It costs $400 and the earliest they will look at it is May. Katherine might respond to your email. There is a really knowledgeable guy named Mark at Pool Table Magic in CT. He does the same type of validation and has owned over 400 Szambotti cues.
I think the old style cloth and balls is A huge difference from today's cloth and balls as far as spreading out the balls after break shots etc.. Today I ran 74 balls on an old style nap cloth table with brutal tight rails. You must break a open and do so 3-4 times to get through most racks as...
Be sure you are creating a nice angle from cue ball to break shot so the cue Ball angle really helps Break them up. I grew up on the "old cloth" and we commonly had to break the balls followed by several secondary break shots to continue to break the cluster of balls until the rack spread apart...
Too bad more straight pool tourneys aren't more accessible and affordable. I'm a long time straight pool guy from CLV and it's expensive to get to NY etc to try and compete in these tourneys. I have had several 100 + runs although I haven't played daily over the years as I work full time and...