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Me too…..after the 2nd time, I added insurance to provide legal representation and a bunch of other stuff included. Costs about $1.30/day but peace of mind and avoidance of huge out of pocket expenses for any legal defense needs.

Just don’t bring any cues with ivory unless you have CITES documentation to avoid problems that could be worse than you imagine. It is a serious issue that should not be dismissed lightly otherwise you may regret doing it. Best of Luck relocating.

I have 3 Kielwood shaft made by Barnhart and Pierce. All 3 shafts arrived smooth as satin and despite that, I still applied Renaissance Wax to the shafts immediately and regularly since getting the shafts. The KW shafts in my case are absolutely flawless and now smoother than any original shaft...

The very best wax I ever used is made by Craftsmen Cues in a Birmingham, England. It is rather costly because of the shipping and you can’t order it when the weather is hot during the late Spring thru the early Fall. When the temp remains in the 70’s & lower, It is okay to ship the wax but if it...

This is where I play pool which has monthly and annual memberships. The Blue cloth is what the room originally had 2 years ago. This week all the tables were recovered with gray cloth. Change can be good but IMO, not this time. But it’s obvious the owners must have a winning formula because...

Oak/Cherry just doesn’t connect well with gray cloth, IMO. Tournament Blue would or one of the Simonis Green choices. Contact Simonis and ask for samples of the cloth colors you like. Gray is just a color that works for me despite making colors brighter. The Centennial balls and my cues color...

Yup….. There is one solitary 9’ Diamond table in the corner of the pool surrounded by 7’ Diamond tables. That’s the table I mainly play for practice. It has a 7’ table sitting adjacently. Those are my cues on the table in the below photo.it is a great setup because I can switch back and forth...

Well, that’s a middle of the. road review so let me put you on the hot seat. What color would you install on a home pool table? if you have a home table, would you install the same color again that is currently on your pool table?

I really don’t know and like you, I prefer green also and Simonis British Green is my favorite color cloth.

Dan, I have a friend with a 7’ Brunswick pool table……it is lovely but the dumb SOB had red cloth installed. It looks like it belongs in a brothel and just looks awful. But his Harley Davidson & speedboat are also red.

I think gray cloth offers a better background for viewing a pool cue versus darker color pool cloths, ex. tournament blue. p.s. Notice the Kielwood shafts? Indeed, I was ultimately successful locating a cue builder to construct shafts to my specs

The best pool hall in Fresno, Sierra Billiards & Bar, opened two years ago. It has become a huge success and is now opening a 2nd location in downtown Fresno which has been undergoing revitalization the past couple of years with new stores, bars and restaurants opening. It also will only have...

Over the course of 33 years, I have never had to fire my weapon but I have had to draw it on 3 different occasions. I notified the police & one arrest was subsequently made subsequent to the suspect being located a few hrs. later. The others were never caught to the best of my knowledge and...

I have worn a gun for the last 32 years counting this one. It is like putting on one of my watches. It becomes something you just do and you even construct some of your wardrobe around your gun. Weather becomes a factor and so I carry a different gun in the hot weather than the late fall &...

I am usually playing on a reserved table for members in front of the counter but regardless, I only have two cues out at any one time. My break cue, which is an original McDermott Stinger break/jump cue and one of my cues from my case. I don’t mind leaving my break cue near the table I am...

I am simply expressing my opinion the game becomes so much easier with these type of rules. How can you refer to it as 8 ball if the the only difference with 9 ball is marking the 8 ball’s pocket. Under the APA’s rules, playing 8 ball without designating the OB’s pocket is how I taught my kids...

There a 23 point team handicap limit for 5 players.you can be rated as high as a 7 playing eight ball but can be rated as high as 9 in nine ball. It means you have to have low ranked players on your team for a 9 ball roster. Chances are if you are rated a 6 or 7 in 8 ball, you’d be rated even...

Chopdoc, my post is detailed with examples because I have posted explanations countless times over the past decade and it keeps returning as a topic that few people answer correctly. Classic Cues post spelled out the law >20 replies ago. Either Mark or Joe I’m imagining answered this again in...

Goodness gracious, this is so simple. If Chopdoc lives in a state that has an ivory ban, he broke the law buying the shaft. So although he is now in possession of a cue shaft with an ivory ferrule, he can only sell & ship it when he’s not in state. If he is in a free state, he can buy any cue...

Actually what I am saying is there is a obvious imbalance if you can literally win every game and wind up losing the match. Now for fairness, the number of balls sunken is obviously important. But making the 9 is what the game has always been about. Sink the 9 and you win. Do this 6-7 games in a...