Recent content by Frankenstroke

Somewhere out there is a 57" Szamboti. I sold it to John Wright. If you can find it, buy it. Perfect balance.

That cue back then was about $700. A lot of money, then. Joss West cues cost more than most other top builders. Certainly more than Schon. Many early Schons were copies of Bill's cues, at much less cost.

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Gee guys. 58 replies and and I know nothing more about about Saturday night's shooting. Well, at least we solved the gun control issue.

I heard there was a shootout at Bank Shots, and I'm talking guns and stuff. A bullet went through Ike Runnels case and shaft.. What have you heard?

There used to be one at Griffith Billiards, Griffith, Indiana. 16 people, handicapped. Monday nights.

I saw Jack White at least 3 times. Most amazing stroke. What Mike Massey and Larry Nevel do with muscle, Jack did with finesse. He explains his stroke in his book.

The way I heard the story, he sold his cue to multiple people, played the tournament, pretended to lose his temper and snapped the cue in front of everybody.

So glad you cleared up a 9 year old mystery.

In the late '70's I had the opportunity to buy an ebony box cue from Bill Stroud, in person, for $400. FOUR HUNDRED FREAKIN' DOLLARS!! Big mistake. HUGE!

I hate corner cameras. It neither entertains nor educates the viewer.

And that preference is......?

I stretched over a table to reach a shot, kept 1 foot on the floor. When I swung my back leg off the table, it got hung up on the rail, I stumbled and broke my toe.

Any personal friends of Mike Lebron here? He had a break shaft made of metal, like titanium. Must have weighed a ton.

Pat Diveney.