fjk said:

I assumed the holes on the butt end were for bumpers, but I looked closer and unless my eyes seen wrong, they don't have threads. They look to be straight formed (drilled) holes. I was wondering if that's the center hole used to hold them in the lathe. I expected to see rough threaded holes made by a wood screw.

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The hole, if in the center would have been used to to hold the cue between centers of the lathe.
Many cues of this era would have bumpers or they could be ordered without them.
If there is no evidence of screw threads in the center hole, they may have never had bumpers.

You did well on the price of these.

The first step in Psychological warfare is to get My Mind Right.

"How's it Hangin' " was a favorite adolescent greating.
"How Ya hittin' 'em." Was a common pool world greeting.
My morning fitness has me executing 16 prescribed shots, with Left vs Right hand competition.
Balls hanging so deep as to be unrecoverable are scored double. a personal twisted mind variation.
My last 4 shots were left hanging and here's the proof of the last 2.
The 16 shots come from Colin's drill. I probably got from Dr Dave's library.

Chopdoc said:

Did you read the original post?

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I did, it says that the cue says "Mazerak" but I still have no idea why it says "Mazerak" instead of Mizerak.

Bump.

dr_dave said:

I am pretty sure most skids come from tip chalk marks on the CB (on on OBs from previous skids, or from dunce heads hitting OBs with the tip).

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Dust and chalk dust picked up from the table will be just the same.

Also, there was a thread about mixed sets of balls at the pool halls, sometimes the difference in balls (mass, weight, age, cleanliness) will cause skids.

For most of us, just live with it, there is no difference between an occasional skid to occasional ball’s path changed due to dirt on the table.
It’s rare for the average player to have top pro tournaments conditions that we can win or lose because of chalk.

I just like my hands and clothes clean