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After Tony killed that kid on the racetrack, I have no stomach for watching/listening to him.

I'm failing to understand how anyone can try to associate the bounce of the cue with energy transfer, but if that's what you want to believe, it makes no difference to me. Using that logic we should replace the ferrule and tip with a superball. One could just as easily argue the opposite is...

Some people just like different things, I guess. In the early 2000's, over 100,000 people went new car shopping and chose the Pontiac Aztek. 🤮

So you are saying they are not concentrating on deflection, but earlier you seemed to be critical of them because the design of their shaft doesn't reduce deflection. I'd be willing to bet that Bob and Dave would both laugh at that 16 year old video. Based on that short clip, you should...

You are assuming it's everyone goal to make some sort of magical zero deflection shaft. There are many players who are doing just fine with a 30 year old cue with an over 4 ounce shaft that has had no consideration for deflection. Most of those people don't want a drastic change in how they aim...

I agree. Remember the days where guys would count the number of wood grains that ran off the edge of the shaft? Or how many rings there were looking at the end of the shaft? I'm guessing a CF tube eliminates the need for that sort of thing, if there ever really was a need for it. Also...

Probably easier to find someone doing flat laminate shafts and have them use something dark in the middle layer. Jeff Prather used to make these, but I haven't seen them available on his website for a while...

I have a bit of a problem with always wanting to try new things, not because I think they will magically improve my game, I just enjoy it. As a result, I've had MANY shafts over the last 10 years or so. Recently I've gone away from the CF back to wood. I've settled at the moment on a Kielwood...

Fair enough. I just think in golf you can use recent history because everyone gets to tee off from the same spot and hit the ball until it goes in the cup. Your golf handicap is 100% based off of your individual performance. In pool that is not always the case, so a longer time frame will...

I'm sure his game isn't what it was years ago, but he still plays well. He just got back from world games so could be jet lag. He doesn't seem to take it too seriously anymore. I think it's been years since I've even seen him play two events in a row with the same cue. He normally sells it...

To be fair.... (see what I did there) most of the rest of the world uses the alternate spelling of Aluminium that is more consistent with other elements like Titanium, Cadmium, Magnesium etc. The one that still throws me off the most is hearing their pronunciation of "decal".

I believe it has more to do with the cooking time and temperature.

I believe he still uses Prather (the original Kielwood) blanks and finishes them out, but it's been a while since I spoke to him about that so he may have a new source.

I'm not sure if it is the "proper" method, but I've had good luck with turning the old shaft down to make a tenon and then boring a hole into the new shaft. Kept the original indexing, alignment and pin fit that way. The second pic was before final sanding/refinishing the shaft. I've also...

Really hard to beat Jerry Briesath telling Mark Wilson "I want you to take two weeks off and then consider quitting altogether". Not really a quote, but after that I'd pretty much have to go with everything Joe Rogan said while impersonating Earl.

I'm just a little over 6'5" and have pretty well settled on 60" cues. I tried a 62" for a while, but I ended up playing with a longer bridge length and that seemed to hurt accuracy for me. I think if I could have adjusted the balance point it may have worked out better and made me move the cue...

I've had two tables in my basement for about 12 years now. A 9-foot 1964 AMF Grand Prix (Gold Crown copy) and a 7' bar box.

I've been working for a global company for a while now and I've found most of the world has gotten so used to English speakers (especially Americans) butchering pronunciations, that they know it's pretty pointless to make corrections.

Just an FYI- I think you linked the wrong shaft. From what I can see of the logo, it looks like this one. https://seyberts.com/collections/shafts/products/pure-x-fuze-kielwood-carbon-fiber-infuzed-solid-shaft-10-thread?variant=43805995958470

I think the logical "fix" for this is to wax/silicone every cue ball before every rack. :)