chuckpilegis said:

Bottom 3 are stack-Which i seem to like best latelyView attachment 847047

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Nice examples! Nice group! I really dig those cues.

That's kind of the look I am after with the group I am building, but more plain with no veneers.

We have a winner!



There have been many great suggestions, and some interesting thoughts about why certain types of wraps and colors would work.

Partly because it is what I like, and partly because I want to contribute to the theme of the group of cues I am putting together, I am going with black. I am going to dye the current wrap. Depending on how it looks and feels I will decide on whether I will put an additional finish on it. Options will include sanding sealer, carnauba wax, or one of the leather finishes I have, among other possibilities.

So, likely the next picture I post here will be the cue with a black wrap. After searching the web, I can't find a single pic of an E-K1 with a solid black wrap at all. That surprised me at I thought I would at least find one with black leather.

Thank you all for contributing!

Oh, and if I screw it up, we are starting this whole adventure over. LOL!

freds said:

...where (in the tournaments I've seen), the best players mostly use a 2nd ball break. One guy (British, I forget who) had it dialed in and played to make the other 2nd row ball (not the one he hit) cross-side. He was very consistent w/it. Broke with his bridge hand on the pocket. I think it was the Boston tournament, it's somewhere on YouTube.

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A few examples from one match; the other guy used the same break (he broke the first game actually):

Definitely definition of the aiming finish. Ooops 3-4 going to 5.
And the lesson goes on.

I would think that a slip stroke would provide the advantage in that it can cause the tip to close the set point gap perfectly straight. For players who aren’t aware of the importance of tip position accuracy, a slip stroke would provide them more predictable results. Old era players cued further from the ball on average.

Now players train to have precise tip position awareness while also knowing about the effects of squirt and swerve, and can practice closing the gap deliberately.

I'd guess the loss of the slip-stroke as a technique was natural as players transitioned from playing mainly 14.1 to 9 ball. Those 14.1 players tended to grip the cue much further forward than today's players. All the short, precision shots required in 14.1, just didn't need as much cue power. On the odd shot where a player would need a little more oomph, they would naturally slide their grip hand back.

Fast forward to playing mainly 9 ball, and players realized it made sense to move the grip hand back. I do think here in the past 10 years or so, players have greatly exaggerated their "need" for more cue as more and more players added cue extensions. I think a lot of players, even really good ones, misunderstand where cue power comes from. Just putting your grip hand further and further back, doesn't necessarily give you more power. It may actually be the opposite. It's all a bit counter-intuitive.

I don't think so

Burt warned Eddie to be careful where he went.

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