Nick8400 said:

Now he wants pool to be the Color of Money. Sounds like an idiot. He came on to commentate a great match and all we are getting his old takes on the state of pool.

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epoxypop said:

I sent you a pm Jim

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westcoast said:

he just complained about that- blamed Emily Fraser

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11Cues said:

That’s fantastic! Once Curly mentioned Viking and I actually put them side-by-side, I knew there was definitely something going on there. You nailed it.

The Murrey connection explains a lot, particularly why so much of the construction was pointing toward Viking while some of the details weren’t lining up perfectly with the marked Viking I have here.

An actual model, manufacturer and period advertisement is about as definitive an answer as I could have hoped for. Thanks very much for taking the time to dig this out and post it — I really appreciate it.

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jay helfert said:

Great Day One. Earl's win yes, but Chris Reinhold's win over Lee Vann was the real shocker!

Grabb showed the disparity between the Euros and us by how easily he handled Bergman. As for Skyler losing to a mid level player - Ugh!

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I saw this yesterday and finally got a minute to get back here to post.

These old generic looking cues are a dime a dozen and are often nearly impossible to ID. This one I can ID.

It's not Rich, Abe or otherwise.

98.396% for sure it was made by Viking for Murrey as found in the 1988 Murrey cue line as advertised in the Dec 1988 issue of Billiards Digest.

Circa 1988 Murrey M-40 cue.

These cues were made by Viking. Where Viking had a window, they merely replaced it with a black ring. Most, if not all, of the cues in the line have corresponding Viking models. I collect these.

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Now hand me my beer back so we can get this weekend rolling!

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