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Here's another pic of the rails after I've sanded them down to refinish them. Can see the wood grain maybe better

That's interesting, I had another guy, ken hash from classicbilliards, tell me it was from the mid to late 40s, did they even make sportsman tables in the 50s? I thought the sportking replaced the sportsman in the 50s. I also had another guy look at the rails and he said they were definitely not...

I have a 9' 40's brunswick sportsman, I thought it had walnut rails but someone else lead me to believe they were only finished to look like walnut and are actually something else. Anyone have any idea what the rails on these were made out of? are they the exact same rails as they used on the...

Have a mid to late 40's brunswick sportsman 9' table, Boston MA area. Rails are, i thought walnut but not positive what they are on the sportsman but should be same ones as used on the anniversary's of the era, from what I know at least. Table is broken down and rails and ballbox sanded to be...

Well I stripped the rails using strip-x, think I'm going to have to use a couple more coats of it then clean using steel wool and turpentine. Seems to be a lot of cigarette burns on the table... any suggestions on how to get stain/burns out of the wood? should I be thinking about bleaching it or...

hey guys, I just picked up a 40's vintage brunswick sportsman, the rails on it are solid walnut but are kind of beatup. Thanks to Ken Hash over at classicbilliards.com, by the way, for helping my identify it, guy said it was a sport king, and I thought so too and had never heard of a sportsman...