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Renaissance is by far and away the best wax to use for your pool cue. Anyone advising you differently is giving you untrustworthy advice. This wax is absolutely ideally suited for applying to a cue shaft that renders it smooth as satin. No talc is needed to feel your cue shaft glide effortlessly.

My most valuable cues are a fancy big pin Ed Prewitt cue and a radial pin Tim Scruggs cue, both having flat ivory joints. The Prewitt cue design really does catch one’s eyes with its striking design & the TS has a subtly handsome appearance. But the cues play so darn fantastic, I can’t imagine...

I happen to have some custom cues i carry everywhere in 6x12 case.This requires having a separate insurance rider on my homeowner’s policy. Like with most insurance coverages, there’s a stipulated maximum value for any one item unless I wanted to obtain actual replacement value which is more...

The pool table is bigger than a custom made pool cue and costs more than most. Yet people wait years, and even longer, over a decade, just to get a pool cue built. So think of it as getting a fancy oar built versus the entire racing skull that will get entered in the U.S. Olympic trials...

Try a Kamui Black Clear tip with a softer hardness, perhaps medium. I play with this tip but with a soft hardness. Kamui tips tend to be harder than the rating of the tip. The soft tip fits the bill for me and there’s also a super soft.

In APA, points awarded for making the 9 points is 2 versus only 1 point for any object ball. It really should be a higher point value than just double a single object ball’s point value. Why? Because in real life pool and the official rules of pool, you only have to pocket the 9 ball to win the...

It was Reply #3 on Aug12th. Now that you added this info, IMO, this should help your sale listing. TX for adding this’ll info.

Maybe you should consider getting a Kielwood shaft? You have lots of choices and at varying prices that are much less costly than CF shafts. Something to ponder and Kielwood appears to be more financially stable than carbon fiber seems.

I have a Schmelke SP cue. You can get one for a ridiculously attractive price brand new. Mine was used but as pristine as one could hope for. The darn cue has great specs, straight as a tautly pulled string and all I did was change the tip to my brand. This darn cue shoots so sweet I have no...

Badpenguin……when the chalk can be also used as a miniature shot glass, I still submit the chalk owner didn’t know they were just making a needless mess that not only affects them but their opponents as well. The dreaded blue fingers symptom does not happen unless you’ve been applying chalk like...

Sounds like you are doing what seems correct. I have a dozen cue balls and none of them were cheap. My favorite to play with is the Aramith Black Measle Ball. My point is none of the cue balls I play with, or any I used in a tournament, showed TAOM chalks marks but I sure could see lots of blue...

Not with TAOM in my experience unless the player doesn’t apply chalk the right way. Dr. Dave has a video on the proper way to apply chalk to a cue tip. However, so many pool players still twist their pool chalk and the evidence stares them in the face. Just take a moment to examine the chalk...

I have played with TAOM v10 and Pagulayan Chalk (TAOM made) for about 2 years. It is the cleanest chalk I have ever used or ever even tried. It is immaculately clean. No chalk debris, dust, flakes, etc. whatsoever & the cue ball remains clean for hours. TAOM Chalk, and Pagulayan Chalk, which I...

So many posters miss the point……please think of it this way which is the correct way, IMO. The weight of any shaft can certainly seem very heavy when you compare it with a lighter weight shaft. The shaft weight relates to the balance, feel and energy transfer of your stroke. The shaft doesn’t...

A month ago Dante asked about the cue’s specifications. Including this information should help your for sale listing.

Actually the math for a 18, 19 & 20 oz. cues, as examples, the shaft weight difference range is 0.75 - 0.8 ounces for the % ratios I’ve explained. 18 oz. cue is 3.25 - 4 ozs, 19 oz. cue is 3.4 - 4.2 and 20 oz. 3.6 - 4.4 shaft weights. Now for the dim witted, when you go above or below these...

If you always hold the cue in the same grip position on the cue butt, you are not taking advantage of the cue’s balance. For more difficult shots that are more finesse and slower cue ball speed control for position versus OBs that are 8-9’ away or frozen on the foot or head rails, repositioning...

I don’t want to debate this with you cuz this is not a quarrel. There is nothing in life that is it in clad when it comes to pool cues. What won’t man likes another may not. % variances are more slight with a 18 ounce cue than a 20 oz. cue. If someone likes a shaft that weighs 17% of the...

Hey now…..calm down…..you asked a question…..I answered it….I’m not here to do your bidding. Get off your own fat sss and figure it out or don’t. I really couldn’t give a shit either way. Buy whatever you like, play with whatever you like. It means nada to me. I have what I want in a cue and I...

If you have a 16 oz. cue butt and a 4.2 oz cue shaft, the paying weight is the combination of the 2 weights. Pretty straight forward addition and so you have a cue when the two parts are assembled weighing 20.2 ozs. To determine weight ratios, you simply revert to division. You take the shaft...