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Here are the FUZE shafts: i) solid kielwood Pure X Kielwood FUZE shaft, ii) a carbon-fiber core in a 10-splice maple wood shaft Lucasi Pro 10 Splice InFUZED shaft; iii) a carbon-fiber core in a 10-splice kielwood shaft, Lucasi Pro Kielwood 10 Splice CF InFUZED Shaft; and iv) a carbon-fiber...

But, first let's get some more photos of the $5K cues: __

and a weight (metal or not) in the middle for balance and . . . . . . maybe a coating like in the McDermott Defy and . . . . . weights near the joint like the first JFlowers SMO . . . . . or maybe some different kind of foam or only portion of shaft with foam . . . . . ...

Dr Dave's most interesting info on Magic Chalk is on his website where he was impressed in how Magic Chalk prevented miscues. This is just a couple snippets from that webpage: Concerning the “number of hits until miscue,” Silver Cup was very similar to Master (flag and pre-flag) and Lava...

Dr Dave's interest in the 8-year old Pool/Billiards/Snooker Cling/Skid/Kick Examples and Chalk Comparison was whether types of chalk stick to the cue ball causing cling between cue ball and object ball. I couldn't find info on whether chalk ended up on the table. Magic Chalk didn't stick to...

At Cuesoul's website, Cuesoul only sells cue tips for more than $15. eBay, too, only had Cuesoul tips costing more than $16 for sale. Your $7 cue tip sounds too good to be true.

I bought your book today, Pool Wars: On the Road to Hell and Back with the World's Greatest Money Player Here are the first words of the book: Chapter One IN THE BEGINNING The modern era of Pool began with the release of the movie The Hustler in 1961. This classic film by Robert Rossen starred...

Temu's photos today show its How tips with GLUE written on the tips normally. Either Temu has now authentic How tips for sale or it fills orders with counterfeit How tips. They are not cheap for a counterfeit tip --- $11. SSDIVER's PHOTO:

You got some explaining to do: Country of origin, year, WTF is it (jump cue but I doubt it), company, wood types, is the hit really different, was there a second one made?

Jacoby's Element cue is laminated in the butt and in Jacoby's Ultra wood shafts. Colored laminated sheets are used in the butt but not in the standard Ultra wood shaft. Jacoby makes a few shafts, however, that look like the multi-colored butt. They aren't on the Jacoby website. This shaft is...

They can be gaudy. The first below is described as inlaid marquetry cue, circa 1850s, loaded with cloisenne, comprised of ivory, brass, tortoise, spelter, and enamel, double spliced, ivory buttplate and ferrule. Also shown is a Meucci wannabe Casino _

I take that back. I think there ought to be much interest because cue designs are so similar while this cue is different with a sophisticated, quality approach design. But . . . . . . buyers appear quite comfortable with the limited cue designs now and new design with high quality wouldn't...

That is a big difference in kielwood-shaft colors:

Yes, there would be much interest in the cue because of the beauty, the quality, the effort in its manufacture, and its uniqueness. It is not like others I have seen. Probably the better question is what would it sell for? Of course, you could get double, triple or quadruple what cheaper...

See photos of four all-bocote cues in the cuemaker forum at https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/whats-wrong-with-using-bocote-for-a-shaft-sure-looks-good.588083/