dennis up 17-15 over phone mint kyaw.

edit: won 19-15

CeaseLess said:

Yea, that's what I figured, if it hits like I remember but I have to change it every 5 years or so, so be it. What's a house plastic?

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Basically a similar style plastic that you would find on a house cue...

no body even cares what your cue looks like when you match up. more often than not the more expensive looking cue you have the worse you play.

except in bars where they play for beers only, and thinks anyone that wins more than a few in a row is a hustler and deserves to be hit in the face.

never heard of front hand english until i saw it here. and i have been around.

but ive and many others used back hand english ever since i started playing in pool rooms.

and it was called that way back then. 1960's and early 70's players me included called it that.

that was back east. when i went out west, i dont think i ever heard either term used. but all decent players seemed to use it somewhat.

but also center line of the cue ball and only a half tip of englsih was used much more than now. and the average decent player in pool rooms played much better than those in them now.

j2pac said:

XTC is one of the cheapest "house plastics" you can use. Obviously, if you felt that it came close to re-creating the feel you were after, then go with what works best for you, regardless of opinion. It may leave a bit to be desired in terms of durability, but it's certainly cheap enough to change if it should fail.

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Yea, that's what I figured, if it hits like I remember but I have to change it every 5 years or so, so be it. What's a house plastic?

iusedtoberich said:

I think they are generically called "fiber ferrules". If you go to Chris Hightower's site (cuemanbilliards) he sells them. (Or used to 15 years ago last time I checked. He will know for sure what they are.

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Thanks man, that's very helpful. I've had a couple people say they'd guess fiber or cotton fiber. Not sure if they're the same thing.

CeaseLess said:

Thanks. Hopefully I get somewhere with it, if not xtc and abs has been suggested to me, might have to just go that route.

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XTC is one of the cheapest "house plastics" you can use. Obviously, if you felt that it came close to re-creating the feel you were after, then go with what works best for you, regardless of opinion. It may leave a bit to be desired in terms of durability, but it's certainly cheap enough to change if it should fail.

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I think they are generically called "fiber ferrules". If you go to Chris Hightower's site (cuemanbilliards) he sells them. (Or used to 15 years ago last time I checked. He will know for sure what they are.

j2pac said:

I see.
Good luck with your search.

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Thanks. Hopefully I get somewhere with it, if not xtc and abs has been suggested to me, might have to just go that route.

CeaseLess said:

That's a reasonable take, but I'm not looking for suitable, I want that same hit. It was perfect to me. I've tried most of those options, the only one that was close was xtc.

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I see.
Good luck with your search.

j2pac said:

Whatever is was, I wouldn't put it back on. There are many options out there now that would be more suitable...Tomahawk, Juma, XTC, Hydex/Isoplast, etc.
Best regards
j2

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That's a reasonable take, but I'm not looking for suitable, I want that same hit. It was perfect to me. I've tried most of those options, the only one that was close was xtc.