Recent content by freestrokin

Challenge match This is a great idea. To be able to talk with these players cue makers, etc. would be something special. Years ago before all the tournaments and leagues all of the players were in the action rooms all the time. you got see them play and listen to the stories for hours. When not...

challenge match Count me in. I would love to see Mr. Glen's collection. I believe he has a couple of cues that I once owned. Including the Balabushka that was the last one he made before his death. I wonder if he will sell it back to me for what I sold it for in 1976. I have paid more than...

Does anyone make and sell butterfly spliced blanks.

kryptonite9 That sounds like what I am looking for. Does it sound solid on power draw shots and off center hits. I like a little deflection, so this may be what I am looking for.

Pooltchr are you saying if you put a certain tip on an ivory ferrule shaft that it will spin as much as a ob-1. Want to play some. jack

I have an ob-1 shaft but it has to much swerve for me. Which low deflection shaft would spin the cue ball just a little less. Sound is a big thing to me also. Some shafts sound fine with center ball hit but sound like plastic when you power draw or a lot of side english. The ob-1 has a very...

Lets have the stories Dick, I was in Dallas at the time this happened. I knew all of these guys you mentioned, and all the others ( Vernon, Creeper,etc.). There were so many colorful charactors back then. It brings back a lot of memories. Keep em coming. Jack

Hello everyone. I have been away from the pool scene for a number of years. I was talking with my good friend Dean (Deano cues) and he told me about this site. He mentioned that there were questions about the cues we made. I can't believe all the information out here, makes me want try to play.