billiards_watch
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I mean it kind of does considering the price. Questions need to be asked when buying certain products.
Sang Lee Pool Cues
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That's who makes all Pred stuff(not Revo shafts) except for when they team up up with Jacoby, etc. That same factory makes: Lucasi, ADAM(except Musashi,Kenbu), Players, Buffalo, Dufferin, Riley, Universal and probably others. They are capable of first-rate work. Used to be the old TaiCan shop and they've been around for years.
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Not really, several lines of their cues like throne and ikon carry similar prices , people aren’t asking who made them
If they were made by someone like jacoby
It’s in the cue description on the website
Predator has a brainwashed,errrrrrrrrrr, loyal following who would buy a dog turd with a tip if it said 'Predator' on it. Few if any Pred zealots know or care where the stuff is made.
billiards_watch
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I admire your bluntness. I’m not a predator guy at all and I think it should be asked. I know some may not like it.
Sang Lee is a VERY common name in Korea. One pool hall in Edgewater, NJ (21 Billiards at the time) owner's name was Sang Lee. We used to play a little when I would play there. When he told me his name he saw my rection and laughed. Not that Sang Lee he said. He bought and rehabbed pool rooms. When a room I played at was for sale, I tried to find him (he had sold 21). I went to a Korean owned room I had seen him at one day. I asked the counterman if I could leave "Sang Lee" a note. He said "which one? We have 3 Sang Lee's that play here." When I mentioned 21 Billiards, he marked something on the envelope and said OK, no problem.
One other thing. I asked him to show me Korean Billiards, 8 foot table and two cue balls. After a few minutes he started a rail nurse, running off more than 50 points including three or four gathering shots that to this day was the most incredible display of cue control I have ever witnessed in person.
One other thing. I asked him to show me Korean Billiards, 8 foot table and two cue balls. After a few minutes he started a rail nurse, running off more than 50 points including three or four gathering shots that to this day was the most incredible display of cue control I have ever witnessed in person.
It's just the shaft. All the engineering differences is in the shaft. You pick which shaft (carom or pocket billiard).
For those who are interested, here is a link to the video
According to Wikipedia his full name is Sang Chun Lee, 이상천. Lee is the last name, like Smith. The Sang Lee cues have his name in hanja (Korean usage of Chinese characters).
Do you know where is Universal Hansom located? TaiCan is in TaiShan county Guangzhou. I was told majority of the billiard accessories were made there, founded by Chinese-Americans.
Just for general knowledge.
I know that in the past Predator did not make cue butts (except for the P line), only the shafts. At the beginning, the butts were made by Falcon in Canada; later it was moved to China, if I'm not mistaken, to the same factory that makes Lucasi (correct me if I'm wrong). Do they make their own butts nowadays of the regular production lines?
There were other cue makers involved in special edition cues, like Samsara, Jacoby and maybe others that I lost track of. These are special editions, so I was wondering if there was another collaboration here?
I'm a big Predator fan, mostly of their shafts; the Falcon days cues also looked great. I'm not a big fan of their design since they moved to China and moved to Uni-Loc (nothing against playability, just not a fan of how most of them look). And I really don't like the synthetic leather grip...
I do think that for what they cost, you can get a great butt from different makers, whether it be a high-level production maker like Schon or even custom-made, and just add a Predator shaft and keep the playability and performance.
If I were one of those guys I would definitely pay the premium for one of those cues. “yeah, it’s my cue line.”
sudocrushms
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billiards_watch
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The only Predator I've played with was before the logo and it was ok. I would lean more towards of it being a good cue than a bad cue. Don't know anything about their new stuff. I was going to buy a Roadline but went with an entry level Mezz which I think shoots pretty damn good.
2G's for that??
Like i said, Predator-ites are a breed unto themselves. I know a couple that are convinced that anything with that cat logo has to be the best. Apparently their advertising works on certain people.2G's for that??
2G's for that??
I think the Sang Lee line is worth 2k though, especially with a revo.
Please DO NOT tell me they are decal cues though.
For the price they are asking it does
