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Tate Nice work and very interesting. The custom pool cue makers with the highest reputation who are making very few cues will actually be very good investments. It's a combination of reputation and rarity. The best of it's kind while being very rare always has a high value. I got on...

Fred I'll pick up a copy of Blue Book III. InsidePool sounds like the magazine I would be most interested in. Dennis and Joel can make me whatever I want, I know. I've seen stunning pool cues made by these two makers. I actually would like to see fancy inlays from several different makers...

Jam Several people are mentioning InsidePool magazine. Searching for a pool magazine today was like searching for a poker magazine three years ago. You just could not find something like that in the big book store chains. I would agree with your statment of 'underground society'. It's just...

I do not have a copy of any Japan billiards magazines, but I do have a copy of the #1 selling Japan guitar magazine. That magazine has incredible photos in it and it is twice as thick as any American guitar magazine. American guitar magazines have great photos also. The style the Japan...

What pool magazine has the best pictures and coverage of high end pool cues and pool cue makers interviews? I'm on Searing and Hercek's pool cue order waiting lists, so I'd like to see a variety of high end pool cue designs to help with what I order in a few years from these two makers...

Bob Jewett That is nice to know. Brunswick seems very popular on this forum with Diamond getting some good mentions also. I'm most familiar with Brunswick because they are everywhere. I just want to look at everything before I buy a Brunswick. Thanks Mike

If you could only have one brand and model of pool table in your home what would it be? I ask because I bought a new house and I want to check everything out including the brands I have not heard of before I buy. Thanks Mike

Amarillo Slim has a book called 'In A World Full Of Fat People'. I have a copy of it and I have read it. In that book Amarillo Slim mentions Fats several times. It's a very good read if you are into poker, pool and hustling stories. The inventiveness of this guy will have you laughing. I...

DJKeys One thing nice about Hercek is he has an excellent reputation and a great website. Many of the custom cue makers do not have a website to see their work or I have been unable to find websites for many of them. If Dennis Searing has a website I have not found it. Southwest if they have...

Voodoo Daddy I'm watching the Antiques Roadshow right now and your post would fit right in as being one of the professionals on that show giving a value for a Gus Szamboti cue along with some of the rich history. If you had $2,000.00 to $3,000.00 to order the best cue you could from a cue...

Dave The SS half joint is mentioned over and over with people who own Searings that say it is their favorite cue. Thanks for telling me the woods that are on the one you tried. Mike

Sheldon Lebow sounds very interesting. If he is that good his cues will go up in value when word get's out in a few years. I will check him out. Mike

Bamacues I really like the way you narrowed it down to one maker and explained why. What options do you have on your Southwest? Thanks Mike

Szamboti and Southwest have better resale than Hercek and Searing? If I had all these cues in one room I could narrow it down to the best one for me very easily. It's just not that easy and I will have to order one sight unseen. I do not want to buy one used. I really want a custom made cue...

Badabing I've heard more about Dennis Searing than any other custom cue maker and it's nice that you mention his cue with the ss half joint is the best cue you have played with. Thanks for really narrowing it down. What woods were on that cue and any other specific options you can tell me...