seb9 said:
I have a hemp tip!
A none murdered animal cue please.
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I have a hemp tip!
LOL
seb9 said:
Hmmmmmmmmmm, oops, I had to self edit myself! LOL
In most cases, cues made in America have pre contraband ivory or reused ivory from piano keys (illegal import or smuggled items). This maybe also the case with MOP from abalone shells which are from old inventory stores. Most of my tips are pig skins. :~)
But as my friend Heath says, each to their own. I have cues made from animals, trees and oar from the earth, and on a good day I will have a buffalo burger and wash it down with a bourbon and coke!
seb9 said:
So you grow your own food?
And yes, you are here to bash. Look at the title of the thread. You were COMPLETELY out of line by using the word "murdered". That term in and of itself passes judgement on people who don't care.
Guess what? I MYSELF don't care. We're predators. We're the top predators on the planet. If I can catch it and kill it, I'll eat it. If I can pay someone to catch it and kill it, I'll eat it. If I can catch it, kill it, and it's bones make pretty carvings, I'll do that. And I'll pay for the carvings if someone else does the same.
Until the human race comes up with something like the food synthesizers in Star Trek, I will damn well eat anything that can't get away from me, or can't get away from another human.
You militant vegetarians need to realize, being confrontational like this usually solidifies our resolve to eat meat and kill things.
I've never hunted before, but I think I may ask one of my "good 'ole rednake friends" to take me hunting when I get back from Iraq. And if I kill something, I am going to take it to a taxidermist, and have a nameplate made to hang below it on the wall. It will read "This animal killed in honor of seb9."
Now.. Tell me.. Did your judgemental attitude accomplish whatever it was you meant to accomplish by using words like "murdered?"
Russ
Inzombiac said:
Well, not as fast, but they can jump.
Inzombiac said:
The gizzards are especially tender...
Mmmm Mmmm, that's good eatin'!
(Gets out his special food eating thingies.. Used once a year!)
Russ
Icon of Sin said:I have a hemp tip!
Dam, that’s why the drug dog wouldn't leave me alone last night
Icon of Sin said:I have a hemp tip!
Le Professionel ("Le Pro") tips are an industry favorite, crafted from vegetable-tanned oak leather. The tip has a special protective coating to seal and preserve the leather until the cue is ready to play. Le Pro tips are "French style" cue tips, made in the USA by Tweeten Fibre. Le Pro tips come standard on many lines of pool cues, including Predator, Fury, and Viking.
I love lamp!!!
Russ Chewning said:
The tittle is the truth, it was to say what the thread is about and why i started it.
I did not call the tittle ''you guys are fools for using murdered animals on your cues'' did I?
NO
You can do whatever you want i am not bashing you...
A none murdered animal cue is indeed what i am looking for.
Perhaps it's you who likes to get offended?
if you want go start a thread and call it, I want a murdered animal cue and you know what, i would not be offended.
seb9 said:
I'm no expert but I think ivory is banned unless it comes from old, legal sources. Scott Zachow of Canada (www.zaccues.com) makes beautiful cues using mammoth ivory. This is ivory from prehistoric wooly mammoths and is collected in the Canada wilderness. He will build you any cue you want (design, materials, etc) and all the "ivory" will be mammoth ivory.
UWPoolGod1 said:
Dam right, I love a good lamp burger......
Tell you what, it is lunch time, off to the Parlor.
But what about this cue?
http://billiardwarehouse.com/cues/mcdermott/mcderm_m2-9b.htm
it says ivory, how can i find out if it's real ivory or not?
http://billiardwarehouse.com/cues/mcdermott/mcderm_m2-9b.htm
it says ivory, how can i find out if it's real ivory or not?
Where in Baghdad are you? I was there last year and can't wait to get back!
Seb9, I seriously doubt if any US production cue company is turning out a batch of cues that contain ANY real ivory. They may make one or two custom or one off cues, but any cue that they are going to market wholesale would not contain real ivory from a dead animal simply because it's not that easy to get. Call McDermott and ask them if you have found one of their cues that you like. I think it may have been mentioned before, but some cuemakers use the word ivory in the description of their cues when they don't use real ivory. Advertising isn't always honest and if they can get away with using "ivory" when it is actually plastic or some other manmade material, they will. Just like they'll try to get away without telling you that the design you see on the butt is actually a decal or overlay instead of an inlay. Go to some jewelers and look at their sapphire collections. All of the display signs say they are sapphires. But if you ask, probably 90% of them are synthetic sapphires.
My advice is to contact the company that makes a cue that you want to buy and express your concern about real ivory being used. I think you'll find that your fears are unfounded in most cases.
My advice is to contact the company that makes a cue that you want to buy and express your concern about real ivory being used. I think you'll find that your fears are unfounded in most cases.