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So what you're saying, in the real world, is that Nike will now sell the shoe for $200 to insure shareholder value growth. People will buy it anyway because they think having Nike branded merchandise is a good thing. Nike faces no public backlash because it's not their fault there are tariffs...

I'm not saying it will happen, but it's not out of the realm of reality that American makers will also raise their prices 15%, because why not? It's free money. I understand that the tariffs are supposed to help domestic manufacturers compete or make it more appealing to buy domestically, but if...

Coring the last 6" (I think it's 6") will help reduce end mass, which reduces deflection. Predator has a patent on this. Kielwood can be more brittle than regular maple so the general advice is to not break with kielwood, especially if it's been cored. I've personally shot with cored and...

I've been using a bit of Renaissance Wax at the end too. I like to put a bit on the ferrule and tip at the end anyway. It helps the ferrule look a bit refreshed. I think it does help.

If this seems to work I'd be interested in some. If it's too much of a pain to print I hope you're willing to post the files. :)

My thoughts on riding the 9... It's all about percentages. If you have 7 balls left on the table that are say a 90% make chance each, and you have a "nine ride" that is a 70% chance to make, you are much better shooting the 9 early. I don't feel like explaining the math, but one 70% chance is...

Great pics! I recently tried this stuff: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017X8GL9A?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title You need very little for a tip, I'd guess there's enough in there for a thousand tips. Ingredients say Natural Glue, Natural Wax, Water Soluble Synthetic Resin. I don't have any...

Bump. Interesting threads for those interested in different cue woods.

I use an old Kamui gator grip. It works well. They sell knockoffs/different brands of the stuff that work just as well. With the gator grip type tool your goal is to just lightly lift the fibers/clear the old chalk out. Don't grind the tip away, just kind of lift/scuff the surface.

It's a fairly hard hit. Not like phenolic hard but maybe something like ivory. I've only hit with ivory twice and it has a different feel to it. Hard to explain. It's not soft feeling like a meucci if that makes sense. As far as I know a ferrule does nothing for spin. That's all about stroke. I...

Agreed, I never called them Westinghouse. I called them micarta. I understand they are a different product. Maybe my sentence structure didn't make a lot of sense. I've never played with Westinghouse micarta. I have played with the cuecomponents micarta and I really like it. Better?

I'll give you 35 bucks for it. I'll even throw in a pack of smokes.

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Cuecomponents.com, under a new owner, has really nice micarta ferrules. Good service. Cuesmith.com has micarta ferrules. I've not tried them but I read somewhere they were the "mason's micarta." I'd imagine they are nice too. I've never used the original Westinghouse stuff but I really like the...

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As silly as a question as it is, the moosehead can be flipped to either side, it comes into play on near rail shots where you want to use high or low. :)

When 10B first became a thing, this is how I remembered it being played. Just like 9B with an extra ball. The 10B rack was less wired so it took care of most breaking shenanigans. IMO it was a much better game than the 10B we have now. In my experience the people who complain about luck in 9B...

Additional reading that is very helpful: https://drdavepoolinfo.com/resource_files/dead_aim_kicking_academy.pdf There is an absolute ton of information in that. I would imagine it would take a months to memorize it all and several months to practice it til proficiency. It's a treasure trove for...