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Can you ID this cue?

I'm looking for a 5900 series Clausing lathe in mint condition. Another option os a top notch Chinese knock off of one of these. Any ideas would be a big help

I'm curious does anyone know who the sponsor of this event is?

Jay, if the legislature would stay out of the postage rate business and let it be properly regulated the USPS could run on it's own income. But the politicians sell out to the lobbyists from the publishing companies and junk mail and advertising companies and give them a rate that loses money...

A non-political point in this discussion is that one of the few things the federal government is assigned to do by the constitution is to provide post offices and post roads. See this line in sec. 8 'To establish Post Offices and post Roads'.

This cue is from the 72-80 series but isn't in the brochure as made. Probably was made for a specific customer with those modifications

If you look back at The Hustler you see there was always a respect between Fats and Eddie

A real movie would be a biography of Hubert Cokes. http://untoldstoriesgeorgejansco.blogspot.com/2010/07/memories-of-hubert-cokes.html

Yeah, I had intended to include this http://www.perfectpocketz.com/

If I were in your position I would talk to Mark Gregory about one of these. This is the best looking table ever built and after he restores and updates it it plays like a new diamond. There is no better route.

I want it to be well balanced just a little forward heavy and weighing about a pound and a quarter.

I can't say anything about the '97 but I know this '96 was partly done in Bill's shop along with 5 more of differing veneers and wraps.

The glaze is generally caused by a build up of oils on the tip. Some of this is natural from oils in the leather coming to the surface during play. A way to minimize this problem is to never touch the playing surface yourself as you skin has oils that will cause the same problem

Just curious but have you contacted the postal inspector's office? They are the federal police agency for all things related to the post office and generally take a dim view of postal fraud and have the teeth to do something.

Years ago I would stop by and visit Bill McDaniel at his shop and he had a bin that was about three feet wide and six feet tall that was completely full of butts that were in all stages of completion all the way to having inlays and almost ready for finish. As he would work, once he saw...

This is the best bridge head out there, note how it's designed to allow a number of different configurations for different height requirements http://www.muellers.com/Russo-Interlocking-Bridge-Head,2374.html?b=d*59

Or you can't read speed very well and are playing someone who plays better than you and may be playing their game down when you win.

I've been around the tournaments and poolrooms for over 35 years and have known Billy since 1984 and he has always been as honorable and as nice a person as I have met in pool. One more thing, he's the only real pool player I've ever known who would pick up the check at a restaurant most all of...

I'll try a medium

Pretty much all cowhide leather has been split to get the weight the manufacturer wants for the type of finished leather product to be made. Most of it will be cut down to 10 ounce or less which is 5/32" thick. This is good for belts and saddles and other items which may be tooled. I have...