The micarta that had asbestos was typical reserved for military applications (not necessary MIL-spec). The information came from a 30+ year engineer at International paper who knew exactly what the formula was for old yellow micarta. Unfortunately they were not allowed to recreate it due to...
Cue components Micarta may be old, but it’s not US made Micarta. Genuine old yellow Micarta is paper based and does not contain asbestos. 99% of Micarta in public hands never had asbestos in it. It was all military made and the only way it got into public hands is military surplus.
I prefer very...
There is nothing fake about Ken's business. Just another stupid post by you making accusations with no direct knowledge of anything. I've sent Ken's thousands of dollars in product and he's always paid promptly.
Selling a late 1990’s 8-point Verl Horn cue. My uncle purchased this cue in the late 90’s for his collection and rarely used it. I acquired it after his passing several years ago and had it professionally refinished by Proficient Billiards. It still has the original tip on it.
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Welcome! For wood, check out the several cuemaker groups on facebook. A good one is New Cue Builders. Several guys are on there selling quality wood cheaper than you can buy online. I have been selling off most of my wood supply on there. I have bocote and cocobolo listed now and recently sold...
Cue Components "Westinghouse" ferrules are not Westinghouse. They are most likely newer Chinese micarta. They don't look like Westinghouse and certainly don't machine like any Westinghouse micarta.
Westinghouse, and later International Paper micarta provide a firm hit and are easy to clean...
The sneaky pete list is very long because they are a great value. He doesn't make many cues a year and very few of those are sneaky petes. You would likely get a custom cue way before you get a sneaky pete.