couple months he hadn't started. I asked again, he said he would get it done for me. Some time went by and he never even started it! So, I asked him if he was going to build me a cue or not? He said it would be done in 2 months. I said okay! GOOD! But if it is not, I am going to buy my own equipment and build them myself. Well needless to say he didn't even start my cue! So, In August of 1994 I sold my Softail Custom Harley that I had built from the ground up in June 1994. I bought my first lathe from Baby Face. I started doing repairs and in November 1994 I went to Chicago and bought my first real lathe for building cues. Thanks to a good friend, Jeff Beamas whom I asked to go into the business with me, he declined! Jeff loaned me the money to purchase my lathe. Needless to say, Jeff got my first cue I built and still owns it today. In July of 1995 I moved to Springfield Missouri where I met a cue maker by the name of Andy Gilbert (who builds a really good cue). He let me come work with him for a few months and I learned even more about building cues. THANKS ANDY! In 1996 we moved back to Granite City Illinois where I built cues out of my home for years. I took a 3 year break from cue building, some of you know what I mean! In the winter of 2005, I started shooting pool at the Billiard Club in Granite City, which is where I started playing pool at when it was called Break Time Billiards. I finally talked Mark Kimbro (Billiard Club owner) into building a room for me to build cues in. That took some convincing! So, in January 2006 Mark and another friend Jerry and I built a room which is now where I am building my cues, one at a time! We have already been talking about expanding my shop in the near future. Thanks to Mark and Jerry for being such good friends! I am now back to what I do best, building Patrick Custom Cues! I found out that I can't make a living playing pool, so I do the next best thing, build custom pool cues! I am currently looking to sponsor a pro or an up and coming junior pool player. In May of 2006, I became a sponsor for the Gateway Amateur 9-Ball Tour and will have cues on display at the events, if cues are available. I am also a sponsor for the Midwest Nine Ball Tour. A special thanks to a few good friends for all of their help: Jeff Beamas Mark Kimbro Jerry Bellovich Jim Royal and his son Hunter I'd like to add an additional thanks to my brother Mark for helping me get my cue building business going. |
| Patrick Custom Cues 1820 Cleveland Blvd. Granite City,IL 62040 618-709-2615 |
| Patrick Custom Cues is proud to sponsor, YOUNG GUN CHAMPION! JUSTIN BERGMAN! |
| Titlist conversion! Ivory joint and Hoppe ring. 28 Ivory inlays . White with Green spec Irish linen wrap! Radial joint pin. 2 - shafts with LBM ferules. Your choice of Kamui or Moori tips 19.0 ozs. |