Recent content by philly

Sounds like you are trying to improve your game. Sort of think it's about what you feel comfortable with.

Great experience. I think almost everyone that plays layered tips has had problems with layers while shaping. Not good when it happens before a match. Solid tips never separate when shaping. There must be a thousand layered tips out there to choose from and they are expensive especially...

I play hard pressed Triangles. A milk dud from pooldawg8 that was gifted to me by another member. The milk duds play quite similar to hard pressed Triangles.

Exactly. Take what the table gives you. It's not that difficult a cut shot.

Your second choice is my choice. Just make the 8 or you have nothing. Take what the table gives you. If you can't thin the 9 in (and its not that thin) then you probably talked yourself out of the shot. Sometimes we try to get too cute, exact.

Love the hit of a Joss. Chalked, unchalked, doesn't matter. It's a cue stick. Warranty on a cue stick? WGAF?

This thread has devolved quickly. Welcome to AZB these days.

If i were you I wouldn't buy a Joss cue.

Correct, he is starting the process. Enjoy the build of your cue. Hahahaha.

Thank you. I like what I call elegant simplicity. Finalized a cue with Steve Janes at Joss about an hour ago. I like what Steve calls pointy points. Sort of a Bushka tribute box cue using fall colors, red, orange, tans as inlays with cut diamonds and dots in the boxes. Using abalone for the...

I'm a big fan of joss. As I have said, I own one Joss custom made by Dan. He was one month late on his original time frame estimate. I'm having one built by Steve currently. I do expect his time frame to be close to what he tells me.

I've

Sorry. My bad. You sounded like the OP.

Very surprised you didn't give a firm quote on a bid

First off, Stephen is the company. It was a family business comprised of Dan, his wife, and his son. Stephen, his son is doing everything right now. Cancel everything. Sounds like you have a severe case of instan gratification.