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Tips Just having fun Gunzby. I love stuff like that. Like Taps Tips in the Field and Stream magazine. And at Christmas the kids take the long derders that come with wrapping paper and play them like a trumpet and of course next is the sword fights. Thanks again.

Customs As said, hit with some quality cues and decide why you like certain features. Depending on how many inlays if any will determine some of the build time. Some makers have some butt parts already made and turned. You can't rush the turning process. And then it has to...

Stuff. You can also tape one end of the derder and make a nice aglet storage thing if your in the shoelace business. You will be ready for Jeopardy soon!

Nits This is why rulebooks are constantly being revised. Idiots. Where do you draw the line. I take all your balls and tie them all up, or knock some of mine in the hole. Along these same lines is purposefully shooting your opponents balls. Done all the time and should be loss of game. I don't...

Derder The tube is called a derder! Never too old to learn something new.

Shafts Thanks Paul. Interesting and alarming! So does it actually help you out if a customer just wants a Pred. Shaft. I assume most cue makers accommodate a request for ld shafts. I'm old and tried to jump on the ld bandwagon but fell off and play with a shaft made from a tree! Kind of makes...

Wood. Thanks Mr. Webb. I guess I assumed there were lots of suppliers with lots of choices. Sounds like a treasure hunt.

Sugar marks! As Mr. Varney said it's not just a weight thing. I saw someone post about sugar marks saying a fine cue (expensive I presume) would never leave the cue makers shop with sugar marks in the shaft! A visual cosmetic thing I guess. My new custom cue has several quite visible sugar...

So I understand the different grades of shaft woods. AAA I guess is the best. Is there a huge difference in prices from say a to aaa. Not asking for anyone to divulge their prices but is aaa like three times more than a? I understand that a $300 stick may not warrant your best shaft wood, but at...

Inlays Yes, my cue has eight bloodwood inlays inside ivory. I would say any good cue maker can. Look on Bob Dzurickey website. DZ cues. Finished cues, row four, pic four and five. Bob is very easy to work with and his cues...

Busty! Yes, great matches! I stumbled onto the free stream last night. In the Saez match neither player ever missed a shot! It's a shame so many people badmouth eight ball on bbs. The tough patterns and traffic make for quite a chess game. I also believe more money has changed hands in bb...

Tables I would choose according to what you may be playing seriously on. Tourney player? The trend is to Diamonds for tourneys. Does the Diamond have the new improved rails or the old short banking rails. GC's have stood the test of time! And you can have them Diamondized if you want. I love...

Buddy goes to the fair!?!? My then girlfriend and now wife were walking around the State Fair of Okla. many years ago and come upon a tent with billiard signs hanging on it. My wife says hey I'm in this deal! She did something that qualified her to play a game with the Rifleman and win a trip...

Tangent line! Study up on your tangent line. Speed is critical. Most people run out of their target areas, too fast. A lot of safeties are incredibly easy once you have the mindset to play safe. Many people don't know when to stop the run out game. They make every ball they can and then are...

The comeback trail! It can be done Jay. Bill Stroud came to Jamaica Joes here in OKC a few months ago. Finished second or maybe third in the bar box tourney. Beat Joey Gray. That would be the Joey who finished second to SVB! Triple A Billiards had a bb tourney last year and Walter Glass...

Scotch Depending on how big and serious an event this is, it may not be allowed to talk to your pard before approaching table and certainly not when it's your turn. While the other team is shooting you can talk all day. Jack and Jill is a whole different thing as there can be huge differences...

Mosey points. If I were in the market and wasn't waiting on one sp already I would jump on this Josey. I don't care for the Josey points and like wrap less cues. This won't last long and he wants to trade! Perfect scenario. Just like guns, the best deals can be trades.

Whisker bisquit bridge! Interesting stuff. I would think the limbsavers would have to be on the shaft as this is where the vibration is. Put them on and watch people inquire about them. Tell them your the local distributor and sell them for $20 each, and they only work in pairs. If they bite...

Ditto Absolutely, and no shock therapy! Every pool player that plays for a few years will eventually fall into dead stroke and run and tell all their friends. But how do you replicate that feeling again. That's the hard part. People talk about focusing but I think it's more about not focusing...

Miscue on break. Certainly there are rules for every situation. At a higher level or playoffs or some money involved I would go by the rules. In regular weekly play all players should laugh and throw the guy some chalk and attack his masculinity. The miscuing breaker should stare at his tip...