Recent content by skor

Used to love them, but I prefer to see some nice wood grain and patterns. It looks like black cues (tuxedo or not) are more popular these days, probably as they match nicer to the black cf shafts

I completely disagree! It’s just a matter of getting used to a shaft. I can easily swerve and masse shots with LD shafts with high accuracy. I can’t for the life of me hit a ball when trying to swerve the cb with a standard shaft. It’s just because I’m used aiming with ld shafts

one reason to go wrapless is aesthetics, you get more space to use nice woods or inlay/ring work. second reason is that some people due to height, cue length, stance and bridge length sometimes grip the butt at the back end of the cue behind the wrap so it's unnecessary. This also the reason...

My first Predator from 1998 was made ny falcon, great hitting cue. Never liked the Predator butts once moved to be made in china

Looks like you do not understand low deflection shafts or know how to use them. It’s OK to be used to something else, but what you wrote about Predator is simply rubbish

I think that the main problem of most "experts" is that they think that all CF shafts are just the same, all the same tubes coming from the same source. Well, breaking news... Not all CF shafts are the same, not all perform the same, not all feel the same, not all are of the same quality and CF...

There is definitely a difference between the blue Taom V10 and the green Pagulayan. The green Pagulayan is a bit softer and applies easier and stay longer. With V10 it's almost impossible to chalk very hard tips like jump and break tips and regular playing tips need to be scuffed often in order...

I didn't order any. They are "sold out" on the web site and pre-order is closed They also put this on facebook

So… $800 is too much right? Who in their right mind is going to pay that kind of money? Well, pre orders are full and closed 😂

Cool story But just to clarify, the “new” Balabushka cues are not fakes They are replicas that are made under permission from the Balabushka family.

remember this? https://www.mcdermottcue.com/mcdermott_intimidator.php

this one does not need the shaft, it has a lightsaber builtin, just look for the button.

I didn’t say that the game is better, it makes the player play better. The game is different but not by much. The truth is that on a well maintained table like you have in the big pro tournaments when everything is new, the pockets play wider than they are.

Making the game harder, is making the players better. Wide pockets will allow you to "cheat" the pockets on purpose but also allow you to "miss" and still make the ball. The tight pockets reveal the flaws in the players aim and stroke and requires him to be better. Taking the ability to cheat...

Nice! I'll take a Cog over SW for playability any day