jay helfert said:

Filler folded!

Click to expand...

Meh- he definitely dogged that 7 ball. After that, Svb was a freight train

Frosty said:

Really? He was a great young talent and started to blossom until he discovered the furry triangle and hasn’t done much since

Click to expand...

It’s still undefeated

Chopdoc said:

Wild that the bidding went that high. Wondering if there is some kind of scam.

And to say the case was made from the same block is so hokey.

Click to expand...

Yes. I thought it was strange he would think they were made from the same piece. How on earth could you tell. Also he stated a well known cue maker in the hall of fame told him it was a Paradise, but he would not mention that person’s name. He said joint was ivory but I do not think so. He was also told by someone it was a Weir cue which I also thought. He talked about the screw on ferrule and I told him the glue did not hold and Paradise used a metal screw to attach the ferrule. He said the wrap was two-tone being gold wrap black thread. I am surprised it went that high as well. I have read somewhere that some of the older cue makers also sold production cues, maybe Paradise sold someone a production cue and hence the story it was a Paradise.

skogstokig said:

hayden ernst is quite impressive. young big table player

Click to expand...

Yes he is. The problem is that there are very few of them. If you look at promising young juniors in America, there’s only a handful.

In a little over a decade, junior programs in Europe started producing an army of them. The same with state run programs in Taiwan and China. There’s a plethora of them in the Philippines that are more than talented enough but lack finances or sponsorship to get out of the Philippines.

America was once the premier location of professional level pool players, there were only a handful of international players that could compete at that level. Then pool in America kind of died as it turned to bar boxes while international players became prevalent due to the aforementioned programs above, all played on big tracks. As a result, Americans are now the minority in elite levels of competition, while International players are the majority. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out how that changed.

BUMP

penguin said:

The rings look like the Robert Weir line of cues made by Helmstetter

View attachment 922543

Click to expand...

That's it! LOL!

I think you nailed it.

Toadshot said:

I’ve been asked many times, why don’t you try a full wrap on a cue?

My initial thought was to try something on like this wrapless PS2 butt I own. I would totally rock that, keep the wrapless feel but do a suttle white/blue/black full wrap on something like this.

Not sure if thread finish, like what you would turn on a rod would work or if it would need to be spray coated. I personally would what that wrapless feel/finish…….

Click to expand...

I have no idea what finish is used on fishing rods but it must be durable as hell. There are a variety of cue finishes, I wouldn't doubt the same finish has been used somewhere, sometimes at least.

Rocket354 said:

I'd still take Sky over three of them. But any three of those four is better than more Billy.

Click to expand...

Really? He was a great young talent and started to blossom until he discovered the furry triangle and hasn’t done much since

jnwilliams said:

If you listened to the commentators on the Svb/filler match , one would have thought it was Texas state against the crimson tide. And Svb wasn’t even in the same league as filler. Upset of the year according to them….

Click to expand...

Filler folded! He was leading 7-4 and on cruise control.....and then a scratch on the break and he went into a complete funk. Several cue ball scratches and missed shots followed, allowing Shane to win the last six games in a row.

Couldn't believe I was watching Filler with his wheels falling off.