Recent content by Bavafongoul

I have worn a gun for the last 32 years counting this one. It is like putting on one of my watches. It becomes something you just do and you even construct some of your wardrobe around your gun. Weather becomes a factor and so I carry a different gun in the hot weather than the late fall &...

I am usually playing on a reserved table for members in front of the counter but regardless, I only have two cues out at any one time. My break cue, which is an original McDermott Stinger break/jump cue and one of my cues from my case. I don’t mind leaving my break cue near the table I am...

I am simply expressing my opinion the game becomes so much easier with these type of rules. How can you refer to it as 8 ball if the the only difference with 9 ball is marking the 8 ball’s pocket. Under the APA’s rules, playing 8 ball without designating the OB’s pocket is how I taught my kids...

There a 23 point team handicap limit for 5 players.you can be rated as high as a 7 playing eight ball but can be rated as high as 9 in nine ball. It means you have to have low ranked players on your team for a 9 ball roster. Chances are if you are rated a 6 or 7 in 8 ball, you’d be rated even...

Chopdoc, my post is detailed with examples because I have posted explanations countless times over the past decade and it keeps returning as a topic that few people answer correctly. Classic Cues post spelled out the law >20 replies ago. Either Mark or Joe I’m imagining answered this again in...

Goodness gracious, this is so simple. If Chopdoc lives in a state that has an ivory ban, he broke the law buying the shaft. So although he is now in possession of a cue shaft with an ivory ferrule, he can only sell & ship it when he’s not in state. If he is in a free state, he can buy any cue...

Actually what I am saying is there is a obvious imbalance if you can literally win every game and wind up losing the match. Now for fairness, the number of balls sunken is obviously important. But making the 9 is what the game has always been about. Sink the 9 and you win. Do this 6-7 games in a...

Only if you are under 60 yrs old or else you might not still be around when your cue spot gets called for actual production.

Why…..because people can’t read 6 simple words in the title followed by RIP Mika Immonen? The title is like a billboard on a highway. Just a quick flash view tells you what it says and you literally don’t have to read or pronounce every syllable in your mind or move you lips reading it. If...

When I say playing one handed, I mean one arm cue on the rail or suspended in mid air, say for a cue ball on the spot shot. Just a cue and your hand, not any actual mechanical bridge. You can rest on a leather pocket too one armed. I played great one armed practice yesterday and today it took...

Making a shot one handed is hardly anything to rave about or celebrate. It could have been pure luck. Make the same shot twice in a row, well, that can just be a mere coincidence after your lucky 1st attempt. Now make that same one handed shot 3x in a row, well, then you have every right to...

I have seen pool cues come with adjustable weight bolts but I’ve not seen a cue shaft have that feature which at first blush reaction sounds kinda strange. Now cue makers that do build Kielwood shafts may or may not core the front end of the shaft but when the shaft is cored, the inserted...

Attributing elephant poaching to the existence of a huge amount of ivory that has been classified as legal to use is a stretch. Ivory smuggling isn’t being done so cue makers can risk civil and criminal prosecution for using poached ivory when they can order all the pre-ban ivory they need for...

July 1, 2016……I know that date well. Bob Owen and Jerry Rauenzahn had to accelerate my cue builds underway. Both cue makers original forecast was completion in the late Fall of 2016 which conflicted with enactment of the ban. Much to my astonishment, both cues arrived on Memorial Day weekend...

The best analogy I can come up with is what I learned playing baseball in HS, and taught as a baseball coach. Speed is fundamentally as important as strength and stamina for attaining top performance. Consequently, when you undertake practicing and push yourself mentally and physically beyond...