garczar said:

Is the op referring to the burn-marks or what looks like shadows coming off side pocket? Those can be caused by cloth improperly stretched.

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Not sure but he's going to burn a hole in the bed cloth, so I thought I'd mention it.

Bob Jewett said:

On a related note, the last two world snooker champions are young Chinese players (22 and 29). When the Chinese OG (Ding Junhui, now 39) was in the finals of the World Championship, a reported 100,000,000 Chinese were watching (2016).

But.... According to a friend of mine who sells a lot of stuff in China, most cue sports games of any kind now occur on Chinese tables, like for heyball. That includes all disciplines: American pool, English 8-ball, carom, snooker, pyramid....

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I80 + million in China watched the World Snooker Championship. Viewership has taken off with the past two champions being Chinese.

GrizzlyThunder said:

So I’ve been seeing a lot more Chinese videos on social media of them putting a lot of time and money to create programs/schools for billiards games. They have also been hosting big prize games to compete with traditional one.
How long do you guys think until china/Asia becomes the big dog here in the US/Euro?
It just seems to be hard to compete with the money that’s backing this drive.


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i've heard about pool in school curriculum in taiwan, philippines, poland, etc. but i find these stories apocryphal. i guess i too would like it to be true, pool being treated like a sport worthy of teaching in school, i just doubt it's true

uk_9_ball_convert said:

... Gary mentions his snooker tip is 9mm in that video. But they are also hitting smaller balls so not sure it transfers, ...

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To compare, I think it makes sense to go by % of ball width that the tip represents.

For Gary: 9mm/52.5mm = 17%

For a 12mm pool shaft: 12/57.15 = 21%

So, a 12mm pool tip looks bigger on the ball than a 9mm snooker tip.

iusedtoberich said:

Curious were you not happy with the frame/fit, or the lens, or both?

If the lens, did the rx used 100% come from your optometrist/ophthalmologist? Or did Curran use that as a starting point and then adjusted it?

I’ve only ever had him use the ones direct from my ophthalmologist, which for me, being in my 20s to 40s worked perfect.

Now that I’m late 40’s my eyes are changing for reading, but so far the single vision lens still work for me with the original Rx.

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i was never unhappy with curran just felt the quality was equally good and less expensive with billiard-eyeglasses
also as my eyes changed do to post cataract procedures and age
i could not find a local place make me a new lens for the curran frame as he uses screws to attach the lenses
and no local place wanted to touch that
the billiard -eyeglass frame has a clear loop on top that you can not see when the lens is inserted and i was able to get new lenses made and switch them out in the billiard-eyeglass frame
saving the expense of buying a new frame for the new lenses

A correctly built Kielwood shaft might not be immersion water proof but it’s pretty resistant to humidity, i.e., moisture.
Me thinks Pia Filler knows not much of what she speaks or else is just huckstering for the carbon fiber shaft industry.

Here’s a observation I think others will attest to. I have never had any of my cues orig. maple shaft warp, bend, curve
or manifest any curvature. My Palmer is over 60 years old with 2 shafts; my Runde is 41 years old w/3 shafts. My TS
is over 20 years old and both shafts are straight as a tautly pulled string. And I’ve lived in different USA locations.

Now about Kielwood, I have 4 shafts from 2 builders and expect I’ll be adding more. I’m fussy about the specs so a lot
of shaft builders can’t build what I want made. If you look around, you’ll generally find what you want and I have. KW
shafts are not brittle, exhibit much lower deflection than maple equivalents, and are much more resistant to warping.

I have played with carbon shafts. I don’t wear a pool glove and never will. I haven’t any need for it and a silky smooth
wood shaft feels great in my closed bridge whereas CF shafts feel like something I’d get at Walmart or Target on a pool
cue selling for $59.99. CF shafts have a unappealing tactile feeling but wood, well, a properly maintained shaft is A+++.

Pia, and I suppose many of her peers. might possibly have sponsor connections that help influence their comments or
might fervently believe what they say. All I know is my experience with KW shafts and how better they play than maple.

iusedtoberich said:

Curious were you not happy with the frame/fit, or the lens, or both?

If the lens, did the rx used 100% come from your optometrist/ophthalmologist? Or did Curran use that as a starting point and then adjusted it?

I’ve only ever had him use the ones direct from my ophthalmologist, which for me, being in my 20s to 40s worked perfect.

Now that I’m late 40’s my eyes are changing for reading, but so far the single vision lens still work for me with the original Rx.

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when i talked to curran many years ago he told me that he takes your rx and adjusts it to keep the focal length between 3-12 feet ....ideal for a 9 foot table
at least thats what he did for me
if i recall correctly he adds .025 power to your rx
but that is not me telling anyone what they should do
or saying thats what he does

On a related note, the last two world snooker champions are young Chinese players (22 and 29). When the Chinese OG (Ding Junhui, now 39) was in the finals of the World Championship, a reported 100,000,000 Chinese were watching (2016).

But.... According to a friend of mine who sells a lot of stuff in China, most cue sports games of any kind now occur on Chinese tables, like for heyball. That includes all disciplines: American pool, English 8-ball, carom, snooker, pyramid....