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garczar said:

WTF does that have to do with lucasi?????

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Was asking to see what will be a great custom cue upgraded over lucasi as people think of lucasi and predator as mass produced cues and not dedicated as custom. So, custom is a step up, and I wondered what would be considered a stepup.

I have seen many other cuemakers on Facebook too, not sure if it would be a good idea to get them

My lucasi is 22 years and keep going, though it has many dings on it lol. The new line of LP is great, but I want to try out a custom one to feel if they really are better.

Needless to say, Biado played and won the world tournament with predator

Picked up two lots of cues no makers identified but I could tell at least one was a McDermott Envy.

Turns out the other three were each a Bob Owen, Mike Lambros, and the last was the Bobby Flynn.

The Owen was very fancy and is still listed on his website:


Just heard back from Bob on FB turns out that cue was a custom build for a guy trying to match his BBC Pargon pool table. Main construction wood was Red Wood burl and all the MOP is gold lipped.

Damn Iove cue hunting on the Internet!

SBC said:

Stay on the porch....when you can't run with the big dogs.

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i like my porch.

you seem like you’re REALLY good. can we be friends??

I much appreciate your contributions and offerings on your website. A fine library.
Now for my coffee and no donuts morning.
I have employed the donuts and see value. (My disclaimer)
My analogous compares to my use of training wheels on my first bicycle.
Or perhaps the t-ball stand to hold the baseball for solo batting practice. Well my solo batting practice consisted of tossing up and hitting pea gravel rocks as they secumb to gravity. I was an outstanding little league hitter. I did wear out a baseball bat doing it down by the stream. The water of a pond gave the most satisfying feedback of a well struck rock.
So yeah I have employed the binder reinforcing rings. I found value in it. I also found a hazard also. A very minor one but we'll my explanation leads me to Not hazard just not optimal practice for Me at this time.
Whew my Left vs Right practice shows me that one side is analytical and the other creative. A balanced combination is what I strive for.
The sweet and salty would be my analogy.
I prefer to do the repeat drills au nature AL. Kinda like shinny dipping. The slight variation in ball placement is a feature, not a flaw. The survey of the balls can be refined and help make for the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Hope no offense. Wink (like the movie). Couldn't find the clip but stumbled upon this one.
Login to view embedded media No offense intended.

Bob's website is still up and running. www.denalicues.com
Bob made full length core cues, all made with a purpleheart core. He's prices was very reasonable.
I'm pretty sure the finish was CA, which I'm honestly not a huge fan of, but all in all it was a very good product considering the price.

In my local areas, people love Jacoby

jay helfert said:

Thanks Jam. Keith nailed it there. Cole had that strong powerful voice and his words were always right on to capture the moment. He could put you in your place if you weren't careful and he never backed away from anyone in a verbal confrontation. Keith was different there too. His spontaneous comments were creative and usually very humorous. But like Cole he never held anything back. Even when he poked fun at his opponent you had to love him. He was that funny. In this respect Ronnie was the leader of the pack and I'm sure even Keith would admit that. Ronnie had a gift of gab that would entertain the crowd as well as any celebrity ever did. He drew the biggest crowds for all his matches. Standing room only!

All three were icons of that era in pool. None like them today, with only Alex being close.

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At 19 seeing Ronnie Allen/play/shoot/talk/walk/and the way he dressed, I compared em to Jack Nicklaus.
Nice smile, engaging, good looking had a great character.... also he liked to play $ome golf in the day, of course pool and night at Janscos.

boogieman said:

It's the one that makes you cough.

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I know what you mean.

mikemosconi said:

No longer living in Florida. The web site has live streaming of the events every day

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It does - as you know a very extremely limited amount of what happens every day - PPV also a good way to support it even if one can't buy tickets, but it depends on what someone is looking to get out of viewing.

skogstokig said:

cool, but probably annoying if you have a long bridge? how does it feel where they meet

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The transition is well past where the pro-taper ends and is as good as a good ferrule install. I haven't seen anyone stroke past that area and it is basically seamless.

Thanks for asking.

gregcantrall said:

Perhaps I missed an earlier reference to Vince.

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I was introduced to the the guy in the Cole pics as someone's brother Vince - McCinturf I presumed since they were siblings. Surfer type with a southern accent. He would come around, we'd knock 'em around. That's all that became of that. The pic with Ronnie Allen is the closest resemblance.