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Jean made grown men run and hide rather than play her in a game of pool.

You might not be able to delete a post but you can go back and edit it……..just rewrite the original post using the backspace on your keyboard……delete part of the post or entirely and then replace it with a very short message or just write “Oops”.

Repasky Customs……. I looked the photos Martin has on his website, Superior Cues. Here’s the top selections, in my opinion. However, take a gander at the long list of different leathers without any photos. Just pick one from the photos, call Martin, tell him which ones you like, ask him if he...

Herein lies the rub……..I have explained several times my approach to cue making not as a builder but as a buyer. What I believe and have long espoused with friends and publicly on the Forum many times is my guiding principle. Find out what weight ratio works best and stick to it just like all...

Other than the cue maker and myself, no one. Never having tried that before, I am ambivalent about doing it unless it was absolutely necessary or I tried playing with a shaft with its weight increased artificially and played unnoticeably. Ned just splendidly explained this option to me in...

Just got off the phone with Ned Morris. What a thoroughly enjoyable and informative conversation I had with a absolutely forthright, congenial, expert in cue making and restoration. BTW, the Ned Morris 4.3 oz. Kielwood shaft listed on eBay has 1/2 oz. extra weight added towards the collar...

I think cork would make the cue look dull. Cork doesn’t impart any color contrast and you want the wrap to do that on this design. It would look ho hum and blah with a cork wrap. If it was straight grain, birdseye or curly maple forearm, cork would work better but not with the current forearm...

What I’ve found is lots of cue makers can build or will sell you a KW shaft but very, very few can build one the way I want. I’ve been waiting 3 months for the two I ordered from Jacoby that was optimistic they could build a heavier KW shaft. Just learned today the first shaft came in weighing...

Just wrote to Ned asking if he can build two heavier version KW shafts like the one on eBay that weighs 4.3 ozs.

Thanks Jason for the suggestions. I’ve contacted Pat and Jim and asked if they felt up to tackling what I want built. Now it’s wait and see what they think. Jacoby is no longer being considered.

Contact Martin at Superior Cues or Gil at Castillo Leather. If Martin doesn’t have what you like or want, then he’d get it. This is just a glimpse…..do yourself a favor and call Martin.

Dark Oxblood or burgundy color and either in Spanish Bull or Elephant Belly (not Elephant Ear) leather. I’d go to Martin Bick at Superior Cues or Gil Castillo at Castillo Leather for the best selection and prices.

Pat Diviney might be a possibility. There is a Kielwood shaft listed on eBay right now that weighs 3.6 ozs but the shaft is only 12 mm. So a 12.75mm shaft will be naturally heavier than a 12mm shaft and I’d accept a 29 1/2” length with a 1/2” ferrule. So with those additional allowances, Pat...

Played with 4 oz. original maple my cue shafts made by Bob Runde, Tim Scruggs, Ed Prewitt, Bob Owen & Jerry Rauenzahn. Kielwood wasn’t around when my cues were made. If it had been, then very likely this thread wouldn’t have been composed.

Cory is very particular about selling his wares and won’t tap his KW shaft for a different pin. I don’t think he’ll sell a untapped shaft unless he was desperate but he isn’t. Richard Hsu’s shafts are pretty but he hasn’t built many 4 oz shafts, the wait is crazy long, the price is absurd and...

Earlier this year, I embarked on another fruitless search which is not an uncommon experience for me. I spent years searching for a Hercek pool cue in vain and did the same thing looking for Black Speck Cortland Linen. I offered a substantial finders fee for any successful referral. Alas, it...

For most of this year, I have tried to get a heavier version KW shaft because most are lighter than I require. Typically 3.4-3.7 ozs is what KW shafts seem to average and I want a 4 oz. shaft or very close. I have a Barnhart KW shaft that weighs 3.81 ozs (12.85mm). There’s a eBay listing for a...

Not to diminish this thread but it seems like heresy to assign a Joel Hercek cue a back seat to any other pool cue.

I have two Jerry R. cues from the Bushka I and Bushka Il special ltd runs Dean Campbell spearheaded. The two nicest, most talented cue makers wound up making me a couple of cues & became my best friends thanks to Deanoc…….Bob Owen and Jerry Rauenzahn…….dating back to 2012/2013. Both of these...

Hitting balls solo has zero pressure involved. You cannot voluntarily invoke a sense of anxiety, stress, nervousness, doubt, worry, uncertainty that accompanies winning or losing a game or match that had any consequence or importance hitting balls alone. It is a total waste of time. Now play the...