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I was confirming your earlier post that Tony did some work in Tims shop - What several parts are you saying are incorrect: -Tims inlays are Pantograph -Tony's inlays are CNC -Tony's son set up the CNC machine at Tony's shop I'm not saying I know everything- I'm just trying to share what I do...

I thought you were refering to the players cues that he just made this year. - I think the cues that you are refering to as the plain janes that are pre "spider" are the break cues that he made as a package for some people when they purchased their 6 point cue. If these are the ones that you are...

Tony did start with repairs at the Golden cue before he started at Tims shop, but you are right, he did all kinds of work at Tims shop. Concerning inlays- Tims inlays were done with a Pantagraph and Tony's inlays and his history come from working with his son who is a computer genius. Tony jr...

Your right, I forgot those. he has 6 sold but has built only 5 so far- (I believe these # are correct- going off memory) some of these are pretty fancy, there is one he is currently building that has quite a few ivory inlays in the forearm

Here is Tony's history, he started with his intrest in billiards by selling billiard suppies out of "The Golden Cue" in Bladensburg MD . this is where he started doing repairs on cues and tables during this time he was also doing work for Timmy (Scruggs)at his shop. He was doing tips, wraps...

You have alot of your facts wrong. Only the first 10 "four point" boars made were made from Mcdaniel blanks, after that, every Boar was handmade totally by Tony, Tony estimates there are about 400 four point cues, so about 390 were totally made by Tony. - None of the cues were made in Scruggs...

Humidity. Air tight seal is more important than many people are aware- if the humidity changes too quickly, and a cue is exposed to these humidity changes, then you really start to see major changes it a cue, the rings pop, the points raise up, the glue seams sometimes fail, etc. -It seems to...

Try this site for learning about cues and what is important about the physics when discussing playability. http://www.blackboarcustomcues.com/design/default.asp I also think that you left him out of your list.

Anyone who is a high end cue collector should have done their due dilligence and researched each cuemaker and visited their shops to see how they build cues - this is some of what makes a high end collector a little more knowledgeable about the value of a certain cuemakers cues. - in regards to...

Perspective To try and clarify what these "PJ" cues are, I asked Tony today if they are going to have any inlays. With the Butt and 2 shafts there will be at Least, 52 silver inlays and each cue will have the Ivory crown Butt cap. - Now for a little perspective, who else puts that many fine Cut...

Marissa I truly believe that you are speaking for the minority. There are over half a million views of this 3500 post thread and there have only been a handful (less than 10 I believe) complaints about the sexy nature of some of the content. You really have to remember that this is a male...

i think you will find that there is such wide variation in each manufacture as well as from box to box and year to year as well as what hide they are cut from and where on the hide they are cut from. the variation is so wide that giving each brand an average rating is not a accurate...

Your quest to catagorize all manufacturers is very ambitious, The person that knows more about tips than anybody that i've come across in 40yrs is -with out a doubt- Tony at Black Boar, he tests every tip, and not only for hardness. You should contact him, i'm sure that he will be glad to share...

is your cue maker knowledgeable enough to give you advice, because there are many things that affect the way a cue will play (weight distribution, joint, tip, handle wood, length of taper, etc.) -If your cuemaker/assembler doesn't have a clue, I would shop elsewhereand find somebody who knows...

Everybody seems to think that there is "one" holy grail joint / pin. The pin/joint construction is only one of many many things that affect the playability of a cue. I think there is too much emphisis placed on what type of pin is used, because when you think about what the pin does (draws the...

Dave , In this video, you are driving through the cue ball, the person shooting is holding the cue very tightly with their back hand.-- the balls react very differently when you shoot like this, also you have the extra piece of cloth which changes things also. little info-if you hold the back...

Jamison, Thank you so much for this thread- it has been a long time since i've seen a thread that has this much to contribute to the pool world. - My question is:would you describe your ideal masse cue- weight= length= weight distrubution= shaft diameter= tip size= tip hardness= ferrule= joint=

-It is the same question that has been asked a 1000 times before. Do you know how to use the search feature. if you did then you wouldn't have asked the same old redundant question.- you do the research- your the one asking the questions.

Mathew, By making statements like you have made here it seems like you want to stir controversy. You reply a couple of times and then dissapear. You also show you knowledge of the game and it's players and it's greatest supporters by making these statements. - If your ever looking for a game...