Recent content by Hits 'em Hard

I put a Jacoby blackout shaft on my lomax handle and there’s not a single production jump cue that I’ve tried that does as well. I tried putting a Icebreaker+ tip to neuter it a bit. It didn’t. But it grips better than just the phenolic.

Back up.

Still looking for one.

In search of a 30” Mezz Ignite. Either in United or 5/16-14.

That’s not even the case. It measures both the shaft warp and the butt warp relative to a stroke.

When the cue is in a lathe, not between centers. But held in a chuck at the butt and the joint. Screw a shaft onto the cue. What does the tip do when the cue is slowly spun? If there’s a little wiggle, try and measure how much. Then take the whole cue and support it at the buttcap and tip. Put...

That would make some breaks interesting.

And golf was once a small business. That got built up into the empire it is now. You’re reaching for straws to sustain your arguments. You’re not being a fan trying to build of the sport, you’re a fan trying to tear it down.

I don’t think you understand what top heavy means. That may be where we’re having a problem at. A 400% difference in pool terms is no where near what 400% in golf is. Let alone just the actual difference and not looking at the percentage. Looking at golf, we see a clear difference between what a...

Is $60,000 cash buying you as more value today, or 20 years ago? A $60,000 tournament win in 2000, following inflation should be north of $100,000 now. It doesn’t matter if the numbers are up or not since the passing of a previous tournament promoter. You are not factoring the entire picture of...

Considering that is a massive decline over the last 20 years of pool for winning a ‘World Champion’ title, it doesn’t scream “come play”. The inflation over the last twenty years, combined with the decline in prize money. I’d say you’re quite far off base is your claims. We’ve already seen a...

You’re in the wrong room if you want to be talking ‘top heavy’. Comparatively pool is one of the worst paying professions from a tournament earnings aspect. Look at golf. $20,000,000 purse and the winner takes home 12.5% at most of the pot. That’s your idea of what pool should be doing. But a...

Why have you turned so negative lately? You used to praise the quality of play at the DCC on 4-1/2 pockets. Now those pockets are “too loose”? If anything, the tables played so slow the quality of play in my opinion was timid. Tighter pockets on ‘slick’ but slow cloth makes matches hard to...

kiridashi knife.

That, and lower quality wood. the void at the end of the screw hole not getting filled with glue. Maybe the hole is off center. Who knows. But that’s not like any maple I’ve seen in a cue before. Just the worm hole alone should make Players warranty the cue.