Any snooker players in OOT? I need a new cue...

[I.Rowboat]

Years ago, when I was in college, I spent an inordinate amount of time playing pool. This was in the dark days before teh Interwebs and their magical tubes of knowledge/pr0n/poker/etc. Simpler times, simpler amusements. Anyway, at some point, bored with playing pool but not good enough to play billiards, I discovered snooker and became hooked -- snooker is a great, challenging, complicated and often humbling game. Snooker : pool :: chess : checkers.

Unfortunately, the US is sort of a wasteland for a snooker player, and even when you can find a local room with a snooker table -- and I am lucky to be near an excellent room with two quality 6 X 12 tables -- it is very hard to find decent supplies. Specifically, I'd like to buy a good-to-very-good 3/4 snooker cue + 29" extension, similar to this one:



The local pool/billiard supply place has a couple of US-standard two piece snooker cues, but I'd like to purchase a proper 3/4 UK-style snooker cue, like the one above. I figure I'll probably need to order it online from a UK supplier or via eBay from a UK seller and have it shipped to me in the US. Unfortunately, I have no idea who makes a good snooker cue or what a fair price would be. ~$300, including shipping, is probably at the upper range of what I'd like to spend.

Is anyone on OOT familiar enough with snooker cues to recommend a brand, model, or shop? I'm only playing for fun, but I appreciate quality. I see lots of cues on eBay, all from UK sellers, but I have no way of knowing the relative merits of one over another.

Any help would be appreciated.