jay helfert said:

It's an oldie but a goodie. Probably circa 1970's or early 80's. Value $1,500-2,000.

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Right on. Tad started numbering his cues in about August 1978. If you take the bumper off and no number has been stamped in the wood, your cue is pre 1978.
At least that’ll help a bit.
( fyi, I have serial #1, hehehe).

Will Prout

jay helfert said:

Not sure I understand all this, but I use hand sanitizer to clean the balls. Only few drops for each ball.

Seems to work fine. Am I missing something?

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Dr. Dave did a video where he cleaned the balls with different cleaners, then he showed how the throw changed depending on what cleaner he used:

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After that video, I stopped using isopropyl alcohol to clean my ballset (they get too clean which creates more throw), and I started using Aramith Ball Cleaner. However, when you are getting ready to play in a tournament make sure you warm up with a ballset that is going to be used in the tournament because the pool hall will have inevitably used some random cleaner to clean the ballsets, which will probably be different than what you use to clean your ballset.

most all tads played well. so use it.
and sell well as there are not that many he made. at least early on.

to get paid or your cues back you have to make them miserable enough to end it or win a judgement.

or get lucky and have the police involved and they threaten with stolen property. at this point that is what is would to try first. costs nothing and starts the miserableness.

they make a great two piece bar cue.

but some will make much more out of them so they have value if you find the right person. try one on ebay and see what happens.
especially the one that has a wrap or looks like one. bet you get well over a 100 for it.

i have a couple cues made from 100 plus year old brunswicks and they hit great.

Always interested in these puzzle shots from mr3.

I tried to recreate it, when you spend your life trying to avoid a kiss its more tricky than you think to play for one.

https://scoreboard-tailuge.vercel.app/api/replay/737


Maybe it's the right shot because it scores when you get the double kiss (green) and if you get away without one (yellow).

skor said:

A few thoughts on this matter:
1. Even if you use good premium chalk, it won’t do much good if your opponent uses Master or something similar.

2. Dirt on the cue ball that will result in skids may be picked up from a dirty cloth. This dirt might as well get on the object balls as well so even cleaning the cue ball won’t help much. So basically skids are just part of the game… especially in amateur play as tables condition is usually not that great as pro tournaments were everything is new and clean.

3. Personally, I use premium chalk mainly for keeping my hands clean

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that's what i've said for years. i don't have a home table. the pool hall tables see a lot of bangers, and about 30-50% of the regular players use traditional chalk. i don't mind TAOM but as long as it's not provided by the pool hall i'll keep using masters.

control your hormones guys.

A few thoughts on this matter:
1. Even if you use good premium chalk, it won’t do much good if your opponent uses Master or something similar.

2. Dirt on the cue ball that will result in skids may be picked up from a dirty cloth. This dirt might as well get on the object balls as well so even cleaning the cue ball won’t help much. So basically skids are just part of the game… especially in amateur play as tables condition is usually not that great as pro tournaments were everything is new and clean.

3. Personally, I use premium chalk mainly for keeping my hands clean