stikapos said:

Sounds great. Can you give me a source ? Thanks!

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Search in forum section using “surgical tubing “ check Bob Jewett or 3kushn post/thread..for size and where to buy. Or PM me your mailing address and I might mail you one to try out. If you can’t find a source.

It took AZBilliards eleven pages to discuss the Pristine shaft; two posts reviewed it --- reviews by GideonF (he posted above) and Icon of Sin (copied here).

Pristine and Meucci's Carbon Pro shafts are probably the only two carbon fiber shafts that include wood. See photo below of a Pristine shaft during its production (from Instagram video with link at post #45). See Pristine's advertisement below about its "real wood energy pathway".

Is Randy still making cues?
You could ask him.

mr3cushion said:

Maybe in some 'Local' Bullshit 3C events in US!

In 'International; 3C' events, the table mechanics in many instances literally finish clothing the tables an hour before the tournament starts!

3C cloth is Very slippery when New, the balls 'Slide/Spin/Curve/ more than the speed of the CB moving forward!

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K. I buy that. lol...

GideonF said:

If this were introduced to pool, many players (myself included) would need to clean up their language.

“FFS, make the ball”
“Nice shot, a-hole”

(Both self directed)

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Now that you say that, it might work in a fun way with a bar pool team event.... with the sounds of gurgling beer/bs, women chatter and such.

straightline said:

Wasn't saying cheating. I was under the impression silicone was in common use. Didn't the ref used to be available to lube the balls? Regardless, pro billiards is slick enough.

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Maybe in some 'Local' Bullshit 3C events in US!

In 'International; 3C' events, the table mechanics in many instances literally finish clothing the tables an hour before the tournament starts!

3C cloth is Very slippery when New, the balls 'Slide/Spin/Curve/ more than the speed of the CB moving forward!

Black-Balled said:

Context, man!

That is a legit tournament, not a trick shot sideshow.

In your defense, football inflation, lance Armstrong....

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Wasn't saying cheating. I was under the impression silicone was in common use. Didn't the ref used to be available to lube the balls? Regardless, pro billiards is slick enough.

Black-Balled said:

Not necessarily, right?
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It seems 'I' brought this 'Scenario' up a few weeks ago when the Ref is 'Overruled' by the player/players/replay video!

I have assembled a couple of butts from carbon fiber. I wanted to make a break cue with a 7 ounce shaft and overall weight of 18 ounces. The cue didn’t perform any better than my jump break cue. A friend tried the butt and loves it for regular play.
I made a second one and with a titanium pin it weighs only 10 ounces. Surprisingly it feels good to shoot with. My speed control is not as good as with my 19 ounce regular player so far.

Chris said:

...if the decals were not applied perfectly straight.

The black points do not look like ebony. Real ebony is not uniformly black, and it also has visible grain. (emphasis in original output):

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And decals can certainly be designed to be imperfect...lending a bit more to the impression of a traditional build.

Your comment about the ebony is spot on too and I'll add that ebony doesn't appear in cheap cues anymore, it is too expensive...see the varmints comment about his Pechauer.

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WTF

hang-the-9 said:

A ton of (pool) videos are re-used without permission.

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And not just pool, l watch a good bit of music stuff and there is a ton of content that is just AI representing the written and visual work of others.

Super annoying to see live visuals with music that doesn't match.

straightline said:

Silicone. But it still looks like the ball simply changed direction. Zanetti is like ok my telekinesis not so good today etc...

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Poolmanis said:

you said "silicone". Are you suggesting that guys who fight for ref to not get point to themselves unfair would use something like that?

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straightline said:

Silicone is a common mod in billiards. Am I wrong?

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Context, man!

That is a legit tournament, not a trick shot sideshow.

In your defense, football inflation, lance Armstrong....

garczar said:

OkHealing sells full carbon cues for 169bux. I've hit the Cuetec all carbon cue. I wasn't overly impressed. It played good but imo a cf butt is nowhere near as effective as just a good cf shaft on a generic butt. https://okhealing.shop/products/okhealing-carbon-pool-cue-uniloc-joint-12-4mm-tip-and-black-3k-twill you can get 30" shaft and either white or black ferrule.

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Thanks. Not exactly what I wanted but very interesting. I spent some time on their site. I might contact them.

I swore I wouldn’t do another cheap Chinese cue/shaft again the last time around. Haha.

Poolmanis said:

you said "silicone". Are you suggesting that guys who fight for ref to not get point to themselves unfair would use something like that?

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Silicone is a common mod in billiards. Am I wrong?

mareh said:

Maybe
deception, fake news.
Step out of the cage, rethink, regroup, reengage.

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I don't play cards so collusion and conspiracy weren't exactly on my mind when I'd jump into a ring game. Still it doesn't take more than one round of snooker table golf for the reality to present itself. Even regular 9 ball ring games - say three play. The weakest still figures he's got a chance so it's all above board. Then the middle player drops out losers leaving the weakest and the strongest. If the guy is unaware of the speeds involved he can be coaxed into continuing against the strong player with no spot. Just one ploy from the playbooks.

I forget when but one day it became very clear to me that that's how the world is run.