Recent content by Benelli

Last photo, Schmelke like. It looks like the veneers are doing that weird blend you find in 70's models But oh that third photo... look at that gorgeous period stack!!!

I agree, but would add one modifier, I really like the pre-war titlist with the softer veneer colors. The ones from the 50's and 60's, the colors in the veneers pop so hard at times it almost looks like one of the Schmelke/Adam versions until you can zoom in and see the stack up close.

Yeah... I like to think George and Gus are looking down and smiling. Oh.. wait, Gus just yelled something... He said, "Hey Benelli, all these old dudes that want 25K to 35k for our $200 cues. Well, their kids will take 4k." Thank you, Gus... Words to live by.

I kind of agree with their logic to a point... When you get some of these two dyed ringtail and python wraps that are so garish and over the top it very much detracts from the main show. Ive bought a couple of cues out of China and Japan and everyone of the showed up with some god awful wrap...

Schon is the Mercedes of the production cue world.

I've been using a superior grade EE wrap from Superior, and after two months of twice-weekly play, it still looks new. The pebble grain is still sharp, and the grip is there without being too tacky when I want to shift my hand around. I've been doing EE on all my high-end shooting cues, but I...

Texas would be better!

I think that's a Brass joint with a steel pin, like an old school Rambow

What you have essentially done is portfolio diversification with what are known as alternative investments. The reason cues have been so good to you is that, for the most part, you were buying when prices were lower and more stable than they are today. You had the benefit of being close to...

A Pollack, a Slovak, and Kojak walk into a bar... Stupid auto correct on my phone felt a fish was more correct than a painter...

Completely agree but this is where cues can shift from a percentage of collectors who collect for the reasons you described to an even larger potential market of collectors who view then through the same lense I do. I keep leaning on the ICCS guys that they have a greater responsibility to...

So I'm Gen-X, I started playing in college, never once walked into one of these storied pool rooms. Yet I fucking love cues, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the premise you laid out. Quite simply cues are, in and of themselves, a form of art. That art spans from the lowest KaoKao...

I want to buy a Joss West, and I'm a fine... Oldish man!

Get one Whyte Triple 60 shaft and get adapters for every size pin you play with, it's what I did and have never looked back.

This is outstanding, thank you Doc!