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Only if you are under 60 yrs old or else you might not still be around when your cue spot gets called for actual production.

Why…..because people can’t read 6 simple words in the title followed by RIP Mika Immonen? The title is like a billboard on a highway. Just a quick flash view tells you what it says and you literally don’t have to read or pronounce every syllable in your mind or move you lips reading it. If...

When I say playing one handed, I mean one arm cue on the rail or suspended in mid air, say for a cue ball on the spot shot. Just a cue and your hand, not any actual mechanical bridge. You can rest on a leather pocket too one armed. I played great one armed practice yesterday and today it took...

Making a shot one handed is hardly anything to rave about or celebrate. It could have been pure luck. Make the same shot twice in a row, well, that can just be a mere coincidence after your lucky 1st attempt. Now make that same one handed shot 3x in a row, well, then you have every right to...

I have seen pool cues come with adjustable weight bolts but I’ve not seen a cue shaft have that feature which at first blush reaction sounds kinda strange. Now cue makers that do build Kielwood shafts may or may not core the front end of the shaft but when the shaft is cored, the inserted...

Attributing elephant poaching to the existence of a huge amount of ivory that has been classified as legal to use is a stretch. Ivory smuggling isn’t being done so cue makers can risk civil and criminal prosecution for using poached ivory when they can order all the pre-ban ivory they need for...

July 1, 2016……I know that date well. Bob Owen and Jerry Rauenzahn had to accelerate my cue builds underway. Both cue makers original forecast was completion in the late Fall of 2016 which conflicted with enactment of the ban. Much to my astonishment, both cues arrived on Memorial Day weekend...

The best analogy I can come up with is what I learned playing baseball in HS, and taught as a baseball coach. Speed is fundamentally as important as strength and stamina for attaining top performance. Consequently, when you undertake practicing and push yourself mentally and physically beyond...

Way too many shafts to sell as a package and expect to get fair value. Keep 2, maybe 3, shafts and sell the others individually or as a set. Hardly anyone wants a cue with that many shafts that only increases your asking sale price.

Like so many others, I have a collection of training cue balls and favorite drills when I go to the pool hall to practice. I’ll always remember & embrace what my step dad told me about pool as a teenager. “Always practice with purpose.” So I make sure to have a practice routine and playing the...

The arrival of Kielwood shafts has elevated the status of wood shafts. Not only is the feel and acoustics far superior to any CF shaft on the market but the question about deflection is no longer an issue once you actually play with a KW shaft. Now just as much as most CF shafts will perform...

Everyone keeps thinking that ivory cues are going to go down in price. Well, most things fluctuate in estimated value over a given span of time. I suppose the only thing that matters is how much you get for your cue when you decide to sell it. Just like folks on this site disagree about the...

Great question……..I’ll contact my cue maker who’s capable of building heavier version Kielwood shafts. I haven’t found much difference but it was awhile ago I tried the Tsunami shafts & the 2.0 version was nice. I was amazed by how many cue makers told me this wasn’t possible unless you added...

Over the weekend, I anticipate listing this KW shaft for sale. It really plays wonderful and here are the specs. 29.5” 3.81 ozs. 12.85mm (pro taper) Kamui Black Clear Tip (soft hardness) straight, no roll, immaculate. The only reason this shaft will be offered for sale is...

Phil Eastwood sits at a different table than the others you mentioned. He is a fantastic cue case builder and the most artistic of any others you mentioned. Phil is on the top rung of the cue case makers ladder looking down not up like other makers.

I always wanted to add a Rolex Daytona but it’s kind of pricey. In retrospect, I spent a lot more than that on some cues that I didn’t really need but simply wanted to get made because I designed them. I wanted to see the cues come to life. Well, the cues did and know what? I’m in an equivalent...

I have been playing a Kielwood shaft for the past 10 months. It performs so well that I ordered two more KW shafts get made but by a different cue maker. Cory Barnhart only builds radial thread cues and shafts so I had to find another cue builder to undertake building two (2) flat faced big pin...

You are striving to split hairs because balance involves tactile feel and balance point is the fulcrum point on a pool cue. I know facts are difficult because you can’t alter what history has already extensively documents. This confronts readers each and every day on this site’s for sale...

No, I am not basing it on cue makers I am fond of….just start paying attention to for sale listings……you can do the math in your head….it’s easy…….I’m not just referring to a few dozen cue makers……down through the decades, the best cue makers adhered to this……..it wasn’t just coincidence……..I’ve...

Boy, I’m curious to see how you folks would vote in MLB’s Hall of Fame annual eligibility. I have a hunch that based upon the cue maker names proposed here, and I’ll concede there are a couple of candidate cue makers, there’d be baseball players undeserving of even being nominated, let alone...