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I’ve been endeavouring to deduce the concept from your posts, Jack, and my best guess is perhaps an updated variant of the Saratoga balls… numerals 1 through 8 on the solids and 1 through 7 on stripes, but all with traditional colours. Am I close?

Hello, Chi. Thank you so much for the kind words and for sharing an image of your growing collection, sir. It is always sincerely appreciated. 🙏

It is rather confusing, Jack, but that is where feedback from platforms such as AZB can be so valuable to entrepreneurs. Surely it would be beneficial to your cause to make things a little less complicated, sir?

As explained thus far, one cannot help feel a little concerned that paying the pound for information also constitutes a commitment to purchase something blind at a later date. I’m sure that cannot be the case, of course, but that’s how it might appear.

Thank you for the clarification, Jack. I naturally couldn’t commit to buying a set without seeing the balls or knowing the price, sir. How does one fill in that box?

Whatever one might have thought of Pierre’s Krom concept, the gentleman was undoubtedly a very experienced and respected designer. If I’m not mistaken he was at Aramith for some time before going it alone.

How do I send you the pound, Jack? PayPal?

I’ll send Jack a pound. New pool ball concepts are always of interest to me. I’m particularly intrigued to see his design and follow the Kickstarter campaign. I’ll get my money’s worth in reading alone!

A know a few gentlemen have highlighted parallels with the Bonus Ball venture, Jack, but wondered if you were also familiar with Pierre Deveaux’s Krom Premiere campaign on Kickstarter about ten years ago? From memory Pierre attracted many thousands of dollars worth of investment, but ultimately...

If you have the time, Jack, there are many knowledgeable and interesting folks on this forum’s Pool Ball Collecting thread (players, collectors, billiard industry experts, etc) who have all offered their personal views on what does (or does not) make a good ball set. Might be worth a read, sir...

Good afternoon, Jack. Here’s wishing you every possible fortune, dear fellow. Designing unique ball sets; overcoming inevitable problems during casting; lengthy delays and complicated logistics with foreign shipping and customs; before eventually delivering a desirable product to market is all...

Hello Mr X. Anything around $250 is a fair price for the two-inch version, dear chap, but they are only viable for play on an English pool table. The smaller balls wouldn’t be suitable at all for American tables… the cushion rubbers would be too high and pockets too big. Best wishes.

Excellent, Mr L. Sincere thanks for sharing those images, sir. I’m delighted that you enjoy the thread and find it informative. I’ve been busy recently in an endeavour to update and improve the provenance / exhibition cards to record my own collection for posterity… larger format with more...

Great collection, Mr P. 👍

Very good question, Mr X. Alas, I cannot offer a definitive answer as to why Poker Pool sets differ, dear fellow, other than to surmise various manufacturers have conflicting views about which game variations are more preferable. I don’t think there is a single correct form to be honest, sir…...

Fantastic photograph, sir! Sincere thanks for collecting the Billiard Ball Museum sets… and for sharing such a great image with everyone on the thread. Best wishes.

Hello, Laker. Welcome to the thread, sir, and sincere thanks for sharing your story and a photograph of the vintage ball. The clay era is not really my sphere of expertise, dear chap, but hopefully some of the other collectors will be able to chime in with accurate information. Best wishes.

Thank you, sir! I wish I could claim credit for planning that, dear chap, but it was entirely accidental. I probably shouldn’t reveal this because it might be deemed a profligate waste… but I had just added a slug to my coffee.

I’ll measure them all when I get a chance, PT. 👍

I stand to be corrected here because my memory plays up a bit, but I think this set is Kobe resin and was cast for Crown Games by the estimable Vigma of Hong Kong.