Jerry R said:

I'm not sure I'm reading you right, but you can use your ball to pocket your opponent's ball. It's just a loss of turn if none of your balls go down.

Or are you referring to the rules after the break on combo shots?

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That's the big difference between international rules and blackball rules in English pool and it's never sat right with me. I prefer blackball rules where pocketing your ball and the opponents ball in the same shot is legal (presuming you hit your ball first), but if you try it and fail it's a foul.

Ultimate pool was originally a thing in the UK before they tried exporting it to America. Presume they're thinking bigger audience/more money, but I'm sure a lot of the rules seem strange to people as it originated from English pool.

Doesn't get much easier and cheaper than that. Great deal, and still easy to add some weight to the cue if wanted. Great find.

billiardshot said:

Bill
Please explain ... What you mean ..He cupped his hand around the bottom of the butt!

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Boulanger played with a 140 cm cue, his 'Grip hand' was wrapped around the complete butt end of the cue!

Just like with smaller pistols, one with larger hands the last fingers 'wrap around' the bottom of the grip!

Cartune said:

ball in hand in the kitchen after a break foul, but you can shoot at a ball in the kitchen

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Correct. I was actually looking forward to being able to do this for once in my life, but sadly when he scratched on the break, there were no balls in the kitchen. I think you can even hear me say it in the video.

When I was purchasing my Gus, Barry examined it and found that one of the shafts had been broken and repaired. The repair job was so good that he didn’t notice it initially. I only hit a few balls with that shaft because it was a lot thinner than I normally play. But it hit fine.

Bump for a used ikon 7 1st generation. Thanknyou

ball in hand in the kitchen after a break foul, but you can shoot at a ball in the kitchen

briankenobi said:

I must have misspoke then. I guess I was meaning to say that they only have so many left or only so many are available.

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I would believe it. I bought one bc I liked it. Im not planning to play it.

Runnintable said:

noted rules difference:
They rack the 8 on the spot, choice of stripes solids after break - so no take what you make like APA. Also cannot combo strip into solid and keep shooting solids, I believe that is a foul.

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That is correct. After the break you have to nominate either stripes or solids, and you must hit whichever you nominate first in a combo

Jerry Olivier??

SSDiver2112 said:

Update: Here is the actual cue. I'm just inquiring if there is a known or at least common material used.

The white phenolic I used was not exactly 1/8" (0.125) it was 0.131-ish so I had to hand sand each strip to fit. I'll clean up the billet soon and make some rings to test out and see if they look ok with finish applied.


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I'm not a Cue-Maker. That being said, depending on the age of the cue, it might be ivory. If so, using Elforyn would be your safest/closest alternative. I think they sell Elforyn slab at Atlas Billiards.
Hopefully someone else can give you better information.