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I'm changing my GOAT question because I should have asked about cue makers who were the best of their era. I am also interested in an individual not a company and I'll start with what Craig Peterson said about Balabushka. Craig said the first time he saw a Balabushka, without touching it, he...

The headlines and news releases said Ernie was arrested for smuggling Ivory, this is not accurate. A buyer was arrested when he tried to take cues with Ivory he bought from Ernie out of the U.S. After the buyer was arrested and charged with smuggling and Ernie was charged for aiding and...

Has any other cue maker used crosscut maple in a cue? The inlays are Gold and Silver. My first impression of the cue was it was stunning. I like his signature does not take away from the beauty of the cue. My next post will be about Ernie putting a new tip on my Ginacue. My replies to...

In the late 1960s the first good cue I bought was a used Tad for $40. $40 doesn't sound like much today but back then I was going to Junior College and working part time making $1.65 an hour before taxes. Because the better players had an extra shaft I thought I should have an extra shaft so...

Thank you for following up but I am still firm. A different interested buyer sent me a link to a Szamboti that is virtually identical to my cue on Cornerstone Custom Cues that is listed for $13,750. Their cue has been refinished and has new shafts, my cue is, as it was, when Gus made it and it...

The Cues is 58 inches long. The butt weighs 14.7 ounces. One shaft weighs 4 ounces and the other shaft weighs 3.9 ounces. Both shafts are 13 mm. I will post a picture of the unused tips in a day or two. I prefer local pick up at my bank Los Angeles $5,000

In the 1970's K55 rubber was used on Billiard Tables and K66 or Super Speed rubber was used on Pool Tables. There was a physical difference between K55 and K66, I do not remember which but one had a slightly rounded top while the other had a slightly flatter top. Sometime in the late 1980s or...

I have a Raymond Calvert that I bought in the 1980s. I hit balls with one time and like most of my collection I put it away and never played with it again. Please let me know it you would like to see some pictures.

Canadian Ross Nichols, an excellent snooker player showed me Front Hand and Back Hand English and it worked great while he was coaching me. After Ross left, without his guidance the BHE and FHE stopped working and it ruined my straight in stroke. It took a week for me to regain the confidence...

I only rolled the cue when it was assembled. I will ask my friend with the pool table when I can stop by to roll the butt and shafts separtely.

The cue has been sold. I bought this cue from John when he would make the drive in from the Santa Barbara area to play in the first Saturday of the month 9 Ball single elimination tournaments for B players. Bill Duke who ran the tournament handicapped the Top players, Keith McCready, Hawaiian...

I bought a lot of Mike's cases and when he started selling his cue he said this cue was special because the shaft had a Fiddle Back pattern. It is also the reason it has only one shaft, he didn't have any other shafts that would match it. I played with it one time and like most of my cues I...

This is the only It's George I have. I will call tomorrow.

I asked to join the group and it said my request to join is pending.

Thanks, I remember buying a cue from Craig and I thought this was the cue. I'll follow your recommendation.

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This post was a follow up to my post that, Tight Pockets are Not Good for the Game. https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/tight-pockets-are-not-good-for-the-game.561520/

Related to giving up a spot regardless of the pocket size, I asked Hawaiian Brian, who ofter gave up big spots, about what happens when he gives up a spot that is too big. Brian said, If I play good and you play good, I win. If I play bad and you play bad, I win. If I play good and you play...

Everyone will miss more when the pockets are tight. If player one misses about 2% of his shots and player two misses about 4% of his shots and if the break and rolls are about equal player one will run over player two. While missing 4% of your shots instead of 2% of your opponent's shots...