Kjackxon said:

Sorry - In progress
The only change was that the shaft was actually a BKIII

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Thanks Bro -
I appreciate you asking for the pictures.
I found the evidence that I was looking for:

I have the proof that the vault plate “and” silencer pad was present on the original shaft. It’s entirely possible that when I ordered the cue, the stock phenolic tip (my request) was replaced by a Samsera break tip. I still believe that the original cue tech didn’t know what he was doing, and mistakenly took too much material off.

jasonlaus said:

When a guy puts packs on everybody its hard to ignore. Like you say, he was the best of the best, he made 9 ball a joke. A true artist

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well said

David in FL said:

I'd have to lock up the credit card and checkbook!

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Seriously. Reduce the CC limit and lose the checkbook. The last item I bought was a JB 4/8 hybrid. I needed it like a snail needs airbrakes. Someone was looking at it. I said to John if they put it down I'll take it. Fortunately/unfortunately I'm not in Pa right now. Markley Billiards is not too far.... it's a nice players room. (nice room for anyone)

CanadianGuy said:

i will wait until final brackets

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same. i have only watched 3 or 4 events this year (because pool) so i'm not confident. but surely at some point there will be a reigning first time champ that wins.. could be zhao. he's definitely special

A YouTube video posted yesterday, April 10th, about SBE and American Cuemakers Association contest for cues,

EDDIE COHEN'S ENTRY CUE @ THE SUPER BILLIARDS EXPO! CROSSROADCUES.COM ​

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Kim Bye said:

Like last time, just please post a picture.

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Sorry - In progress
The only change was that the shaft was actually a BKIII

Poolhall60561 said:

World class signpost rub

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Yep get ‘em while they’re cruising before they get locked down with a doe

Kjackxon said:

That’s an “after” when the original vault plate was removed, and you’re looking at the silencer pad. The ferrule was not cleaned up - They told me that the scratch marks could not be buffed out.

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RESOLVED!
I watched Lil’Chris replace a BKIII tip video. He had the original tip, which got blown off after several years of play. He took a fraction off the vault plate surface, prepped and installed a Taom tip over the vault plate. It doesn’t appear that a silencer pad was present.

As promised, I’ve attached the pics.

Edit: I found this on Seybert’s website:
“The Predator BK3 shaft features a V-Tek tip silencer.”
This will never end -

Patrick Johnson said:

You feel unsafe in poor neighborhoods? None of those where you’re from?

pj
chgo

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I’ve been in plenty of bad neighborhoods. Did I feel unsafe, sometimes. I’ve also meet some very friendly people in those neighborhoods. I’ve got a scared to death story from one of my pool adventurers in Ft. Wayne. Same story, bad neighborhood with some very nice people and a few bad ones. I feel fortunate to have come out of that one unscathed. Here in New Orleans there’s been so many car jackings and crime in places here that people run red lights to reduce their exposure. Every city in the world has bad areas, it’s not limited to Chicago.

Like last time, just please post a picture.

GoldCrown said:

A lot of fun... I went to the first 3 and a few more years later. Went for the vendors... The custom and production cues/cases. Had a good time simply walking around. Great show..great crowd.

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I'd have to lock up the credit card and checkbook!