garczar said:

The damage he did to the old cues won't be fixed by his passing.

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My DP ordered from the 1st or 2nd SBE is a beautifully made cue. Nice thin butt..great player. Close to $1000 with 2 shafts. Most likely worth $500 at best if I could find a buyer. Not for sale. I had Proficient refinish it and added to the Closet Queen collection.

Leon Sly

Very cool!

Welcome back Terry.
Do you know roughly when the two sneakys were made?

Roger! Thanks very much for the info. I’ll keep trying. Left numerous messages & emails… I’ll keep swinging - THANKS!!!

They all made SPs

Bump.

Well the off road recovery Matt's, is ringing so many memories of riding in the bed of the 1950s pick ups. Definitely not osha approved. Definitely requires, Don't do this, without training". Start with safety and hazards.

gregcantrall said:

You can't play safeties in a ring game but you gotta, hold your man. So every shot considers. percentages and odds and practice results. Practice Practice practice.
A ring game in a new place or with new players is er uh suspect. I had two partner vs me at 1 and 2 with the weaker player setting up the gun slinger. Shrug Just shy of 20 I told the gunner, "I can't beat both of you but will play You for 5 or 10." His set man interjected, "I want in." My reply was, "I will play Him for 10. I will play You for 20. What do You wanna do?" He er uh they slinked away.

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They most certainly are.
Just go to their website and you will find their email address. I spoke to Jim for less than two weeks ago.
Remember that this year's SBE show just wrapped, so many cuemakers and people in the industry has been super busy.

Why

iusedtoberich said:

…I only had 2 days to prepare…The next day I drove to the room the match would be played at. I was hiding because I didn't want my opponent to see me play before the match…
…I stayed there until about 1am, loosening rail bolts and the spot was worn so I replaced it and offset by a half inch.

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What?!? That’s cold!

Good job. I don’t understand though. All the random Tuesday night practice matches that you’ve recorded, but when you play a set for big bucks that people would really want to see?

A question in general or for MikeMosconi. The last couple of days, I have been doing a small cue inventory. Tomorrow, time permitting, I will bring the ones up from the dungeon. I have 2 Dale Perry cues. One that I bought, and another, a gift from my then wife.
Both DP cues are very well made and pretty decent players, no complaints, specially for the price that I likely paid. Have to apologize, I had a brain op in 2001 and my memory isn't as good as what it used to be. So, pre 2001 and here and there after, not so good at recall on certain things. I am going to say, I may have bought mine directly from Dale's site, as I remember many other pictures of his set up, lathes, wood stock, finished cues for sale. So, a Pre 99 will have both a signature and a 1/1 on it, am I correct. Pretty sure that mine are not that old, and likely just cruised around Dale's site a bit to look.

I have used Tomahawk and Hydex a lot and I haven't seen these materials melt or create a "diamond" shape like I often see on Cynergy ferrules or the old Taom break tips. That said it's nothing wrong with using Juma or Elforyn either, they are tried and true. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but from lightest to heaviest I think the correct ranking is:
- Tomahawk
- Elforyn
- Hydex
- Juma
But the weight difference is very small, so as a player I honestly wouldn't worry about it at all.