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Beautiful Doug Patrick butterfly. Excellent player. Ebony forearm and butt sleeve, with 4 points of Azelia burl. Each point has a red, yellow, and orange veneers. 4 Ebony butterflies with red, indigo blue, yellow and royal blue veneers. Matching butt sleeve. Ivory joint and hoppe ring. Elephant...

Gold Crown V Tournament Edition - with balls! SOLD. You won't find a better table at this price - and it comes with extras! This Gold Crown V is one owner and in excellent condition. It has rails/pockets (4-3/8") by Donny Wessel. With the table, you get three sets of balls: Aramith Standard...

Okay, now I'm officially an Old Fart. Arthritis now makes it so painful to walk around the table that I've had to cut my practice time from eight hours a day to two or three. Have any of you cue makers ever built a cane for pool players? You know, something that looks like a custom cue so that...

I want to move the balance toward the butt on a cue. It has a stainless radial pin, and I'm thinking about having that changed to aluminum and then adding a weight bolt in the butt. I don't recall ever seeing the aluminum radial pin mentioned on AZB. I'm wondering if there are any problems with...

I posted this in the wanted/for sale forum, but thought this may also get some attention here. I'm strongly considering moving to Tucson early next year, so I am looking for a house suitable for a pool player (I'm not great at pool, but I can't imagine not having a table in the house). A room...

I've seen several threads asking how to make a slick lizard wrap sticky. I recently picked up a great-playing cue that has a lizard wrap so slick that it's like shooting with an icicle. I use a very light grip and the wrap was so slick that I couldn't use the cue at all. I'll probably get the...

I'm asking for suggestions for a new exotic leather wrap for a beautiful cocobolo plain jane. I have cues with full-belly lizard and elephant ear, as well as wrapless, linen, and leather. I was going to have elephant ear installed on the coco (I really like the ear wraps), but then I thought...

In the last year or so, I have acquired several cues with ivory butt caps, joints, and ferrules. I was once told that ivory ferrules need special care (baby oil, I think he said). Is this true? Do you need to do something to care for ivory ferrules? What about the end of the joint, where it...

I'm looking for some old signs for my home room. You know the ones: "No spitting on floor," "No Gambling," "Players must keep one foot on floor," etc. I'm not interested in reproductions. I would like to find some from pre-1960 if possible. Thanks for your help. Howard

When Donny (sdbilliards) rebuilt my rails and recovered the table, he recommended the Simonis X-1. What the hell, I'm a gadget freak. So, here's what I found. Normal table maintenance for me has always been brush every morning and afternoon, vacuum every other day, and wipe with a damp cloth...

I bought my first Doug Patrick cue last week (pictures here). The cue is 59", with a 29" butt and 30" shaft. The wood, fit, and finish on the cue are flawless. Beautiful figure and color in the cocobolo. Fine attention to detail in construction is apparent throughout, from the alignment of all...

Last week, Donny came and fixed my eight-month-old Gold Crown V Tournament Edition. The improvement in the table is remarkable. To start with, just finding anyone willing to come up here in the middle of nowhere is difficult. I feel quite fortunate that Donny was willing to drive up here. He...

Last week, Donny came and fixed my eight-month-old Gold Crown V Tournament Edition. The improvement in the table is remarkable. To start with, just finding anyone willing to come up here in the middle of nowhere is difficult. I feel quite fortunate that Donny was willing to drive up here. He...

I recently picked up a nice (Nitti) shaft with a half-inch ivory ferrule. It has a black pad under the tip (Moori medium). I understand that the pad is to protect the ferrule against shock/impact. Is this just a precaution or is it a necessity? I prefer hard tips and want to have a Kamui Black...

Never mind. I think I found it.

I have a Gold Crown Tournament Edition with the decals. I am concerned about staining the decals or damaging the adhesive when polishing the aprons. Can anyone tell me of a polish (or wax or oil) that will do a good job on the wood without screwing up the decals? I asked Brunswick this question...

It goes like this: I'm down on the shot, lined up, practice strokes, pause -- then at the instant I pull the trigger, an earthquake hits. Shaking, rumbling, you know the drill. So I miscue. Yes, just this once in my life, I am going to blame a miscue on the whole freaking Earth. This was just...

We all know how it works: you buy a house and the carpets all look great. After a period of time, however, stains start showing up here and there. You have no idea what caused it, but you know it was something the previous tenants left. How do you fix the problem? There are two ways to take...

We are putting together a Gold Crown V, and the installer will be here in the morning with the covered rails. I have looked through all of the parts boxes, and there are no shims for fitting the rails/castings (there is a note that says to use the included shims - thanks a lot Brunswick). Can...

It has been mentioned that the pocket castings on the Gold Crown V require hand fitting, maybe with the use of a wood chisel. Any chance we can get some details on that? I may wind up putting mine together myself (I hope not, though), and would like to know what is required beforehand - I hate...