DeeDeeCues said:

Also good for butterflies

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LOL!

You're hitting all my buttons. I love butterflies! I love the contrast in that one.

Frosty said:

I get plenty of action Garczar, I’m not telling them which side they have to break from, just that their spot ball will be behind the 1 on the opposite side. Never had a complaint yet and I have a few regular customers.

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I'll throw you a freebie...far more beneficial than that silly opposite side shit.

Spot balls don't count on the break. And of course they don't get brought back if they go in on the break

Lepine said:

The Lisciotti cue has a weight bolt View attachment 837821

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To me, this is one of the more interesting pictures of one of the cues. If you'd have shown this up front, I probably would have said not necessarily a Balabushka. Reason is, most of them had a metal insert, sometimes called a Tang, where a smaller aluminum screw went into. If nothing else, this dispels the notion or myth that all Balabushkas had the same weight bolt treatment.

Clear coat or none…….doesn’t matter to me. All my cue are regularly maintained using Renaissance Wax.
The shafts for every cue I own are totally free of any nicks or dents, smooth as satin and still perfectly straight,
which includes my Palmer cue that’s almost 60 years old. My Runde Schon completed in early ‘85 still looks new.

Not a single person that’s seen, touched or played with any of my cues hasn’t been impressed by the condition of
my cues’ shafts. I use two 200 ml cans of Renaissance Wax annually refinishing shafts for my friends. When their
shafts get nicked or dented, steam treatment helps raise the wood, then 3000 grit sandpaper and 2-3 coats of wax.

Craftsmen Cues in Birmingham, England makes an even better cue wax but don’t ship it except during the winter
months. Approx. 7-8 yrs. ago I had a large order of 20 tins get ruined from heat. The wax liquified and didn’t reconstitute
after refrigeration. $450 order was ruined but the manager, Simon Brown, gave me a refund but said he wouldn’t ship to the USA in the future due to the transit time (10 days) unless an order was shipped during the winter moths to avoid damage.

I stumbled across Renaissance Wax shortly after my last order with Craftsmen Cues was ruined by summer heat. The wax is used by The Museum of Natural History and Smithsonian to restore and preserve certain wood artifacts, like picture frames, chests, etc. it is a marvelous cue wax to use and absolutely blows away all the other cue shaft products. Try it & fall in love.

garczar said:

good luck getting action. some nitty shit right there. been at this over 40yrs and NEVER has anyone stipulated what side you break from regardless of where a ball is in the rack. never.

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I get plenty of action Garczar, I’m not telling them which side they have to break from, just that their spot ball will be behind the 1 on the same side. Never had a complaint yet and I have a few regular customers.

I have a brand new set but they are the black version... PM if interested.

Can you post the model number of it so I can see what version it is? It is engraved near the joint just under the logo and should start with 12.3.x.xx

Bump

Lepine said:

I would be interesting to see what the actual price was for the Mizerak - Lisciotti Balabushka. I think that is the closest comparable price history, is anyone aware of any other Balabushka cues that have similar provinance and correctly documented sales prices?

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Yes, Willie Mosconi's Balabushka went for between 90 and 100 grand on a Hunt auction something like 15 years ago.

I have never shot with a carbon cue so after reading about price and comments here I wanted to try it out. I got one from amazon during prime days for $103.00. I do not like the ting sound or the feel using the Cricel butt. I put the shaft on a Schmelke full splice butt and it sounds, feels and plays good to me. I am actually impressed. I like shooting with it so much I bought a second one for my son.
The ferrule was 12.3 mm not 12.5mm.
It rolled dead straight using Crical butt. I mean zero wobble when rolling the cue on the long rail with joint touching cushion. The butt was 15.1 oz. and the shaft was 3.9 oz. Balance point was 18.5 inches. It feels more solid "hard hit" than my Josey and Nitti shafts and has less "feed back/feel" than the wood shafts. I think it feels somewhat like a Schon steel joint. I am not having any problems with the tip it is shipped with. I am happy with my purchase.

Island Drive said:

9 Ball....
My opponent rolls out, I give em the shot back.
He shoots a slow roller about 6' to a ball on the short rail near the pocket.
He gets the Dreaded ''dbl kiss'' SELLOUT.
If my opponent and I were on good terms.... I'd tell em the definition of Dlb-Smoocher.
1. The first kiss is for you....
2. BUTT the Second KISS is for ME/Thx.... I'm now straight in.

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That's awesome how you threw in a random abbreviation, just to make sure some confusion was offered up

Butt...

The shootout bracket is now online and the groups have been set for the Open!