Trash or Treasure?

[Fatboy]

It’s just with American pool players
They love to spend money on shit and nick nacks
The rest of the world thinks it’s a joke

The Germans buy all the stuff as well

 

[Texas Carom Club]

The Germans buy all the stuff as well

I love me some germainia

 

[Black-Balled]

The Germans buy all the stuff as well

I was gonna look for a pic of Ralf and his tip Trojans...lol

 

[Black-Balled]

I am German, not too far back.
What's your excuse?

 

[Rusty in Montana]

I also am part German and Austrian all the way back to the early 1300's or so my genealogy fanatic mother once told me . I still miss my folks .

 

[jalapus logan]

I am German, not too far back.
What's your excuse?
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Why the reservoir tip?

 

[Maniac]

Why the reservoir tip?

Makes the product fu**ing good!

 

[Fatboy]

The Germans are a great crew, I’ve been to loads of pool rooms there and have made some great friendships over the years. I love the Germans and their culture. They need to work on the weather a bit tho…….

 

[Mark V]

From a cue collector standpoint - I have seen some custom JPs that really set off the cue to a new level from an appearance standpoint.

I got these off the Bay many moons ago for $50 for a radial pin cue I had at the time. Not sure what they originally came with, but they’re gorgeous. Definitely ebony with what I’ll assume is some yeah in white.

 

[maha]

should be called joint enhancers not protectors as i ve never heard of any joint getting damaged.

 

[SlateMan]

should be called joint enhancers not protectors as i ve never heard of any joint getting damaged.

I had a butt fall and bent my pin just a bit. After that, I have JPs on every cue I put in my bag.

 

[Mensabum]

I agree with you Mike , my Scott Erwin cue has matching jp's as the wood used for the cue and I think they just complete the look and set it apart from the rest .

Some of the JPs Tim used to make really added to the cues appearance. Not to mention today's resale value if you have a matching set!!!

 

[Mensabum]

I got these off the Bay many moons ago for $50 for a radial pin cue I had at the time. Not sure what they originally came with, but they’re gorgeous. Definitely ebony with what I’ll assume is some yeah in white.

Wow!!!

 

[Mensabum]

I also am part German and Austrian all the way back to the early 1300's or so my genealogy fanatic mother once told me . I still miss my folks .

Mother always said we were High German. Found out from 23andme that I'm a Viking!!! Never told her about those results.

 

[Rusty in Montana]

My family tree reminds me of a sage brush bush ha ha it's spread out all over the place , like so many other people I'm a mutt of sorts ha ha

 

[Black-Balled]

Why the reservoir tip?

Easier to remove...a handle/ tab, basically.

Don't push it all the way down though. Super hard to remove if you do.

 

[Mensabum]

My family tree reminds me of a sage brush bush ha ha it's spread out all over the place , like so many other people I'm a mutt of sorts ha ha

Arf Arf.

 

[DynoDan]

I had a butt fall and bent my pin just a bit. After that, I have JPs on every cue I put in my bag.

I have JPs but never use them. Though I only have soft cases, the short trip from the car to the poolroom doesn’t present much of a hazard. Plus, I would only drop the butt while in the process of screwing or off the shaft, and fooling with JPs too would merely enlarge that risk (IMO). Checking a soft case as airline luggage would obviously be a different story.

 

[Mensabum]

I have JPs but never use them. Though I only have soft cases, the short trip from the car to the poolroom doesn’t present much of a hazard. Plus, I would only drop the butt while in the process of screwing or off the shaft, and fooling with JPs too would merely enlarge that risk (IMO). Checking a soft case as airline luggage would obviously be a different story.

Accidently left the zipper open on my 4x8 and 2 shafts and a butt flew out and rolled under my truck heading downhill across the parking lot.
Somebody up there likes me bcuz only I shaft had a small nick in it. The other pieces felt ok.
Idk if JPs would have helped or not, but I've found over the years that something is usually better than nothing. Lol.
That's a 180 for me. I never saw a use for them and thot they were tacky. Like, my dog's better than your dog kinda thing. I was also heavily medicated back then.

 

[trob]

I don’t know… will I ever have my cues get damaged not having them on? most likely not.. but better to be safe then sorry. It take just a couple seconds to take them on and off with uni lock shafts so Why not use them.