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Hail Mary Shot
Kim Bye said:
Firstly, I'm not saying Kielwood is the holy grail, but the logic of thinking that a company that mainly focuses on profit will jump on a significally more expensive product in terms raw material cost is flawed. So I would discount that logic. I did ask Kazunori Miki personally when he visited me back in 2021 if Mezz would consider Kielwood and he was very quick to say no.
Personally I have made several Kielwood shafts and there's upsides and downsides. They are brittle, so cutting threads for the tennon needs a really sharp single pitch threadmill and threading the shafts for any big pin is best done by gluing in an insert of a less brittle material. The upsides is the harder surface and that you can turn the shafts quicker from dowel or square to a final diameter than you can with a maple shaft.
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I agree. Big business always for lowest capital investment, maximize return. The high-end part of it is just for flexing.
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Shane Playing for $500 a Game, Getting the Last 2, Giving Up the Break

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CocoboloCowboy said:
Plus 15 minute of fame, and being a Big Spender.
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mjantti said:
Investing in future action
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I have a business card from an old poker player, rest his soul. One of the statements on the card as to his activities was “ Last of the Big Spenders”. He gave it to me in a low stakes game at the Aladdin back when. He splashed around for a while and had people kind of on tilt. He managed to drag a massive pot that seemingly covered the table when I thought it was fairly obvious he had aces full. He brayed “ You got to prime the pump!!!” As he stacked it. You guys reminded me of it. 😆♦️♥️♣️♠️
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BILLIARD ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES AUCTION MARCH 2026 CUES BALLS CASES

Benelli
mikemosconi said:
Thanks for sharing - last auction that I won a cue I had to pay a 30% buyers premium over my final bid price - on top of that I was at the mercy of the company handling packing and shipping of purchased items and they were very expensive if you are not local.
I did end up with a nice cue and it actually turned a small profit on re- sell even after all those added expenses - it was a Gus forearm Palmer third catalog.
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Kraft is pretty reputable, their dealers premium is usually between 10% to 18% of gavel price.

And their shipping is super reasonable compared to some of the fly-by night auction houses out there.
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Bye bye spare bedroom, Hello 12×28 (shop)

DeeRay86
KentCNC said:
I will double down on an earlier post. You can never have enough outlets in a shop. I thought I went overboard and found out I could use even more.
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I was actually going over electrical with a buddy today. He is a construction guy, he said "do you really need that many" I replied, I'd rather have them and not need them than need them and not have them".
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Lowest deflection kielwood

Kim Bye
skor said:
If KW was such a holly grail, a company like Predator would have been all over it by now. But it makes no sense for a companies that lead in the performance and the technology aspect of the cue to deal with something that doesn't perform as well...
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Firstly, I'm not saying Kielwood is the holy grail, but the logic of thinking that a company that mainly focuses on profit will jump on a significally more expensive product in terms raw material cost is flawed. So I would discount that logic. I did ask Kazunori Miki personally when he visited me back in 2021 if Mezz would consider Kielwood and he was very quick to say no.
Personally I have made several Kielwood shafts and there's upsides and downsides. They are brittle, so cutting threads for the tennon needs a really sharp single pitch threadmill and threading the shafts for any big pin is best done by gluing in an insert of a less brittle material. The upsides is the harder surface and that you can turn the shafts quicker from dowel or square to a final diameter than you can with a maple shaft.
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