Recent content by philly

I can't keep up with all of the shafts being marketed much less all of the chalks and tips. Can't and dont want to try them all if any at this time. I still play wood shafts albeit kielwood now and I still use hard pressed Triangle tips on my kielwood. I switched over to the Taom green chalk...

Which shaft might that be?

Why weight the forward end of a cue stick?

I just say that I ordered another cue stick. The usual answer is "Didn't you just get one."

Just ordered a back up kielwood from Joss. I sent Stephen one of my extra wood shafts to duplicate the diameter and length of taper. Hopefully he picks out a nice piece of wood. I love the kielwood hit and stiffness. Tried carbon fiber but couldn't get used to the feel of it. It felt alien.

If it's layered it's not for me. Still like a hard pressed Triangle.

Try the Joss kielwood shaft. I love mine

Stephen at the Joss shop is great to work with. He listens.

Thank you. Going for that old school classic look. Steve and I went back and forth for about a year bouncing ideas off of each other. He is a very patient gentleman. The theme of the cue was fall colors and his kielwood shaft came with the cue. His father made a cue for me 10 years prior which...

Curious. What did you pay for it?

I know it's crazy. Picked this custom up about 8 months ago to my personal specificatins from inlays, colors, etc. and it cost much less than some of Preditor's high end machine made products. I just don't understand it.

Predator is the absolute king of pool marketing. Sometimes I think that they are a marketing company that uses the pool diaspora to make their profits. I just don't see it. Frankly, some of their production cues are more costly than some customs and the pool world eats them up. They are great...

You and everyone else.

Consistently on the wro

My frien Al, who you know too builds them.