Thanks, I've had zero luck elsewhere. For whatever reason, Brass at .060 is hard to find while copper and other metals are readily available.

Mensabum said:

Sounds like it has different tows woven together. 3k gives you the flex. Higher toe count gives you stiffness with thinner tube walls. Weight reduction.

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The engineers who started Becue were experts in CF and Pool players they wanted to bring to pool what CF did to golf, it would have been easy for them to fill some tubes with foam and start cashing in, instead they spent 3 years in R&D building what pool players thought was the best playing CF cue, they didn't stop there, they continue to build different shafts, not like most manufacturers, "now this is the best shaft ever shaft" but build shafts that have different feels, stiffer, less stiff, and even wood like feel, and you can get 30" and 31" length shafts, there butts are CF as well, check out there website and check out the Phsyche 2 cue, they are showing what can be done with art work in a full CF cue, if you're curious about full CF cues check out the website, questions? Email them they are very responsive, they made it to Super Billiards Expo this year and plan on coming back next year, their cues are built in Italy.

Patrick Johnson said:

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Here's a book for your coffee table.

I grew up in Michigan- the proper term is Michiganian, but Michigander is common informally as well

Thanks Matt. I have been able to get in touch with recently.

Bob Jewett said:

I think that one thing that makes it better in this case is that we knew who had half of Evan. Fedor did not hide that.

I think any time the Calcutta is as big as or larger than the regular prize fund, problems -- or at least suspicions -- will occur.

I wonder if Fedor had all of Fedor.

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who knows? and did he come out better with evan winning,who knows?

probably both played all out. each can believe what we want. but under the table deals get complicated when the calcutta is larger than the prize pool as you are really playing for that instead of the prize pool. depending how you you bet and who is against you determines your outcome.

vintagecollectibles831 said:

Okay, I understand. Thanks a lot for the info. I will keep that in mind in the future.

If it is vintage, and was low quality, then I guess the odds of the cue being warped, in both the butt and the shaft are high.

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Warp?

Hard to say. Probably more random than some might suppose.

It's wood.

Radial pin?

Chopdoc said:

Figured points are nice. But are they equal length and equally figured?

I have a "low end" Asian import with two beautifully figured points, while the other two pouinta barely have any figure. That's just inconsistend wood choices common to such cues.

We can see nice figure in one point on those pictures, in another point not so much. Also, the points look very uneven.

A well made cue has well matched woods in the points.

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Okay, I understand. Thanks a lot for the info. I will keep that in mind in the future.

If it is vintage, and was low quality, then I guess the odds of the cue being warped, in both the butt and the shaft are high.

100% you are doing the wrong thing. If you think its as black and white as you are describing it, it most certainly is not. The costs of things are so ridiculous right now and there are so many entities reaching in your pocket for money you wouldn't believe it. I hope you can find a better way to spend 260k. Just being honest.

skor said:

wood is fun, caring for it - not so much
As you do not lose anything with CF, but rather gain - lower deflection, more power, better durability and care free. And feel is something that you get used to, wood is really obsolete, just a matter of time before people would forget that cues and shafts used to be made of wood.
Maybe CF will not be the future, but definitely some sort of a composite material.
If you wish to use wood shaft, go ahead, why not? as long as you can get them, enjoy them.
I have many wooden shafts for my cues, I use them as well, but if I ever needed a new shaft, it probably won't be wood (and yes, I do have a hybrid shaft of Kielwood and carbon coming, but I don't need it, I just wanted it )

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Golf clubs,tennis racquets,and pool cues were once made of wood, why did they change? Advancement in materials, and it happens to every industry and sports, no one complains about the better materials in pool balls or golf balls, the list goes on.....

vintagecollectibles831 said:

Thanks. So, the BEM points are nothing special? It was the points that really caught my attention. Sounds like they are nothing special though. I love cues that have nicely figured woods in them. Are points like that something you tend to see on really cheap cues? I feel like such a fool, lol. And, yeah, the veneers looked really nice to me. And, the bumper seemed unusual. Not the type that you would usually see on an Asian import, right? That is, if it is even original to the cue. And, the wrap? I wonder what material that might be. I am guessing not linen. I imagine it might feel like fish line, lol. Really bad.

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If you are curious about Rich Q, have a look at this thread. https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/history-of-rich-cues.395171/