The urban legend I've heard is that they originally were not for cues, but rather to put on the bottoms of clothes washers and dryers to keep them from vibrating too loud or skidding. Plausible, not sure.

I have more than these, this is a sample pic. I also have two complete repair kits of different eras that I hesitate to break up or sell.







I am not selling in general, but if approached with the right cue that needs a bumper I might.

And, I have had stuff like this packed away for years. I am not getting to it soon. So, we'll see when I get to it. I need to organize my cues first.

As I dig through what I have in storage, when I find this kind of stuff I will post if anything is for sale.

I might be more inclined to do a trade.

The last time I got rid of any, years ago, I traded KU bumpers plus a tooled Engles case for a 1st Catalog Palmer.

Michael Webb said:

if the pilot on the shaft isn't touching the inside of the walls on the Butt to give the appearance of a COMPRESSION FIT,
It's not doing diddly

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Yup.

David in FL said:

You just know that it's his wife taking the video!

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nope. These are AI videos. Ton of these popping off from everywhere.

middleofnowhere said:

I am assuming you sell them? How do I order a couple. I know I can sell the cue without the bumper but would rather have it in there.

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He's going to need pics of the cue so you should just go ahead and post a couple here!

KenneyTran said:

Or RB hoppe cue.

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Beautiful but looking for no veneers.

Bump!
Let's see some burl!

No video of the game but here Bill Stroud talks about how well he thought Toby Sweet played roll out.

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The written, technical, words of a rule are one thing. The other thing is the strong portion of common sense which must be employed in interpreting and applying the rules. If it does not make sense, it should not be applied.

There's a few Indonesian guys in the cue maker Facebook groups who sell ringtail lizzard wraps in just about every colour.
I bought some years ago and wasn't too impressed with the quality of the skiving on the backside of the wraps, but I might have gotten a bad batch or they have improved their product by now..

As a teen on the rail, I watched the game, but what really got my attention was the action and the interaction between the players -- much BS and gibing over the quality of safes, etc. TE seems much more sterile. It was the first place I ever saw a $100 bill, and all of it made a tremendous impression on me. It kept me coming back and contributed significantly to my lifelong addiction to all things pool.