Recent content by kling&allen

Not my business, but it doesn't sound like your refinish guy should be working on expensive cues if he was so careless he didn't bother to look at the finish on the cue and buffed leather conditioner all over everything. Let alone on a tasc.

I think your decimal is in the wrong place on the price.

Seems like your buddy could make some money selling this book to AZBers in the states.

Do you have a link to this match? Thanks!

Looks like there is a 10 ball shootout too? Is that new this year?

Great article about you and Keith in Billiards Digest!

Unrelated I like that case, did you cut the foam yourself or is it a bow case or something else already with those cutouts?

Don’t buy the master spots off Amazon. I bought a pack that must have been counterfeit as the dot is not centered on the circle!

What steam method did you use if you don’t mind me asking?

Your cues on page 1 are gorgeous and it’s great you have options for average people as well.

Out of curiosity, why don’t you just use longer dowels for your blanks if you want the points up higher? I suppose it might be the amount of time if you are doing a long tenon for rings.

To be fair, I don’t know anyone under 50 that could afford a $2k cue (including me). Same for golf, I don’t see younger people with new, expensive equipment. Houses and medical care were a lot cheaper 40 years ago.

At least from the stream (and the commentary here), Filler looks like he has reached another level. I think he was tinkering with his stroke last year and maybe that paid off? In addition to everything else he does and has of course.

Did you make that tailstock yourself? I haven’t seen one of those adapted for the cue smith. (Not to derail your thread, looks like a nice setup)

For that blank ($300+ probably) you should ship it to a reputable cue maker. You will want a nice finish to bring out the wood grain and color, which a hack would botch. The resale value of the cue will also be decent with that blank if it is professionally done, versus zero if it’s done poorly.