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Yes I am familiar with the shaft roasting process - this was a 30 Inch shaft - so I made an assumption that the length may have added a few tenths of an ounce - a trusted seller here - but the shaft weight advertised was off by half an ounce- I assume he just made a typo - seems like an honest...

Thanks- this was an excellent piece and enjoyable to read. It does not have to be 100% factual as much as it should be a somewhat accurate depiction of those times and written in a style that a reading audience will appreciate and enjoy. I feel that the author accomplished his intent in spades.

57 inch cues were the norm with a lot of cues back in 50s 60s 70s. Guys were shorter back then too for the most part.

Yes mine are TRAD colors

Bar box 8 ball different and not nearly as enjoyable for me as 9 foot 8 ball.

I just received my new Vanadium set from Budget billiards - $184 to my home - get them before they raise prices again _ my bronze set - which are just about the same as the newer Vanadium were only about $120 a few years ago. The balls are perfectly equal in weight and diameter down to the gram...

I recently purchased a Keilwood shaft - the shaft had some kind of finish on it. One cleaning with 90% isopropyl and the finish was gone from the shaft- which I prefer a natural wood shaft to one with a finish on it. Mine was advertised as 3.8 ounces, but it was actually 3.3 ounces- I assume a...

To me, not knowing anything about Mason cues, but looking at the woods, construction (Davis pedigree) , style, condition, I would think $900 to $1400 range.

Funny, but true- The big thing was belted trench coats- I remember my first job in NYC in mid 70s- first thing you bough with your suits was a trench coat:) - they came with removable wool liners so that you could wear them for three seasons and most guys did just that !

Peter Falk was from Ossining Ny - a north Suburb of NYC - Robert Ryan - very prolific actor 40s thru mid 60s lived in NYC in the early 60s and played at MC Girrs as well.

We would probably need to have a member here closer to 80yo or above and also from NYC proper to remember this room in the photo. Most of us from the NYC north suburbs did not venture beyond mid town to play pool if we were working in NYC as I was in the mid - late 1970s; as you were mostly...

Funny😁 but he goes way back to the 1930s in the northeast with bars - adding pool tables, the disc bowling machines, and he was a big juke box introducer as well to the bar scene. A visionary bc he saw the bar as more than just booze and food. - he recognized the benefit of revenue add-ons...

The proliferation of 7 foot tables now makes it easier for newbies to find the game relatively appealing from a ball pocketing success standpoint. Couple that with league proliferation and you start to get a higher player participation rate. Add in the social mix with the bar scene, and now...

Great photos! Having a photo that includes, all in one shot- an all night bowling alley, a pool hall, AND an AutoMAT- in NYC is iconic to say the least. The Automat at 830 Broadway NYC dated from the early 1900s. I believe that 25 Park Row was not that far away. A Karate studio and J&R Music...

First of all, the cue is most probably 1960s into early 1970s era Rich cue. Secondly, it appears to be in really decent shape for the age of the cue. The cue has a fair amount of decorative plastic butt sleeve work - which this era cue collector would find appealing ( think Doc Frye cues, Karl...

Thanks for this information- I am ordering a set as this may very well be the last excellent set of quality new balls ever available in America under $200 with shipping included

I have a set of the Dynasphere Bronze that I carry to rooms and They seem to be the best choice for dollars spent. They hold their sheen ( one year now) and cost about a fourth of the high end Aramith and Brunswick sets - that is hard to beat! All weighed and measured at the same tolerances...

I agree with the above based approach n my own experience as well.

Many rooms that are open in the afternoon times have a $10 to $15 al afternoon rate up to 5 or 6 pm. However, going back 5 years ago, a famous NYC room was charging $15 per hour per person on a table during daytime hours- cost me $90 to Play just 2 hours with my two sons during a holiday visit...

We obviously have different definitions of a good business person- I don’t define a good business person as one who builds a good reputation and then uses that reputation to screw all future customers - that is a con man- building confidence to screw the unsuspecting.