Mike Pancerny for sure. Just had some refinish work done on a shaft by him and test hit with a few of his finished cues. All top notch. I'm looking at trying to get one of his customs here very shortly. http://www.customcuemaker.com/index.htm
I get pretty jazzed when it's my league night. Practice days at pool halls are fairly standard now for me, but I look forward to Thursday night all week just so I can compete.
You're not even close with this number. As for the China quality issue I'll say this; when it comes to wood it's generally not a good idea to ship it back and forth overseas (saltwater) on barges. This has been a constant issue with the skateboarding community as the wood becomes more prone to...
So I just read the Color of Money over the past two days and very much enjoyed it. I was pretty suprised at how vast the differences between the book and the movie were though. Outside of the character names and some dialog here and there, they weren't even close. Which did you enjoy more?
He was at the Shark Club in Canton. It was nice because is was a very low key thing. No one really announced that he was coming so there were no crowds.
I'd love to, but being in the Metro Detroit area doesn't make it easy to get ahold of people like Dawn let alone get lessons. Does she have any instructional DVD's or anything?
No, but he was kind enough to answer some questions after. I told him I'd only been playing seriously for three months and he was pretty impressed. Maybe there's hope for me afterall, lol.