Xenon256 said:

I do agree they are not good looking but for the first time I always know what ball is what.

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Except when you shape the purple 5 instead of the four, because your brain has known for decades that the purple comes after the red.

CajunPopeye said:

I just thanked you on the FB post as well. I've been a member of that group for awhile. Never dug too far back in the posts.

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I'm not on Facebook, I just found that on Google.

Frosty said:

Likewise I’m sure

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yap
Certain things will die out in the next 10-20 years.
New comers today want SVB cuetec, they don't care about 5K custom cues....
Custom cue making will die as collectors will die, there are no young collectors, it's not something they care about. This things are true to other areas like audiophiles for example, these are just things young people don't care about.
An emerging young player sees all the pros using CF and that what he wants.
From a cue maker point of view, seeing all the waste of shaft wood that fails, it is more economic to get CF blanks and use it for default shaft, and if the players wants it anyway, well the demise of wood is coming sooner than you think, at least for shafts.
I have a small collection of cues, a little over 20 cues, some of them are warped by now, just a waist of money... Full composite cues will be the next evolution. You already have cheap full CF cues and you have becue and Cuetec that offer them as well, other companies like JFlowers do hybrid butts, my guess is that the big breakthrough will be when Predator will introduce such line of cues, trust me, it'll happen.
Old players that prefer wood, will either die or just quit the game, the demand will get lower and lower to a point that makers won't carry wood as an option, it won't be economic.

This might sound apocalyptic right now, but don't forget that the first CF shaft (that matters) was released only 10 years ago and now 90% of the players used it. 10 years from now, it's all CF, including the cue butt.

freds said:

that's weird, never seen that w/Taom. is it possible somebody has some fake chalk?
E.g.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Taom-V10-Blue-Chalk-1-x-Cube/17598306348

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256812202023206.html

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Walmart doesn't seem to provide a good way to alert them of frauds like this. But $6 is a great price for V10.

Here's the article in the Billiard News sub-forum:

Not every tournament can be a major event that draws from the world's best.

Not quite following.... are you a room owner looking to hire a company to stream your tables?

I recently posted in the Wanted sub-forum about looking for some old issues of a magazine (actually, bumped an old post). Almost immediately, I got some email that was worded a little strangely -- "it" instead of "some" -- and they acted like we had talked before. I responded with which particular issues I needed and then crickets.

I suspect it was a scam attempt.

I did post my email, but it's not hard to find.

And almost daily I get emails saying my email account is in trouble and I have to click this link here: Special Link

Chopdoc said:

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/joss-four-point-pool-cue-excellent-137182898

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Had to hop on my phone. Work station has some restrictions.

AtLarge said:

This is one of the Predator Pro Billiard Series multi-events -- Men's Open, Women's Open, and Mixed Doubles Open, all 10-Ball. The men's event is very strong in European players, but not many from anywhere else.

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I like the Predator events a lot, but this would be more interesting with more Asian players.

skor said:

Eventually people like you won’t be around….

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Likewise I’m sure

Congrats to All!

Especially Billy, we've been long time friends for over 55 years!