Recent content by hunger strike

From the Los Angeles photos

Jansco and Wimpy, who in center?

This guy looks vaguely familiar, is it Bill Hawkins?

Some of these came from a lot of about 50 photos I got on ebay for $50. The seller said they came from a Los Angeles mini storage when the owner failed to pay. Anyone familiar?

This guy is actually identified as Gene Fisher, anyone have more info on him?

Old rppc photo looks like he is no stranger to the game.

Probably nobody known but hey why not try to identify?

Fusco on right, who else?

Regardless, I wish someone could find Soviet-era or older Russian chalk. I have never seen it.

My Bulgarian chalk box from the early Soviet era has a label in Bulgarian and the chalk is custom labeled. But the chalk is obviously French Saint Martin. So my thinking is that I could find not Russian made chalk, but Russian LABELED chalk. Maybe other Soviet satellite states imported some. I...

Out of dozens of photos of Russians playing Russian billiards throughout the Soviet era, none that I have seen showed chalk on the rail or being used. Ebay is overrun by sellers from Russia and Ukraine selling those awful Soviet-era cream colored ball sets. I have never seen a chalk mark on the...

These were given to me by the late Mel Cheek, of Edmond OK, 30 years ago. No instructions. They are distinctive on back as there is a dimple that looks like from a lathe chuck or press? I just rediscovered them in a drawer. Maybe I should trade 1 or 2 if nobody can find them anywhere else.

A cuemaker friend said he water tests elk masters as you do Triangles...and he said only 3 or 4 are good out of a box of 50. How many Triangles would you say are good from a box?

Sigel vs Reyes in Sands VII seems like the first pro match I saw. Thank you, Accu-Stats!

They look cheap. No reason to try, given the time & effort it takes to tip cues.