Snooker,
let me answer your questionsi in reverse order
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I don't recommend cues that I have never seen or know anything about
ii have known and discussed cues with almost every great cue maker in America,I don't always or even usually understand everythng they say,but one thing comes out clearly and that is that South west cues are admired even by their copetitors
It is widely known that I don't play very good,I did run 56 balls with a cue that I helped Jack potter design
I designed the Deano cue by combining the best features of cues I liked including the shaft taper
Tim Scruggs,voted one of the 3 best hitting cues examined the Deano cue and liked the results so much that he changed his taper to be more like the one iI liked
I have talked abt South West cues with dealers,they love the cues
I have listened to Billy Incardona,tony chohan,Allen Hopkin discuuss why they liked them,the uality etc
I have visited with Jerry Franklin and Larie and seen their amazing quality control and proceedures that I shared with Barry,larry and others who learned from them
I personally played with many south west and never saw one I didn't like
I have observe that there are basically two types of cues,East Coast..Schon.Balabushka,Szamboti,mottey,Scruggs,joss early years
and ones after south west design joint and construction,cognoscenti , Libra,ack pot,etc
I like both styles but it might be worthwhile to see how south west cues changed the style
I don't see how that my selling cues has much to do with my qualifications to build a cue,but it did give me the chance to examine a bunch
I detected a certain amount of hostility in your remarks
Is there something wrong with me asking who this guy is with all the critical remarks about the best cues ever made ?