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Great point!!

Elaborate (please).

We all know Fatboy is a gazillionaire - but I'm referring to pro players. I've always heard Billy was triple smart in whatever endeavor he pursued.

That's right! Great call!

Lets share a post about legendary players of the past and present who found business success beyond the green felt. Steve Mizerak (nuff' said) Larry Hubbard and Terry Bell (also nuff' said) Nick Varner - Cues and Billiard Supply business. SVB - I've heard he also invested wisely and done...

Although I agree with much of the advice that my respected friends on here have provided you, I'll give you some alternative guidance. Contact Stephen Janes at Joss Cues. Order the best cue you can for the $800. In fact, I'd tell him what your end goal is with the cue. He might find the story...

Why did this attempt at a new league fail the first few times?

If I'm running out well, I'll keep a tip for years LOL. If I start dogging it, I might replace tip, shaft....or entire cue.

I enjoyed Billy Walter's book. I also enjoyed Artie's posts on ONE POCKET ORG. I always wondered if they were friendly or not due to the similarity of their professions and experiences.

Your knowledge never ceases to amaze me! Great post.

Money won is sweeter than money earned. I can remember being a high school age kid in the early 90s and going in with my friend Billy on a pool match at Snookers in Antioch, TN. Snookers closed down for years and recently came back. I went buy for a visit in the last couple of years, but it...

Yeah, we are pool players - not literary critics. We just want the down and dirty story. Get those books out!

If I'm understanding the topic without wading through 12 pages of posts......I'd say Rick Howards is one of the best cuebuilder/players I ever saw. Even saw him matching up on the stream this last Derby and hitting 'em good for a 70+ year old man. Appeared to be in great shape.

I have a personally autographed copy. It's a great book for being written by a Professional Pool Player. Lots of great pool stories, and definitely Spicey as well. Grady was an American original. Did you ever read Buddy's biograph written by W.W. Woody.....whewww....that one is a doozy. I...

I would have asked him, "Will you take $3".

Glad I was able to save you some time.

The first real professional pool match I saw was the 89 Brunswick Open Finals between NICK and GRADY. Wow...what an exciting match. And they made it to the hill. Grady could REALLY play ALL games at a world class level when he was focused. True legend. I highly recommend checking it out on...

Not sure what era COM cue you're referring to, but JOSS has always been a quality cue. I have hit with quite a few modern JOSS cues and I think they are great - whether entry level or Color of Money, they play great IMO.

I had a beautiful Tim Scruggs Ebony and Ivory box cue that Gary Nolan (Bushwhacker) RIP traded me for a gorgeous Southwest I owned around 2006. Always a nice design combination but I've never kept one as a daily player. I always find some inexpensive cue that seems to outplay the monsters.

Great idea. The new JOSS cues are exceptionally high quality, have nice tapers, and play fantastic IMO.