Recent content by Jimmy_Betmore

That's a beautiful case. You guys knocked the Aztec theme out of the park.

It's crazy how many people "slip and fall" onto objects. 😂

Hey, man, I'm not usually one for semantics, but... It's called a "bumper." A "butt plug" is an entirely different thing. Although, as they say, anything can be a butt plug if you're brave enough. 😂

There are definitely some good books out there. But, in my humble opinion, video is where it's at. Look up Accu Stats on YouTube. Watch the videos, and just as important, listen to the commentary. You'll see the game played at it's highest level and commented on by some of the best to ever...

I found this on Nick's website. (He has a store in Owensboro, Kentucky.) Unfortunately, pricing if for dealers only on his site. But Integrity cues has new one for sale for $360. So I'd put yours are right around $150 or so. There's nothing "wrong" with Nick's cues. They're just not...

Assuming the everything checks out with its condition and straightness, you should have no issues at all getting $5k for that Southwest with an LOA. And if you're going to send it in for an LOA, you might as well check the price and turnaround time for a refinish, wrap cleaning/replacement, and...

There have been too many recent horror stories about repair work and quality at Meucci for me to trust them with anything. And that's coming from someone who has always had a soft spot in his heart for the brand. I was around for the 80's and 90's glory days and I hope they're able to turn...

The room I called home during my misspent youth is long gone. But I still have that solid oak wooden rack with the room's name engraved on one side from Table 9, the only 9 footer in the room. Sure it would get a little sticky from time to time from hand oils and humidity. But that's nothing...

I'd bet high that the ferrule has been replaced. Look at how clean it is compared to the rest of the cue. No knock meant by that, by the way. I dig the cue.

Just curious, whose idea was it to change so many variables of the game? I mean, 2 on the wire to 15 is a different game than two on the wire to 11. Not saying it turned into a bad game for you. But it definitely wasn't as juicy as it had been.

It's the construction method. Round tipped points are inlaid rather than "spliced" in. One could argue that short splice points are still inlaid simply because the point wood doesn't extend below the A joint. But short splice points are a installed in a way that is exponentially more similar...

Ehhh... Close enough. Years ago I was playing a kid at the room I hung out in and he hooked himself. He looked at it for a minute then looked up at me and said, "Pass." It doesn't work like that, brother. 😂 😂 😂

The joint style, wood, and finish say, "Asian import" to me. Seeing the shaft would help a ton.

I'd say that, typically, they're similar enough to basically be interchangeable. The wild card, though, is that ABS and PVC can vary in density, hardness, etc. I pulled the table below from a plastics supplier's website. And don't pay any attention to the highlighted part. It's like that on...