Recent content by BillPorter

Here's a 40 year old pic of Billy taken at the Rocky Mountain 9-Ball Open in Colorado Springs, CO. He was a friend and will surely be missed.

me too! I have had $1,000 plus cues but my most recent purchase was a Players sneaky pete with a Kamui SS tip. It plays as good as any cue I've owned. Total cost was about $110 and it came with a 1X1 case and $5 off my next purchase!

update I just got some information that, "The leather wraps are local to China, but the pins, tips and ferrules come from the USA." Since I would be using the cue with an OB radial shaft, that makes it more attractive to me.

Yes, now I recall having run into that before. Looks like a regular radial pin but it isn't. Thanks for reminding me.

Anyone have any experience with or knowledge of Dakota pool cues? I've always liked stacked leather wraps. http://www.cuesight.com/pool-cues/dakota/walnut-finish-with-tan-leather-stack-wrap/

What they said I have been buying pool related stuff from Seyberts and from Nielsens for many years without a single problem. Superb customer service from both. I've had made tip installations done by Seyberts and, IMHO, their work is as good as anyone.

A tip for you Here's a tip for you that I got from a top cue maker many years ago. The cue maker had just finished making a cue for a customer and when the customer came to pick it up, the cue maker asked him to let him (the cue maker) hold his old cue for a period of time. The cue maker told...

Nice story and a beautiful cue! A CF shaft would look very cool on that cue. I could related to one part of your story as I was on a motorcycle cruising down a residential street when a woman drove right into me as she turned into her driveway. I suffered relatively minor damage compared to your...

Thanks for the updates Now I wish I had watched the match on pay-per-view! :smile: Thanks for the updates.

Update on score of hill/hill game? Score please.

Title I found it to be one of the best reads among the many pool related books I've seen. And it has one of the all time coolest titles: Billiards : Hustlers and Heroes, Legends and Lies and the Search for Higher Truth on the Green Felt

Capone cues I owned one about 20 years ago. Excellent workmanship. The only reason i sold it was that I'd never owned an expensive cue and found myself worrying about getting it dinged up when playing with it. By the way, the recommendation of Mike's cues that persuaded me to invest in one came...

Couple of pics of the two of them from 1986

Just feeling sad I've known Billy since 1963 when he was a pool hero of mine. I recall that he used to practice at the SMU student center where we would chat from time to time. The year I spent every night, all night, at Cotton Bowling Palace (1963-1964) created more memories for me than any...

Your mailbox is full so I'm using this thread to ask you a question I spent every night for about a year at Cotton Bowling Palace during the 1962-1963 time period. In one or more of your posts on the forum, you have mentioned several people I knew well, Alfie and Jack Taylor for example. It...