Big Ko on Waxed Balls

Not sure I understand all this, but I use hand sanitizer to clean the balls. Only few drops for each ball.

Seems to work fine. Am I missing something?

I’m surprised you missed the whole controversy a year or so ago. Kaci (and other players) accused some players (including but not limited to some Filipinos) of applying wax (or silicone) to the CB during a match. Dennis Orcollo talked about it as well on a livestream.

My understanding of the practice was that it originated in Asia as a practice aid to try to duplicate the slippery conditions the players would be facing in WNT type tournaments (new cloth and balls) - something almost impossible to find in many places. There is nothing wrong with this as a practice technique, but the allegations were that some players were secretly doing this in tournaments - thus altering the conditions mid-match.

Have you seen people waxing up the CB in practice in the PI?

Plain Jane cue construction

Planning to have this cue made with Cocobolo and Quilted Sapele.

I initially started with the design having joints, butt cap and rings, somehow, it seems to remove something from the cue, and I ended up with this.

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I once read that you should never join two pieces of wood together without any rings in between, is there any truth to this or is there a workaround to achieve the same effect without compromising structural integrity?

EDIT: pin would be Uniloc

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