Rocket354 said:

Definitely Chohan and Compton can be considered specialists. I don't know enough about Lunda or Hall to say for sure. Define specialist? If it's anyone who's best game is 1p then perhaps both of them.

Chohan is probably the gold standard for a 1p specialist. As for point bump, well, he's a 777. Gorst is an 850. Who's better at 1p? By how much? Either way, they are probably reasonably close. Does that mean Chohan is better than his rating, or Gorst is worse?

Hard to say, but I think that it's pretty clear that among the common games (so 8b, 9b, 10b, 1p; although perhaps it's pushing it to call 1p common) the game with the biggest potential variation in player skill relative to their general Fargo rating is 1p.

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kling&allen said:

Didn’t he also have some sort of surgery (back surgery?) in Russia last year?

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Hail Mary Shot said:

Guess he was traumatized. For me I began doing it when a few of my matches had those funny rolls. Not picking on every shot though but it did raise my awareness a lot and became quite sensitive with seeing them. Inspite of having poor eyesight now, I see the lint more frequently which I find funny.

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ShootingArts said:

I played Johnny around 1990. I didn't notice any lint picking then, certainly nothing excessive. I suspect that unnoticed or ignored lint or trash on the table cost him an important win or two to start the habit.

Not as noticeable but I had a two piece get very loose. After that I always picked up my cue with two hands, one above, one below the joint. A quick check to make sure the joint was tight.

I might be mistaken but I think at this point if Johnny doesn't see lint he picks up imaginary lint, part of his preshot routine.

Hu

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maha said:

well there is a pic of a similar one shown that he made. so it looks like it is an original.

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maha said:

looks like one of his more simple cues that someone else added those two rings and a long ferral and that long wrap.. i find it hard to believe he ever made that cue as it sits.
i suspect it was a broken cue sent to someone else to customize it.

mid to later 1960's was his heyday. before he died and had gene leave him. i got the last cue he made and kept it for a long time. sold it to a guy on here years ago.

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azhousepro said:

I have both of these available for sale on the Bebob Publishing website, but they are both on DVD.

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