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And, there are variations. The Black 5/16 X 14 was a bit thicker than the Joss or Scruggs 14 thread pin. And Stroud's was even more different. It tightened up as you screwed it in. No such thing as standard when it comes to pins.

Would you say that is faster than Simonis 860, or 760? I have heard of it.

If you're going to make a ferrule out of a cue or other ball, make sure it's high quality. I've seen them cut in half with plenty of voids in them.

Assuming it was installed correctly, I would say yes. However, I have heard of, but not used, a Cloth called Gorina. Supposedly this cloth is used on both pool and carom tables, so I don't know if it is faster than Simonis 760 or not.

No, it's not. Simonis also makes a cloth for Carom tables. I believe it's called 360, but not sure. Faster than 760.

Coming into this a bit late, but my regular pool room normally installs Championship cloth on the tables, and I'm not sure what level or grade it may be. However, in my experience, it starts out slower than Simonis 860 because the Championship starts out with a bit of a rougher texture than the...

I like the look of curly maple. I'd buy it for only that reason, assuming it's sound. There are plenty of Joss cues out there with curly maple. This isn't one of them, but it's still a very decent look for the price.

I think you mean Triumph, right? Very decent tip, I've used a bunch of them. I've never had one separate from the pad, but I suppose it's possible. If the case, you can put whatever tip you want on that pad. By the way, it's not French, as the box says. It's made by Tweeten. At the time...

And to keep it Gus tip relevant, here's a picture of a couple shafts of mine that I put a LePro on a fiber base, top, and an original Crown tip with fiber base, below. I believe as the good Champion tips were getting scarce, Gus probably went to putting LePros on a fiber base. I have no doubt...

Yeah, I had one of those plastic box Champions. No good whatsoever, not the original Champions. I have a feeling more than one company was trying to recreate what was largely not available by the early 80s.

Always a pleasure to serve.

With the exception of a few states, income tax is also state, in addition to federal. I've always paid just a certain amount for a cue, and I think the maker just calculated his federal, state, and sales tax himself.

Not to doubt you, as you are no stranger to the intricacies of cue history. However, all the boxes of early Champion cue tips I have say "Better Billiards," not Brenner and Brocqut. The later Chandivert boxes also do not say Brenner and Brocqut. Here's a picture of the early Champion boxes...

The BB was Better Billiards, likely nothing to do with the later Chadivert.

I could be wrong, but I don't think the Champion and Crown tips of the 60s and 70s were made by the same outfit Chandivert later on. The quality of the Chandivert tips was nowhere as good as the older Champions and Crowns. I read somewhere that a French guy made the older ones by tanning them...