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I put them on my break cues. They hold chalk well, no different than the other ultraskins. I don’t think tip hardness impacts spin so I can’t help you there, but they are noticeably harder than a ultraskin M and slightly harder than a H.

We even have a competent local sports authority who helped land World Cup games this summer (we are the smallest city by far to host this year, but have many soccer fans).

And doubly so where the tables are $10 an hour in a bar filled with people there to drink. Few parents are going to drop their kids off after school at such a place. I’ve only seen a handful of the European rooms, and I’m sure some are stanky, but they seem by and large to be a place for...

It’s the time for the calcuttas at small time tournaments that really bothers me. I’m happy that a handful of people want to gamble on a handful of players, but they shouldn’t delay the tournament for the 90 percent of us who aren’t drawing big money and are just throwing in the standard $10...

Are they skipping 2026?

I still have one of his $150 eBay cues and for its price it’s wonderful. The pocket radiuses are rounded as Chris noted above to speed CNC production, but the wood, finish, and wrap are all very good. Maybe I got lucky.

Can’t get a batter answer than that!

I've like JC's method (at least for the first finishing of a shaft): https://rumble.com/v272cpo-coos-cue-shaft-finishing.html

To each his own of course, but a main advantage to cf is it resists dings and scratches better than wood. Maybe this veneer is plasticized and is wood in name only.

I would wager that the farther back you go, the higher quality wood you will find in cues. Like you, I love the dense grains.

I think there was a recent AZB poll and these tips and ultraskins ($5) were the favorites by far. Those are the two I try to put on for people.

If you have the time and energy, documenting your work on Phelan and your photo collection in a book or somewhere else would be a great way to ensure this information is not lost. I assume you have seen Shamos’ online archive?

I think time between shots is a useful metric for types of practice. For example, how often do I ever exceed 30 seconds between shots without a clock (my natural speed of play) and is it something I need to be conscious about during a time match? This isn’t a reason someone would buy the...

If my doubles partner pointed out every shot to me like I was an idiot, i would smash his figures with the butt of my cue. Perhaps the women should do this to their male partners and it would be more entertaining.

West has a system of epoxies you can use for different purposes. 105 and 207 are the common finish combination. Don’t waste time with cheaper epoxy brands if go that route. If I made more I would give Solarez a try.