Billiards covers English Billiards, Carom Billiards, and Pocket Billiards, and each has their own set of rules.
Professional billiards players like to have their own specific cues. Former British professional player Stephen Hendry does not currently use a specific stick as he is retired from his favorite game snooker.
He did not own a billiards table in 1923.
If you want to increase your level of play, studying billiards play by others and the techniques developed by others will allow you to learn from their experiences. Studying billiards allows to increase your level of play much more quickly than learning from your own mistakes or trying to develop techniques that have already been developed.
All three are different kinds of cue games: Billiards, Pool, and snooker. Billiard tables have larger pockets and use slightly larger balls than snooker. Other than that the tables are very similar in size and design. The smaller snooker balls are red, and yellow with white cue balls. They are not numbered like billiard balls and the game is entirely different than say 8 or 9 ball played in the USA. A billiard table can be converted to snooker because you can make the holes smaller to accommodate the snooker balls, but not vice-versa. In snooker you keep score and after all the balls are potted it is the one with the highest score that wins. 147 is the maximum score but theoretically 155 is possible. With billiards an infinite score is theoretically possible. In pool it is ho pots all their balls and the black first that wins.
To make your own pool cue stick, one would have to be an experienced wood whittler. There is a science to it which includes equal weight distribution and other factors. Unless you are a wood whittler, it would be a pretty difficult task.
This answer is subjective. Many people may say one, and other people choose the other. The McDermott Stinger can be purchased with a phenolic tip which can transfer more energy in the break than the hard leather tip. However, phenolic tips are not legal under some tournament rules. The Mezz Power Break is shorter and has very good weight adjustment. Both cues have their own methods to enhance the break shot by the technology used near the tip. Only personal preference can decide if one is better than the other. A solution is to have both, and use the pheolic tipped Stinger and move to the Power Break for tournament play.
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The answer to this is subjective. All the US custom cue makers are good in their own right, the term "best" depends on what you refer to. The most intricate designs are only made by very few cue makers, and those made by hand are fewer still. By many people's measure, the level of intricate artwork measures the cue makers skill. However, some cue makers concentrate on craftsmanship of the cue, not artwork. Artwork on some of the "best" cues is performed by a craftsman other than the cuemaker. An example is Sandra Brady who is an expert ivory scrimshaw artist that has worked for cue manufacturers but does not make cues. "Best" can refer to satisfying hte customers neds in the design - Michael Wagner of Raven Custom Cues has spent many months working with a customer for acceptance of the design of a cue before even cutting a piece of wood. Each custom cue maker has their own strengths and weaknesses, and "best" will be determined by who meets your needs the best. Meet with your custom cue manufacturer and look at their work and how they will work with you before ordering a custom cue. However, the best custom cue manufacturers will charge a lot for even the simplest lookingof cues, so be prepared to "get what you pay for".
Joss Cue most likely refers to the company "Joss Cues" which specializes in pool cues and their accessories. Joss Cues sells cues made of different quality wood and come in several colors. One can also design their own custom cue with a service on their official website.