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It is curious to read how players view their pool game which is a presumptuous task by its very nature. So if someone were to write I’ve never exercised in my life, eat way too much sugar and it’s never affected my pool game, I wonder how the heck they could ever possibly know without having at...

Sinewy muscles and tendons exhibit greater flexibility without sacrificing much strength versus bulking up. There is nothing in the pool stroke that requires power, not even the break shot. You can attain very good results controlling the speed of your stroke that determines the produced amount...

Well, not that bad. The stuff you store in the pockets contribute to adding weight, like several different tip shapers, collapsible bridge, extra TAOM chalk & pouches, talc powder, micro cloth, etc. & the cue weight. 5 pool cues weigh 18.5-6 ozs and 1 cue weighs 18.75 ozs. and the extra shafts...

Absolutely not…..It is pure self indulgence or else you have so many amazing pol cues you can’t decide. Under a grand for a King hard leather case with this capacity seems like a good deal. Personally, I require even more capacity and so I had Gil Castillo build a 6x12 Ringtail Lizard cue case...

As I earlier acknowledged, I have had a BallStar since the early 90’s. It works absolutely great with a 8 ball capacity. Nonetheless, the Clean Gleem is $200 less, shipping should be less, no tariff surcharges and is American made. If you ever needed parts, although BallStar is known for its...

If you ever get the chance to fire a aluminum frame, not the all steel version that’s heavier, Para P12, you definitely should. It actually is about the same size as the Walter PPK. The gun’s bobtail fits my hand like a deer skin leather gloves. Despite what many gun writers say, the recoil is...

Manwon…….I kinda figured your experience wasn’t a contemporaneous one and was something you experienced from the past. It hopefully never arises again for you or anything remotely approaching where you have a threat requiring you to draw your gun. I carry a collapsible baton, pepper spray...

Anytime you have to fire your weapon, or determined it was necessary based on the threat level, it can become a long drawn out affair. The circumstances decide whether reasonable force was used. If you follow threat level escalation, which can happen really fast, you should be on solid ground...

If you wanted a heavy Kielwood shaft than what most tend to average, you need a heavier blank than this. The majority of the KW shafts typically use front end coring for mass reduction unlike how I wanted it built.

Schmelke can build you a heavier weight Kielwood shaft built to your specs. Jacoby Cues can do it as well. You can contact Alec in Sales Dept. Tell him Matt referred you. SCDiver2112 (forum member) is successfully building exactly what you want. Contact Scott. I selected Jim Pierce to build my...

I betcha the cleaning pads in the machine that the OP had his pool balls cleaned were dirty, caked on old wax from use and if the machine had been cleaned, the results would be totally different. But remember there are also cheaply made cleaners that just don’t perform like the really well...

Like the billiard balls in the upper left corner of the below photo.

Probably not but that assumes you are doing a very good job manually cleaning the balls, not just buffing the balls. It takes a lot of hard work to clean the balls with frictional rotation in your hands applying pressure tightly as you rub, rotate and remove the dry wax from the pool balls. It...

1st time I’ve seen a Jerry R. break/jump cue listed on this Forum, or anywhere else for that matter. The same applies to a Jerry R. Sneaky Pete cue. Indeed, Jerry was truly a phenomenal cue builder.

Freedom of speech and expression of opinion should be allowable as long as it doesn’t interrupt or interfere the normal order of business and is conducted in a civil, nonviolent and non-confrontational manner. Posting on social media, or the equivalent, as the orig. poster apparently did doesn’t...

Last Thursday night, I took my renewal class for my California CCW permit. The class concluded at 10:30 pm. My renewal was approved by the Police Department the very next morning, Friday, before 11:30 am. The new streamlined process is amazingly fast. I submitted my actual renewal application...

Thanks for letting me know and I’m interested in seeing how it turns out on your table. I play Simonis Tournament Blue all the time. All our local pool halls use it and so do my buddies with home tables. Call it nostalgic but green is what I miss have played on it all my life until the...

Anyone still playing with wood shafts and isn’t a fan of carbon fiber for lots of reasons, well, you really should try a Kielwood shaft. When it is built correctly, you will wonder why you didn’t try one sooner. IMO, just avoid getting a KW shaft that’s too light or your stroke will have to...

Passed…….I never heard he was even in ill health…….I just called him just now but he wasn’t available. His voice mail greeting works. Several years ago he offered to build me a cue but the CA ivory ban was too big hurdle which I understood. Burton Spain passed away 30 years ago but Joel, the...

It is a wise investment to get when it comes to pool cues. I have a couple of palm sized digital scales. One stays at home and the other is stored in my car’s trunk. I think it cost me about $20 for both scales but the scales cost even less today .