a flick loosely based flick on st louie roberts (warts and all) with an accurate depiction of his life and ultimate early death would be riveting
the young man that played elvis a couple of years ago is my first choice to play the lead
Fred was introduced to me as "Freddy the Banker" in the 60's at the infamous stardust lounge owned by a redneck named george walker who had a much younger, blonde, attractive wife who was excellent at being a distraction when required
perhaps he thought that handle knocked his action and that...
in terms of play the ones to try were made in 84 and 85 because most had purple heart handles vs "handle" grade maple.
as a rule the "hit" was +++
if i were a JOSS collector i'd focus on the ones made before 79 which featured spliced points or those coming out of the shop as "custom" cues
imo...
to clarify: the archer that picked lint, played slow, etc., played the 8 ball weaker than the fast n loose archer shortly after changing his pace
i agree that the present day archer would be gambling with the 5 vs archer, "the kid"