Recent content by Benelli

I thought it's called Heyball and it's the biggest billiards game in China?

I'm not sure the balls and the box go together, would not be surprised if someone bought a new set and put there old ones in the box. I see this all the time. The single biggest truth to Pool Ball Collecting is... What's in the box, is not what came in the box...

There mid-80's Aramith made balls. Looks like they they spent some time in a garage or a storage unit exposed to heat and humidity. Hit them hard with Aramith restorer and Speed shine and a ton of elbow grease and they will clean up nicely. But where you have yellowing in the deeper chips it's...

These look old Hyatt centennials from the 70's early 80's before Aramith took over the contract. While certainly collectible I would not consider them highly playable balls. Is the line under the 6 and 9 straight or curved?

Yellowing is a combination of age, Sun and or heat. I've had vintage balls in a sealed box from.mid 70's and each of the balls had different levels of yellowing. It's very tricky to compare solids and stripes for yellowing because of how differently the white resin of the stripes ages compared...

Shipped a cue in a case last week used a 6x6x37 box, weighed 3lbs ground from Texas to West Virginia cost me $37. I think I'm doing ok.

You can polish them up to almost new and the color match will be perfect then. K2 lays out the perfect cleaning method in the Pool Ball Collecting thread. Just follow his instructions and they will look amazing when your done.

This is why I stopped printing labels at home for UPS and FedEx. I will only ship from one of there shipping centers and only pay cash. The FedEx ship.ce ter stopped taking cash so now I go.in with a $40 visa gift card and make electronic payment via that. What they price is only what there...

I think both Richard Black and Paul Drexler have done Star Wars cues

This is correct, looks Taiwan'ish to me.

I think you misunderstand what I'm saying. That ring of wood should go all the way through it, this looks like a torn or chipped decal. I was asking you to check that with your finger nail.and see if you can pick at it.

Why does it look like the joint ring is a decal. Can you feel that missing part and see if you can pick at with you fingers.

It's a shame none of the new post are as interesting as the 20 year old ones....

One of the great masters of cue building fiercely belived this. Martin would not do points or fancy ringwork because he felt it changed the hit and feedback of the cue so significantly. Honestly this all comes down to what you need your cue butt to do. Is it only delivering stroke or do you...

Yeah people are posting them up on eBay at those prices but there not selling. I've bought two 1/1 cues in the past year and did not pay more than $150 for either. I also purchased one of his pre-retirement cues that supposedly cost $1900 new for $275. The single greatest driver of price bumps...