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Following suggestions via a few private messages, I wrote to Mike Howerton yesterday asking if our thread might be given sticky status in light of its popularity and longevity. Fingers crossed. 🤞

That’s awesome, Mr L. Very well done, sir! And thank you so much for sharing details of your successful research. What a great story!

I’m hoping to compile a decent index for the thread again one day, Mr M. I’ll put them on posts 1, 1,000 and 3,000. 🙂

That never even occurred to me, HKC. Perhaps you’re right!

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. One could probably start a whole new thread about wildly optimistic BUY IT NOW prices on eBay. I’ve seen a few beauties in my time but this one is right up there with the best of them...

Hello, Wolverine. I haven’t forgotten your request for a top ten ranking, sir. To be frank, dear chap, I have failed. I just found it too difficult to winnow down to so few sets. I tried, but every time found it impossible to leave out certain examples.

Hello, HKC. Other than to admire your beautiful sets, sir, I cannot offer anything much you do not already know unfortunately. The straight underscores clearly indicate an earlier vintage and open 4s do perhaps suggest one of the European manufacturers. Boxcar would be the gentleman to put us...

Hello, Mulambo. I believe you might be referring to the Aramith Hybrid set of 1996, dear chap. To the best of my knowledge this was the first time the distinctive chequered design was seen on a pool ball. It’s a special set. There is a gentleman on Facebook who has been trying to persuade me...

Thank you, HKC. I only have one more (incomplete) exhibition card to share… and then I’ll have to start working on all the rest.

3,000th post saved for index.

Thank you so much, Mr W. 🙏

Photographed in my office a moment ago. I kept the bottle all these years as a memento of my win.

For those who are not aware, Dekorit was a trade name for a particular resin compound of phenol (carbolic acid) and formalin (formaldehyde) used by Raschig to make billiard balls.

Good morning, gentlemen. Thank you for all your great contributions to the thread. Wolverine: I’ll give some thought to my top ten and get back to you, dear fellow. It’s rather subjective, of course, and I suspect even personal choices may fluctuate over time but I’ll give it my best shot...

You know you’re a serious collector when you start looking for spare boxes, Mulambo! We have all been in the same boat, dear chap! I used to buy bargain sets on eBay just to snag the boxes. 😆

Nice one, Mr M. You and Phretless should talk, sir. I replied to your DM. 👍

Thank you so much, Sudocrushms. I must confess, sir, that I had in mind a coffee table book that mainly focused on beautiful photographs, with the text just describing a bit about the ball sets’ history. Phretless, a regular contributor to this thread, has written two excellent books on the...