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.

skip100 said:

Does that come with Alex giving a happy ending? Or maybe just a lesson?

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It would need to be more than one.

Texas Carom Club said:

I’ve got a hornback 1.2 Whitten just finished that’s ready to ship I’ll sell for 450View attachment 876091

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Great transaction highly recommended seller folks!

Texas Carom Club said:

I’ve got a hornback 1.2 Whitten just finished that’s ready to ship I’ll sell for 450View attachment 876091

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Great seller highly recommend folks.

dendweller said:

It would make life easier if this was true but there a number of factors which make this a little incomplete including the swerve you cause on the cue ball by spinning it, the speed you hit the ball, the adjustment you need on your aim to account for ball induced throw and the effect the spinning cue ball has on the object ball. If you get these all to cancel each other out you have found nirvana. On the other hand if you consciously think about these things when shooting a match you will probably loose. Pool is hard.

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I totally agree, i think a little deflection can correct spin induced throw from an aiming standpoint. I shoot with a z3 and can aim dead on with spin and sometimes miss simply because i forgot about the throw on the object ball

Great case even better price can’t believe it’s still here

Mulambo said:

It’s for 6reds PoolSnooker, a Snooker variant with rules adapted for normal sized Pool tables.

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Nothing to do with pool whatsoever.

6 reds snooker is a shortened version of snooker using much the same the rules. With fewer reds the "frames" takes less time to play enabling organisers to get though a huge draw while enabling the players to still play best of 3 or 5 frame eliminations.

6 reds has been adapted in most countries and being a shorter game it can be more entertaining when televised.

skor said:

He also sells a new case
good for him, he is in a point of his career that he won't make a lot of money from playing pool but his brand is still strong to sell products.
His chalk is good and so are the socks he sent me with the chalk...
I also got his glove but haven't tried it yet, I got a bunch of different gloves waiting for their turn...
That case looks nice.
No way in hell I would pay for that shaft. The only high $$ shaft that would get my money is Revo (after testing and owning a few brands)

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I'm pretty sure someone else is running the business and just use his brand name, at max he probably has 20% of stake.

Price an unknown no name shaft at $800 is crazy though, Predator don't even do that yet

22-24 break for Meglino banks match