Recent content by classiccues

..and thanks to the internet where everything is forever... you may never die the second time... JV

Most the players I knew, starting from the late 70's, all were workers. My uncle drove a truck. Some guys are wired differently. Jack had a family to take care of. Joe Frady was a character and always fun to watch. My uncle would take me to the Golden Cue, I remember the older woman working the...

Yeah but guitars take up a lot of real estate. Harder to hide... I got down to two... JV

I have not seen Elforyn or SuperTusk under black light. However I will say that if I knew that one of the things FWS was going to do, was to blacklight a cue. I would NOT want them to look the same under the light. OR I would put a laser print tag onto the product to say "Not Ivory" only visible...

Under a black light ivory is bright. For those that do not know how to check. Someone told me some new stuff shows bright, but I haven't seen it. In the butt sleeve the cap is not ivory and you can see the result. JV

Blacklight the ferrule to be sure. You can hassle the seller, and if it is ivory, that gives you bonus leverage. JV

Chris, Rule 1 is the ESA exemption in antiques. * To qualify for the ESA antiques exemption, an item must meet all of the following criteria [seller/importer/exporter must demonstrate]: A. It is 100 years or older. B. It is composed in whole or in part of an ESA-listed species; C. It has not...

NY has a "team" of undercover fish and wildlife... bust 1 bust 2 bust 1 pics... JV

I have always argued that a good cue case has to protect your cues, and over the course of "Regular" usage, hold up as intended. Can a case be designed to stop a bullet, sure. But if that is a requirement then you need a new place to play. Once you get on with what capacity of a case you need...

All I know is what is available online in many news articles. It confuses me because the April arrest, actually predates the "NEW" 6/6/2016 Fed. ban as well as the New Cali ban of 7/1/2016. So, I don't really get how it all fits together. Logic tells me this was for lack of documentation. But...

That is one of the issues I have. They don't have to prove it is, you have to prove it ain't. This is NOT how the legal system is supposed to be. JV

I have a nice pair of O'Neil's can be had on the cheap :) JV

As the person that reintroduced them, I have quite a few at great pricing. They are not made with pockets or straps. JV

Ernie got involved with the Laurel and Hardy of Taiwan cue dealers. You have to be dumber than a box of chopsticks to board a plane out of a major airport IN THE STATE THAT HAS THE TOUGHEST IVORY BAN with a bag full of cues with ivory in them. They both flipped and IMHO the most disheartening...

What is also important is that California, Washington State, Oregon, New Hampshire, and Vermont do not stop at the tusk/tooth. Any part of about a dozen animals are banned. Elephant SKIN, ie wraps and cases, shark and ray (cases), any number of big cats.. CASES are also banned. NJ, NY and a few...