Hello, Mr M.

Much of the value and desirability of these vintage sets to collectors like me is because they are exceedingly rare and not made anymore.

There is also tremendous pleasure to be gained in treasure hunting them and then researching their provenance. I love learning the history of famous sets and the exclusivity of them. The thrill of acquiring something really rare keeps me searching.

But perhaps that is just me.

It's a Japanese cue made with Canadian maple. And I'm sorry to say, It's not worth much outside of sentimental and entertainment value. AKA a cheap Asian import.

I just wanted to see the intimidating display again. on the 3rd racking it was gone.

garczar said:

BTW, its MUSCLE not mussel.

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Sometimes his posts are gold. Growing up in New England and now a Floridian, my mussel memory is very strong. So are my lobster, scallops, cod and salmon memories.

Points Lines and planes.
The Calm at the Heart of the storm.

Staying Centered and Apearing confident or at least confident .... Can have a mesmerized effect on the weaker opponents.
The Big fish in the small pond.
Small fish make for a good meal.
The first shot needs to start the impression. The Most Important shot is the first shot of the game. Well The Rest of the game when seated and in recovery mode. Never show the pain .....it builds confidence.
Uh oh a favorite story shrug
Happy new year same story.
It was a 10 dollar ring game 3 handed.
It was my break when the Samoan racked em up, making it a 4 some. (Big Samoan is redundant So he was Big but a small Samoan ).
His intimidating display attempt as he racked was quite a performance. Can't remember what it was but it included the eye to eye challenge. I broke and ran 3 or maybe 2 and half. To the chagrin of the east side uh money players working the Mustard Seed 2 that night. It was just my way of saying, "Welcome to the Game."

Brother Ron said:

I used solid tips for many years and after coming out of retirement I installed an Ultraskin Ivory layered tip.
By far the best tip I have ever used including the old Champions and others I tried back in the day....
They hold their shape extremely well and mushroom far less than single layered tips.
I have not had any issues with glazing, but I do periodically lightly touch it up with ultra fine emery cloth.
They cost right at 40.00 for 10 of them and I sell a few to my friends so mine are free. : )

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Where do you buy them?

jasonlaus said:

Can't wait for the "with the lights off version" to come out

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Standing on one foot, behind the back, shooting with the side of the stick. There's a legitimate trick shot like that.

boogieman said:

I don't know about said practice session but in the old days it would have made a lot of sense to practice spot shots. They were a decider in a lot of games, even things like 8B and 9B. Most games used to spot illegally made balls, so having that shot down would be strong.

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And there were many spot shots, depending on where you wanted to leave the cue ball.

I think it's entirely possible that Buddy spent an hour or even hours working on one shot or a family of shots when he was learning to play. SVB and Dennis Orcullo are both known to practice the break for hours, and I suspect a lot of the top players invested a lot of time on the current WNT break requirements. I watched SVB practice a single rail-first shot for an hour (and I spotted the ball for him for part of that). Raymond Ceulemans has remarked that he drove his friends and family to distraction by shooting the same shot over and over until he was satisfied he understood it.

hang-the-9 said:

For "players", yep, Amazin has the best equipment, and the players are on a higher average level and knowledge than most other places. But it has a more hard-core pool room feel than a place to go hang out with friends. It seems someone is always looking to take your money LOL

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I don't think they believe it is your money.

Well, not that there's a happy ending yet, but this thread is why the azb is #1.

Imo, carbon is the only choice.

Lighten up, Francis. I got reasons...and play with wood, mostly.

The fact that carbon won't change shape EVER negates the fact that it is a funny color.

I'd suggest a carbon core shaft. Best of both worlds, imo. Wood outer would still be subject to dings though, another think you'll never need to worry about with full carbon.

All that said, I am using Longoni's s-30 shaft, all wood, spliced maple and hornbeam. It is a 3c shaft and unsure if a pool version is available.

That shaft feels great and has lots of power.

I got a smoking hot lady who is triple smart and accomplished and comes with her own pool table. Ironically, this probably means my pool playing days are over

I'm not a good judge on that, but I shoot the Kielwood and both Rhinos the same without adjusting. It's a light shaft in the front end, and I did take it down to 12.5mm but that's not a big reduction. They also offer a 11.8mm. That 3.55 oz for it without any weight added was for a 30" shaft so almost a half oz lighter than a standard wood shaft. The wood sems really hard and has a great finish. They also have a light weight ferrule on the front end. There may be better Kielwood shafts out there, but this is the one I tried as I bought a cue at their booth and was able to swap out the stock ultra shaft for the Kielwood one. They are somewhat local to me and had to send me the shaft as they didn't have a 30" version at the show.