manwon said:

Great looking cues, and nice photos. I really love that series of Mali Cues. Green label Malis like yours are known as the M-series and they were produced, from 1984-1985 and they are beautiful playing cues. I have bought and sold many of them overs, like you I love them, the craftsmanship in these cues was fantastic at the time, and they were made in the United States at the Mali Factory. The Mali factory in the United States was open from 1961 until 2001, all cues after 2001 are Chinese imports, and they are unfortunately poor quality, unlike your cues.

Here is the my favorite M Model, it is a M-15 the most expensive cue the came out of the M-series like your cues

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Here are some very nice ones of the same series with inlay on EBay.

1. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1677176451...d=link&campid=5335988529&toolid=20001&mkevt=1.

2. This cue was the first cue in the series. https://www.ebay.com/itm/3762714907...d=link&campid=5335988529&toolid=20001&mkevt=1

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markjames said:

hmm, i think the tips of the pockets are a rail

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HawaiianEye said:

The bottom cue is ebony and maple.

The top cue is ebony and camphor burl.

The middle cue is cocobolo and sindora burl.

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Garo 7 said:

I watched a match recently where Roberto Gomez hit the cue ball into the object ball, and drove it slowly into both the corner pocket tips, attempting to bury the cueball behind another ball. The object ball bounced between the corner pocket tips then back out onto the table a little ways. Then Josh Filler proceeded to pick up the cueball for a foul, taking ball in hand.

So, I guess that doesn't count as 'driving a ball into a rail'?

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