I can relate to the treasure hunting, i get that. But won‘t the original sets not stay rare and sought after anyway? I am just thinking, if some people just pay premium prices because they have no other alternative in finding a specific looking set. Aren‘t the 2 sets from the Billiard Museum a good example for that?

It‘s just that every other year another 8-Ball set is released, with slightly different colours, maybe another style, but yet nearly the same thing. While other sets seem to make pretty money but get completely neglected. Of course it‘s a market thing as well. They won‘t sell thousands of a set, which most people either don’t care or maybe don’t even know about. At least I am happy, Aramith did another Poker Pool set, and I could get that one, even though I would love to get one with suits as well, not just the letters J to A

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My question was more towards a business/marketing kind of view, not us collectors. I understand why people collect these sets. I am just curious why manufacturers don’t observe the second hand market more and follow a little bit more where the money is heading

djg576 said:

The smoke is strong with this one.

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seems to be good stuff

If you can tolerate high stiffness, the Mezz alpha shafts are about as stiff as it gets. I think they are stock at 12.8mm. They are not the lowest deflection shafts in the Mezz line. Their Wavy thread should fit most Radial pinned butts.

Fedor Gorst is holding raffle now for the most expensive Whyte Triple Sixty shaft and the type he used
See Reddit for details

sudocrushms said:

I must have gotten a bad one because the Sniper that came on my SVB Gen1 was the WORST tip i've ever played with. Miscues for days (especially on soft shots), didn't hold chalk, and looked like a portabella after a few sessions.

Just made the switch from Kamui last week. I've been experimenting for the last year or so and had switched to hard (Kamui Clear Black). Was trying a HOW Titan hard on my test shaft and the thing is stupid. Decided to push it and not chalk until I miscued. Must have been 50-60 shots and I gave up. No glazing, still holding chalk. Really like it so far, time will tell. Used Kamui for 15 years.

In the Single v. Layered discussion: Use what you like. I think cost is pretty irrelevant for something you replace MAYBE a couple times a year.

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not sure how different the Sniper is from the Onyx, but when I first broke it in, I was miscuing a lot and couldn't do the same stroke I've been doing with the Ultraskin Pro. I scuffed it meticulously just before playing with it again a few days ago. I rarely miscued and have done several draw shots without a problem but couldn't apply extreme English on it ( the only times it was misfiring). what I noticed that it seems to better with finesse shots.