garczar said:

where i play its almost like a big, black line as far as cue type and age go. none of the younger crowd use or give a shit about hi-end custom cues. almost all use some sort of cf shaft on a generic butt. the only players in the joint that use customs are the 50+ crowd and most of them are buying Cuetec's or some random import with a cf shaft. Its rare to even see a Joss or a Schon anymore, younger guy/gals don't have any 'cue history' like most of us do. As older players fade away customs will be a rarity.

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I hate you

garczar said:

No players under the age of, say, 45ish give a shit about the 'mystique' of a custom cue. A cue is a tool nothing more. I started back when the belief was that to play good you had to go custom. Those days are gone forever. Good playing cues can be had from 100bux on up.

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Shut your dirty whore mouth how dare you

mikemosconi said:

You can cut em in the side pocket from almost anywhere on the table with this oldies!

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I had 4 1/16th corners on my 10', side were pretty damn tight too. Yes, not original lol

V. Loria & Sons on the corner Bowery and Kenmare was my go to back in the mid 80's. After a succession of $25 cues from Modell's, I treated myself to a real cue. Real cue meaning no more screw on tips and maple shaft not ramin wood $50 in 1989 got me a sneaky pete with micarta joints. Bought all the supplies to refelt my frat's pool table.

In the movie The Color of Money there is a shot of the tournament board V. Laura vs Fast Eddie. When I saw that scene, I wondered if Tom Cruise's character was named after the store?

I think by the mid 90's their Manhattan location closed, and only Yonkers was left.