Recent content by tearthecloth

Ooh, here's hoping The Hall posts some of the mic'd-up matches to YT. I enjoyed watching the ones they posted of the previous event even though I felt guilty seeing all the locals get destroyed haha

Aren’t we all…

Haha that’s pretty tweaked hahaha. It’s kind of a shame Fred didn’t leave a bigger pool cue legacy, he was such a cool gentleman. Well I really appreciate you asking Lee. I gotta get up there again soon, if for nothing else than the waaay cheaper daytime table rates compared to SF!

Yeah I’d be curious to see if they remember anything. It might be that Fred had his career-ending stroke before he could pump out a lot of cues, I dunno. Anyway, I visited Buffalo first time a few weeks ago, really great place.

Based on the hour or so I spent with the man over 30 years ago, I think I’d agree! I’m hoping someone here might’ve actually gotten a cue from him, too…

Hey gang, when I was a fresh grad and also getting into pool a bit more waaay back in the mid 90’s, I happened almost randomly (because there was no Google Maps or AI back then) on the shop of a local cuemaker in Marin County, California by the name of Fred J Velten. He was a kindly older gent...