Recent content by Cornerman

Correct, unfortunately.

From this view, looks like a Brunswick Medalist. Not the 100-year old Medalist, but the one that came out in the 1980’s.

Add Joshua Filler. He plays banks once a year. Aside from J. Hall this year and Jason Miller (who learned to bank from Gary) his first year that he won DCC banks, I haven’t seen any other player bank on Diamonds at Joshua’s level as he did this year. I remember the first time I saw Filler...

Brandon has been the main cuemaker designer for 20+ years. So all the designs that have won Cue of the Year at SBE have been Brandon.

You should be pleasantly surprised how many players on this thread are using Triangle.

Pressed Triangle or Outsville / KiTech Techno Dud Hard (which is a modified Triangle). Triangles have been my go to and for decades. But I do have a couple shafts that I use that one came with a Kamui Clear M and another I put a Precision M on to try out. Really don’t have a good reason to...

Unfortunately, my case isn’t a Fellini or an It’s George. It’s a skeleton of a Ron Thomas case spectacularly rebirthed and retooled by LAARA Design (Ligaya Tallo-Purugganan). Much of the artwork (flying animals, tribal motifs) are based on my tattoos...

Yep. I’m not sure when Marc acquired the rights, but he’s in Louisiana still making them. No website, but you can get a hold of Marc through Facebook and Facebook messenger.

Great news! And for those that didn't realize, Brandon has not only building cues along with his dad from the very beginning of the company's history, but he's been the main Cuemaker at Jacoby for quite some time, long before Dave passed.

It’s not an oversight. You’re talking about bringing up a debate that’s been discussed on the internet for 30 years. The chalk determines the coefficient of friction. Contact time is not part of the equation for spin. Contact patch size is not part of the equation for spin. Force, tip...

This is true, as far as my interviews go. In fact the two builders (Wayne Anderson and Cosmo Gray) had never heard the term before.

Of course.

I only have one question. Why after all these years didn’t I have Joe C. build me a cue??? Great person. Great (super under-rated) cuemaker.

Wayne Anderson says that this was tooled by Richard Grimes as well. The latch is what they called the Postage Stamp latch, and they had to switch when the latch manufacturer’s dies wore out.

The makers of It’s George cases (and cues) tell me they made only 30-40. Toolwork was done by a Richard Grimes, who might still be with us Also, in case there was a reason to clarify, Mike Roberts didn’t build anything. He was the business mastermind but definitely not the hands-on builder...