I was thinking of Gina
Nick
Same answer applies. Feel free to post photos of the Ginacue set you are suggesting I copied.
TW
A blast from the [recent] past:
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Same answer applies. Feel free to post photos of the Ginacue set you are suggesting I copied.
TW
I imagine if I ran my fingers over the entire cue with my eyes closed it would feel smooth as glass.
Question about the GLMOP if you would; where do you find specimens that are so rich in color that it doesn't turn out? All the stuff I have used turns white quick.
Question about the GLMOP if you would; where do you find specimens that are so rich in color that it doesn't turn out? All the stuff I have used turns white quick.
In the late 80's and early 90's I poured every spare dime I had into the very best materials I could find. Consequently, virtually all of my high-end materials are of a grade that cannot even be found these days. 25 years ago you could buy amazing slabs of every type of pearl known to man - I've seen presentation-grade white Mother-of-Pearl at least 1/2" thick (!) The Gold-lip I have is pretty much bright gold all the way through.
TW
If only I had the foresight to have bought up and saved materials from that era. I could almost make a living just reselling those $1 Micarta ferrules, I failed to buy but a couple of dozen of, if I had bought thousands. The only foresight I had was to stock up on Ivory and that has not gone too well with the new can't ship out of state rules.
If only I had the foresight to have bought up and saved materials from that era. I could almost make a living just reselling those $1 Micarta ferrules, I failed to buy but a couple of dozen of, if I had bought thousands. The only foresight I had was to stock up on Ivory and that has not gone too well with the new can't ship out of state rules.
I had a conversation with Gus Szamboti around 1985 or '86, during which he mentioned that years before he had bought many, many pounds of Cortland linen - enough to last him "a lifetime". At the time that conversation occurred genuine Cortland was pretty much impossible to find, so I asked if he'd sell me a roll. He declined, explaining that he didn't like the contemporary linen and didn't want to chance running out of the Cortland.
As it turned out, he didn't have to worry about that - good chance Barry is still working out of the same "lifetime" purchase.
TW
(PS: From that conversation I took away two lessons - the first one right away, and the second a few years later: 1) If you find a material that you really like try to buy enough to last the rest of your life, and 2) No one knows how long that is going to be.)