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When we think of the "best" pool balls today, we normally think of Super Aramith Pro's or Brunswick Centennial's. But some experts believe that the best pool balls ever produced were Raschig Dekorit balls, made by the Raschig company in West Germany. They are no longer produced.

The set I am selling here was purchased new by me in 1990. It was used exclusively on my home table, alternating with a set of Aramith's, for a period of about four years. This set has been sitting unused in a drawer for the past fourteen years. The balls are in superb condition, to the point that if any of the balls have nicks, I haven't found them. The box does have a few nicks.

$325, including shipping to any destination in the U.S.

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AtLarge said:
When we think of the "best" pool balls today, we normally think of Super Aramith Pro's or Brunswick Centennial's. But some experts believe that the best pool balls ever produced were Raschig Dekorit balls, made by the Raschig company in West Germany. They are no longer produced.

The set I am selling here was purchased new by me in 1990. It was used exclusively on my home table, alternating with a set of Aramith's, for a period of about four years. This set has been sitting unused in a drawer for the past fourteen years. The balls are in superb condition, to the point that if any of the balls have nicks, I haven't found them. The box does have a few nicks.

My price is $325, which includes shipping to any destination in the continental U.S.

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Eighteen years old, heh?

Have you weighed and/or measured them? Are they still the original weight and dimension?

Frank "Sailor" Stellman, a cue maker and pool instructor in Racine has a set and was telling me how good they are.
 
dmgwalsh asked about the weights and dimensions of the balls and whether they are still the original specs.

I did not measure them until recently, so I do not know whether they have suffered any dimensional changes from wear. However, as I noted above, they really have not been used very much. Over the four-year period when they were in use, I used a set of Aramith's probably as much as the Raschig's. So the actual usage is probably more like two years usage by one person for practice on a home table.

By my scale, all sixteen balls are within one gram of 163 grams, i.e., they range from 162 grams to 164 grams.

By my calipers, the diameters of all sixteen balls are within .002" of 2.242", i.e., they range from 2.240" to 2.244".

I hope this answers your questions.
 
AtLarge said:
dmgwalsh asked about the weights and dimensions of the balls and whether they are still the original specs.

I did not measure them until recently, so I do not know whether they have suffered any dimensional changes from wear. However, as I noted above, they really have not been used very much. Over the four-year period when they were in use, I used a set of Aramith's probably as much as the Raschig's. So the actual usage is probably more like two years usage by one person for practice on a home table.

By my scale, all sixteen balls are within one gram of 163 grams, i.e., they range from 162 grams to 164 grams.

By my calipers, the diameters of all sixteen balls are within .002" of 2.242", i.e., they range from 2.240" to 2.244".

I hope this answers your questions.
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Are they originally a little lighter than Aramith Super Pro and Centennials? My centennials weigh 170 grams.

What did they cost when you got them?

Dennis
 
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dmgwalsh:

I own two sets of Super Aramith Pro's. In one set, the balls are 167-168 grams. In the other set, the balls are 167-169 grams.

So the Raschig's do appear to be slightly lighter. A five-gram difference is only about 3%. And what I think is more important than a five-gram difference from one set to another is the consistency in weight within the set. And, as I said above, the Raschig's are all within one gram of 163 grams.

Also, it appears to me that the Raschig's probably were lighter than our Super Pro's from the start. I say this because in sets that have lightened from wear, the cue ball can be expected to be the lightest ball (it's the most used), and the 1-ball through 9-ball can be expected to be lighter than the 10-ball through 15-ball (the 1-9 are usually used more, because of the game of 9-ball). In my set of Raschig's, the cue ball and the 1-9 balls are no lighter than the 10-15 balls.

As to your question of price, I paid $150 in 1990.
 
Raschigs would have replaced Centennials had they continued to make them. They play super and as stated the consistency in weight between balls is very close. German engineering at it's finest...

JV
 
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AtLarge said:
When we think of the "best" pool balls today, we normally think of Super Aramith Pro's or Brunswick Centennial's. But some experts believe that the best pool balls ever produced were Raschig Dekorit balls, made by the Raschig company in West Germany. They are no longer produced.

The set I am selling here was purchased new by me in 1990. It was used exclusively on my home table, alternating with a set of Aramith's, for a period of about four years. This set has been sitting unused in a drawer for the past fourteen years. The balls are in superb condition, to the point that if any of the balls have nicks, I haven't found them. The box does have a few nicks.

$325, including shipping to any destination in the U.S.

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I'll take them. PM sent.
 
Raschigs were good balls. Aramith was too tought to go up against though and Raschig felt that potential ball sales were too small a part of their business.

Raschig made a super cool 9-ball set though. No numbers. The 9 was a black ball with a yellow stripe (yellow= and black=8 equals 9)

I sold my set for a couple hundred.
 
JB Cases said:
Raschigs were good balls. Aramith was too tought to go up against though and Raschig felt that potential ball sales were too small a part of their business.

Raschig made a super cool 9-ball set though. No numbers. The 9 was a black ball with a yellow stripe (yellow= and black=8 equals 9)

I sold my set for a couple hundred.
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A little reminder...

JV
 
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