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Custom and High End Cues on the Decline?

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july9x said:
Speaking as someone under 40, I’m actually interested enough to know of many of those cues, especially Southwest, and plenty of other one-man-shop, handmade custom cues. That said, there’s no way I’m spending $5,000 - $8,000 on a custom cue, Southwest or not, hell not even $3,000.

Southwest was popular largely because a lot of pros used them back in the day, so fans saw them on TV and associated them with top-level play, they look nothing special. That exposure mattered. Today, most people simply don’t know these makers. Among my under-40 peers, there’s very little interest, no stories attached, no shared history, and nothing that really sparks conversation.

Ironically, I would absolutely buy a limited or special-edition Predator for $3,000 😂. At least I know the brand, the tech, and that it’ll likely hold value. Also, half of the pool room are under 40 so I'm holding a head turning cue then 👀 :ROFLMAO:

However, there is an exception: Asian market (China and Southeast Asian) - they would spend $10,000+ and wait 2+ years for a high-end custom cues. The re-sell market is huge other there too.
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If you’d by a Predator mass produced cue, not one built by a custom shop w s Predator shaft over a Southwest or other respected builder, you lost me. I in addition could care less for SW, but a stock Predator butt is junk.
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TikTokker stealing YouTuber’s “Ron the Pool Student” short videos to post on TikTok

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hang-the-9 said:
A ton of pool videos are re-used without permission. There are many who re-use AccuStats videos or Matchroom videos under their own accounts. Usually, people defend it saying, "we should not have to pay for pool matches". There is also someone, or a few of them, who takes diagrams out of books like Byrnes, or other snippets of information and posts it on Facebook and YouTube.
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Re-Using is one thing. Completely copying and making it your own and not giving credit to who you took it from is another. Ya can't do it in school for some reason? Oh yeah, its wrong! It catches up to all of them in the end. Then, the tears come out and they beg for followers 😆 Make sure you fuys r spinning in every ball too! Lol
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Help identifying vintage 57” piloted brass-joint cue

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look in reality he and his company names, made lots of cues. i am only familiar with the early new york ones. they were not very good at all in my opinion and no good players used them. you couldn't virtually give one away.

but they are around and have some following. i dont know why but we each decide what we want. collectors buy and sell them as they are old cues from old makers.
some early players bought them as they were available and cheaper than palmer cues and paradice. and easier to get.

for me playing, i would always take a two piece house cue conversion over one.
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My first-ever 100-ball run in straight pool, with shot-by-shot commentary

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Finally got my first 100-ball run on camera and put together a commentary video breaking it down shot by shot. The commentary was recorded after the run - narrated by an AI voice styled after Grady Mathews (felt like the only voice suitable for pool commentary) - so I'm explaining what I was thinking at the time — plus, with hindsight, what I'd do differently today.

We can all learn a ton from watching guys like Schmidt, Shaw, Hohmann, or going back further, Sigel and Mizerak. But I've always found it's sometimes easier to learn from someone just a little farther along than you are — the mistakes and problems tend to be more relatable.

Covers pattern play, problem-ball recognition, break/key ball selection, and the small mistakes that add up over a long run (there were a few).

Recorded July 3rd on my home table — Gold Crown V Tournament Edition, 4½" pockets, Simonis 860, Centennial balls.

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As always, I look forward to your feedback, comments, questions, complaints, and requests.

Hope watching it helps someone chase their own first hundred. See you at the tables.
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Johnny loses his mind on livestream

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HawaiianEye said:
I wasn't a "normal" kid in the sense of learning to play and associating with other "kids" of my own age.

From an early age, I worked in a real, old-school pool hall that I wasn't even legally allowed to be in because of my age.

I played and gambled with adults from every walk of life in a place filled with drunks, thieves, drug addicts and drug sellers, ex-cons, etc. I traveled and played pool by myself and gambled in towns and places for miles around.

I acted like an "adult" before I aged into an "adult".

I considered myself an "adult" before I turned 16.

Whenever there was a "misunderstanding" of any type I was treated as an adult and that is what I expected to happen.

I didn't expect them to treat me as a "kid" when it came to pool playing and gambling.
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Much respect whoever you are.
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Removing nicks

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This has worked well for me.

I usually do this in the lathe to hold the shaft and allow turning. Tear off a small piece of paper towel proportional to the dent and fold into a small wad. Wet with water and apply to the dent. Repeat for all trouble spots and wait five to ten minutes.

Then I use a $15 mini iron from Walmart to press the paper towel and steam the dent out. Lightly sand any raised grain then finish and burnish normally.
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Video Shows Efren's Cue is NOT Straight

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DieselPete said:
I remember during an ESPN match with commentators Steve Mizerak and Barry Tompkins, Mizerak said that Efren was playing with a $15 cue. In fact, he repeated it for emphasis, like, "can you believe that... a $15 cue."

I could probably find the video.

But whenever I saw Efren playing with some cue that looked like a broomstick, I wondered if that could have been true or if it was Miz exaggerating.
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alex tried efren's cue a little in one tournament and then reviewed it in the commentary booth. it did not get high praise from alex 🤣 i believe he said worse than a bamboo stick
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