Chris said:

One question I haven't noticed being mentioned is How much did Mr. Salazar's widow know about his business?

If he kept his business life and his personal life fairly well compartmentalized, his widow may well have not actually known that he sold cues on consignment rather than just buying and selling cues. If she didn't hear anything about consignment until after her husband's death, she could understandably be worried about being hustled by various pool players. Collectively, we pool players don't have the greatest reputation for honesty and ethics.

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stevelomako said:

Texas law does not make Joe Salazars wife honor any contract Joe had with anyone.

All the shit is hers and she’s keeping it.

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fish2 said:

Planning to have this cue made with Cocobolo and Quilted Sapele.

I initially started with the design having joints, butt cap and rings, somehow, it seems to remove something from the cue, and I ended up with this.

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I once read that you should never join two pieces of wood together without any rings in between, is there any truth to this or is there a workaround to achieve the same effect without compromising structural integrity?

EDIT: pin would be Uniloc

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vintagecollectibles831 said:

When I lived in Evansville IN, it seemed like every single bar in the city had Diamond tables.

Here in Austin TX, it is all Valley tables, with Nasty old Mud Cue balls, in my experience.

Maybe it is just me, but I just can't enjoy playing pool at all, using a Mud cue ball, and I understand that they are varying degrees of bad, with them.

I randomly found this bar in Downtown Austin, which was a really nice and very classic looking bar, and they had a nice line of 5 Valley coin op tables. All with nasty old Mud cue balls on them.

I tried playing / hitting some balls on one of them, and it was just so horrible. I could not even finish, it was so un enjoyable.

I believe that Diamond offers a free lease on coin op tables, for half of the profit, from what I read somewhere a long time ago. Not sure if that is still the case though.

Don't you think that a lot more players would visit a bar if it offered Diamonds, or at least Valley's with a decent set of balls?

And, why is it that most Valley coin op tables usually have these nasty old mud balls, that look like they are maybe 30 years old?

The funny thing is, that the pool scene in Austin is very lively. People just love to play pool here. There are always people on all of the pool tables.

Back in Evansville, where it seemed like every bar had a Diamond, they were always empty, and I rarely ever seen anyone playing on them, other then at the real pool halls.

So, maybe the type of table would not even matter, in these bars. The banger's will enjoy playing on them no matter what.

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