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Buffalo Danny. Played him 9 ball I think in Florida the winter of 69-70. Interesting guy. I had no idea who he was at the time and wondered why he kept wanting to switch the game to one pocket or 14.1. Very much an old school guy in the best sense of the word. RIP Danny. Can anybody verify...

Just an update as I was one of the original posters with a positive opinion of the Rhino shafts. I've settled on a 12.2mm and I simply love this shaft. With a How medium tip I have complete control and faith in where the cue ball is going. After returning last summer to 9 ball after 50 years of...

Thanks for this. The biggest difference I noticed this year was the fear of missing any and all but the easiest shots. The game needs this on the one hand, but on the other hand this takes away seeing players attempting and making extremely difficult shots. Safety play was already borderline too...

Ok, just spent 4 hours on the table with the Rhino 12.2mm with the Chinese radial joint. It's a keeper and will become my main shooter. Solid but precise. Very controllable. Shockingly low deflection. (my guess is because its thinner shaft is even lighter than an already low deflection standard...

Not dead in and of itself, but softer relative to the Rhino. It has a newer How medium so it's not fully set in is my guess. Describing the shafts with words considering all the variables is a near hopeless task. I doubt I can do better.

No. But that's qualified because it's 11.85mm so it's not apples to apples.

On another thread here one of the master clubmakers said the American patented Radial is about 7.6 threads per inch iirc. The Chinese is 8 threads per inch. The Rhino fits my cheap Chinese radial cue joint so it likely won't fit an American radial. Ask them, they respond quickly.

The best shot makers see the cue ball object ball and pocket simultaneously. And those few shots they can't physically see they know exactly where they are in their mental image. Then, just like shooting baskets the brain uses this information to let eye hand coordination do it's thing. Then...

I have a Whyte Carbon but it's 11.85 mm and I can't control it well enough on strokes that require some speed. It's good otherwise and I blame my skill level and playing style more than the shaft. My big complaint is that it's expensive as hell.

I think the key here is the deflection on the Rhino, based on my limited play so far, seems consistent and controllable and should be easy to adjust to for most folks. I use a lot of spin and take on way more thin cuts than most players. I'm curious to see how well the Rhino does with these...

First impressions after 2.5 hours of play. Remember these are 30" shafts so they will inherently feel different than the usual 29" shaft. First these are well packed with 5 layers of protection including bubble wrap, a plastic sleeve over a plastic tube and double boxed. Impressive though not...

True for the cognoscenti. But not for the other 99.44% that don't post here. 8-)

People today are willing to spend more time and money on their leisure activities. This translates to more fussiness with their equipment. No surprise there. Apologies for going a bit off topic here. As far as quality of play, I don't know where you live, but here in Florida contemporary play...

Figured out the Rhino 3/8x8 joint is likely a Chinese version of the true patented Radial joint per another thread here where a knowledgeable clubmaker states the patented Radial is more like a 3/8x7.6. That gave me enough confidence to order the 30" 12.3mm 3/8x8 that I've had my eye on for...

Just ordered a Rhino 30" 5/16x14 12.6mm for a custom Viking 30" butt I currently use with a 12.4mm 29" Cuetec. I also have a 11.8 Whyte Carbon on a early 80s classic Meucci windowpane butt. Was looking for a bit longer stick but decided this was a less expensive way to experiment with a 60"...

Newer players have the advantage of having a target to shoot for. Like Isaac Newton said: "If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants."

Brutal isn't a strong enough word for the 9 on the break story. Obviously a problem with the rack. I would have just asked for a different triangle. No biggie. And I understand the statistics of critical state physics. My bet proposal still stands. But I'll do the racking, thank you. 8-) [as...

I'll simply add, every cushion and cloth combination reacts differently to speed. The harder the hid the shorter it comes off the rail. Once you get a feel for that on a good table and cloth, then you have to adjust for every other combination. I'd say this is one of the reasons Taylor shot...

Sorry, but I'd bet $1,000 all day that ANY player couldn't break and make a shot on the 1 ball 28 times in a row (playing 9 ball). Forget about running the rest. So long a s it's a standard table, BB or 9'. I'll even let you try as many times as you like for 4 hours. [shrugs] Easy money. 8-)

Sorry, I've played with many hall of famers and my scepticism remains. I will agree that Eddie Taylor may have been the best banker of all time though.