Recent content by Kim Bye

Mezz Hybrid Pro 2 was on the market a good while before OB Fusion 🙂

I think Miki has not explained in a good way the whole deal with Exceed cues. It's not in Southwest Cues territory yet, but the production is incredibly limited and the only way to really think about the Exceed web site is as a online gallery of cues they have made and might do short runs of...

They sure was. All things considered pretty cheap too. I had the Bacote one. Played great as any Mezz cues does.

Yes I do. I should have a ASTR-233 available next week. Mezz have incredibly long lead times now and supplies are very irregular. I have just about every Mezz cue available as a pre-order with Mezz and when I get them they usually sell out right away. Mezz haven't updated their website in a...

Excellent tips. I have installed hundreds.

After sanding I assume you blow the cue clean and if it's oily woods, you wipe it down with acetone until the colour bleed stops?

Good to have you back Mike :)

Personally I think that's a big distinction.

It's an amazing piece of industrial history and you are right Micarta and many other materials can be pretty toxic and PPE is a must if you don't want to slowly kill yourself.. Products made especially for the cue industry is a relatively new phenomenon. That's why you see the use of Micarta...

Lucasi did not make Predator and just as Predator is a brand that outsources the making of their products, so is Lucasi. It's not like Joss, Mezz or Viking who actually own a factory where they make their products.. Predator wood shafts are also made in China. The Revo line is possibly still...

Micarta is a term for a composite material, often paper, linen, canvas or fiberglass set in phenolic resin. Micarta was a brand of micarta made by the Westinghouse company and the production goes back almost to days of Tesla and Edison. This was pre modern plastics and it was a huge industry. If...

They are made in the same factory..

No.

What do you want to accomplish with having the softest tip possible? The softer the tip, the more it changes throughout it's life and you need to do a lot more maintenance than a normal Soft tip.

McDermott makes great cues, but I'm not a fan of their 3/8-16 speed joint, that thing is just too heavy and totally deadens the feel of the hit. McDermott and Joss get very little exposure in today's market, which is a shame, they are some of the OG brands.