mistamikel said:

If you'll ship to Canada, I'm in

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I will ship it to wherever as long as you pay the shipping of your choice, message me if interested

garczar said:

Could what appears to be logo just be light reflection? I've gone back a looked and the old vhs-based video is too blurry to be sure. Some of the Schon FB guys have shown pics of old box-cues. I'm gonna go with it being a Schon til concrete proof otherwise.

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It could be light/shadow, or an artifact

The issue is I have seen it in multiple angles in multiple frames.

I haven't got back to frame by frame examination. It's laborious.

I just am so curious what the heck I saw.

If it was Earl I would just think it was a stray piece of duck tape and move on. LOL!

I can't unsee it. Probably something stupid. But I will get back to it.

Bavafongoul said:

Blaming the chalk for your miscues is like denying that your stroke was the reason why.
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That's not always true. I've had to use off-brand chalk in bars that was little better than a bare tip. I agree that if it is a well-known chalk brand, if you miscue, it is more likely that you hit the cue ball too far from center.

On the other hand, I was giving a lesson on a home table with red cloth and red chalk. When we got to a spin-the-cue ball section, it was a disaster. The chalk didn't work. The student got new red chalk. It didn't work. Eventually we got to standard blue chalk (on green cloth) and everything was normal. That was a well-known brand of chalk. Maybe it was old, or dry, or wet, or counterfeit, or ....

Wish I knew what this was, but sorry no clue, It is vintage though I think and for sale if interested.

RFranklin said:

My playing cue is an ebony converted by Carmeli. Over 60 inches. All ringwork is below the pin so you can use any shaft.

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Nice!

Can we see a picture of the whole thing?

We should keep this thread going!

I'll get better pictures soon.

Adam A/H-24 Monaco



Mizerak spelled Miserak, yes the wrap needs cleaned. LOL!




R/A-7B Rambow, two original shafts with aluminum inserts. Very early example.





A/M-8 The Jade

i have this same cue. its definitely a schon. i have seen very few of these. outside of mine and gallego, only one other. it was at a cue collectors show in vegas. that cue had scrimshawed art in the ivory boxes and some other small inlay work. its over 20 oz but plays very well.

cueball2010 said:

How did the pro's overcome the miscues with v10 chalk? Did they adjust their miscue limit on the CB, and stop hitting as far out on the CB edges as they use to?

People say it is a stroke issue but I strongly believe the the grittier chalks let you hit, or give you a larger miscue limit.

Does Taom V10 and other soft chalks give you the same spin as grittier/harder chalks without having to hit as far outside on the cueball?

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I don't care what chalk you use, if you miscue, that 99.9% of the time a user error. The solution is simple, stop going so far out on the CB. Look at the best players today the majority of their shots are stop ball shots.

billy-ks said:

Are you one of these people or is this more heresy. Have you been persoanally screwed over

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Are you, Kim Walker?

Magictrat007 said:

I personally break down the cue ball and use the center of the object ball

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I like aiming the center of the CB at fractions on the OB (the usual way) so I have my stick and eyes aligned more often. The sighting advantage works for me even for shots (most) that aren’t aimed exactly center ball-to-fraction or are hit off-center.

pj
chgo

Blaming the chalk for your miscues is like denying that your stroke was the reason why.

V10 does not contribute to miscues. Not applying chalk more often and “correctly” is a
reason and so is using too much English. I see this happen very often with pool players
that use thin shafts thinking they can get more tips of English using a thin diameter shaft.

Apparently these players don’t understand how little of the tip’s surface area actually makes
contact with the cue ball on their stroke regardless of the tip having a nickel or dime contour.
Use less English and a little more object ball cut and your miscues will diminish in frequency.
And always brush apply chalk more than once a week, i.e., more often. Don’t core your chalk.

But if you are going to blame your chalk for miscuing, what’s next? Blame your cue tip brand
or the cue maker for building a unreliable pool cue? Stop looking for excuses and concentrate
more on less extreme application of English but most of all, applying chalk correctly and often.

garczar said:

WTF????? the guy is a stone cold thief who still hasn't repaid those he screwed over. Take this bullshit down the hiway. Are you related to the guy or what??? That guy's name should be stricken from this site. The fact you're trying to cover for this tool says a lot. BTW, who the fk is Kim Walker??

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Are you one of these people or is this more heresy. Have you been persoanally screwed over