Recent content by JusticeNJ

Beautiful cues.

Mark is top notch people.

Nice - I didn’t know AE Schmidt made cues. It makes sense, but I’ve never actually seen one.

The Birdseye in the forearm is crazy. Pictures don’t do it justice.

Here’s the original receipt. I blocked out the customers name $1260 back in 1990 / 1991

Very nice. Must be something in the water with those Ohio cue makers putting out great work. (RIP Dick Neighbors).

The original owner received it, put it in a case for 30 years, and never chalked or played with it. The finish has settled in a few places, as to be expected. Otherwise, it’s in mint, unrestored, original condition. I’m having John Bender make me a new shaft that I’ll play with. Im in the “cues...

I use the smaller size of the Ultimate Tip Tool, which scuffs the sides of the tip and generally leaves the top untouched. Then, I use the sides of the UTT to scuff the top. I guess I have a compound radius approximating $0.15 of curvature.

Great Dr. Dave! I agree it is one of pool's greatest matches. IMHO it is the greatest 9 ball match. The emotions, level of play, the comeback, etc. make for non-stop great viewing. However, I think at a certain point it was Earl's match to lose. And he did just that. Not to diminish the...

Awesome - thanks for the heads up Bob.

I have a GCI in the basement and love it. I've played on Diamonds and they are nice tables, and a good company for the industry, but I prefer the GCs. A used GC might be the best value for the $. You can often find them pretty cheap.

Excellent Post. I agree my issues were with the Group 1 advantage and the round robin format. Not that I'm against it, it just seemed weird as applied here. Minor nit - on two well-known occasions, the refereeing was sub-par (the racking of the 9 on the wing, and the bad call on the Gomez...

I think there's a few ways to answer. One, is what is the maximum run and out. I think that's Darren's 200 and out to win. Seems a little arbitrary in that races to 200 were not always standard. For example, Crane's 150 and out against Balsis could have been a bigger run if it the contest...

Isn't that what happened to Appleton? He ran 200 and out, then Busty raked the balls if my memory is correct. I wonder if the older generation just didn't think of high runs as being all that important versus 14.1 titles. Sort of like 9 or 10 ball. If I hear someone put up a big package it's...

NO IVORY JOINTS. Ferrules OK. Heavy cue OK (19.5+ preferred). Linen wrap. I would prefer a pre-2000s cue - the earlier the better. Let me know!