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Neptune Joe Frady worked unloading ships at Earle Navy base in N.J. Early '60's a pretty good player named Ernie Lager would go to north Jersey to play Jack,it was always at night and a big crowd would watch. I was 15 or 16 and now and then Ernie would take me with him.

What's MW?

My uni-lock Lucasi never binds or comes loose,I do clean the threads and insert about once a year with a Q tip dipped in alcohol. The weight bolt did come loose once and a good tightening fixed that. It's 16 years old and still straight and the finish is like new. Lucasi makes a fine cue.

The best I ever saw in person was the early '60's and I watched Irving Crane run 141 balls.

Here's my next cue,it's still a work in progress.

I have a Buster break cue made at Showcase,possibly by Ernie.

Here in Colorado there are a lot of Ernies cues and while I dont have one I have hit balls with a bunch of them. His cues are so neutral balanced they just glide like on an air cushion.

And Kohls gives you a $5 discount coupon for Amazon returns to use in their store.

I love Amazon because it keeps me out of Walmart. Living in Denver most items are delivered the next day or two days out, once in awhile if it comes direct from the producer it can be a week or so but they will state that. A few items have had iffy packaging but arrived intact and returns are...

I see a cue thats a step above an Adam/Helmstetter cue. Really nice work.

I tried to press a LePro tip in a cheap Harbor Freight vice and I cranked it tight and the vise cracked! Ethier the vise was crap or the tip was super hard or I'm too strong.

I had several tips put on by Gus back in Jersey and they were always Le Pro tips. If he had any others I dont know. Like manwon said back in the day there were not a lot of tips around. If you needed a new tip you just had one put on rarely even asking what brand it was,same with chalk you just...

I think it's the very rare Noneya cue.