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Adam ~1974. I believe this vintage was mostly built in the Miki shop, but those years confuse me. Edit: strike that. My notes say most likely Saitama.

So many nice Cuemakers. Murray Tucker Andy and Vicki Gilbert Sheldon Lebow Pete Tascarella etc

Agreed

From looking on a phone… I’ll go with Universal.

10 ball break was a win. The challenge was that if the 10 ball moved out of the rack at all, it would always be rocketing towards the corner pocket. It wasn’t until the template that people realize that a perfect rack should have the 10-ball barely move. I

Of course. You had a question. I answered.

Rich Cue (same as Rich Q). Sol (Saul) Rich, son of Izzy Rich (Bowery Billiards). Sol sold Rich Cue to Isaac Algaze.

karen corr had an American cue built for her with a screw-in extension when she moved to the US. I want to say that was 1998-2000. I had a cue with a separate screw-on extension by Sheldon shortly afterwards. In snooker, they call the screw-on extension a “Mini Butt.” So, the whole concept...

I couldnt pick one, but if I had to… Barry Szamboti In the running: - Balabushka with a Szamboti blank - Ginacue - Searing

Maybe his baby sitter knew who he was.

Nevel was right handed.

Abe didnt do inlays. Looks like a Rich Cue.

As an industry, one of our largest challenges has been trying to settle on a consistent set of rules. That is difficult enough when the game has several large amateur leagues that maintain their own established rule sets, while the world-standardized rules continue to evolve and often look...

W what rules? Cuz if it’s the lame-ass Ultimate Pool Rules, Iceberg will lose close on a technicality of the rules. Because they’re dumb. If International Rules means accepted WPA rules, which I don’t think that’s what they’re saying, then Bergman is a favorite in my opinion. But I think...

For added information, they had 10-ball professional events in the late 1980’s. Some newer players think that it was recently invented. But that’s just not true. 10 ball was often a gambling game, but it certainly was in the tournament scene as well, just not as much as nine ball or even...