Recent content by pollux

new personal best of 48 - forty-eight balls tonight! typically enough, the run ended on a fairly easy cut shot right after a great breakshot. :o on sunday evening i had the disputable pleasure of racking the balls for a friend making his personal best of 125. quite an inspiration....

oxford english is indeed a marvelous language, i daresay. :D

don't say he's in for the norwegian 9-ball challenge?! :eek: edit: an answer to roy steffensen's post

pretty sure it's nickel.

i'm in as well. great initiative!

i am normally not a fan of snakewood, but in a cobra cue one has to admit that it has its place. incredible looking piece of art, sir! (no pun intended.)

ok, my bad. you know what time it is around here. ;) under the + we mark the actual run when it's finished. (subtract the last amount of balls from the paenultimate.) under the - we mark scratches. 1 point deducted for an ordinary foul, two points if the opening shot fails to meet the...

check this one out. this is the scoresheet we use in the norwegian tournaments. it is in norwegian, but it should be fairly easy to understand nevertheless. in the column to the right we mark balls remaining on the table. when the new rack comes up, we add 14 to the existing number. a run of...

capone plain jane, 2 predator 314 shafts, one moori med and one everest coker 8 pt, 1 predator 314 shaft, lepro tip, 2 original shafts, triangle (?) schon stl 15, original shaft & tip ...and a few others of course.

when will there be an international shipping option?

clicky. :)

i just want to make sure everyone's aware that vonrhett is a top notch guy to do business with. i spent nearly five minutes unpacking the cue when it arrived due to his thorough and careful wrapping method. thanks so much!

tom coker currently has a 18-24 months lead time on 8-pointers. :eek:

i don't think you're going to get a good spread, since the 1-ball isn't touching either the 5 or the 7..... :p as far as your real question goes, i always seem to get stuck when i hit a ball straight on and scratch when it glances off of a few balls.

i.want.it. badly. but i've got too many cues as it is.