I didn't say that, what I said was the picture of the ball you posted had metal in it. The mud ball was the magnetic cue ball that Valley had produced that had metal filings all thought the ball giving it a gray/off white look to it. It would lose it's finish real quick and become very dull, and write all over the cloth on the table like it was a piece of chalk, and weight more than the object balls, and was hard for anyone with a weak stroke to draw it back.
Ah, my question was a result of "logic by way of extension" -- you used this deduction:
"If it's a mudball, then it was designed to be used on a coin-operated pool table...so that means it'll follow a magnet...meaning it has metal in it in one form or another....so, see if a magnet pull the ball along a flat surface....if not, then it's not a mudball"
...which, if we read it the way it was written, you imply that "any" ball that follows a magnet, "is" a mudball. If it doesn't follow a magnet, it's not a mudball.
So we know the Aramith green "S"-logo'ed ball will follow a magnet, but most on these boards will tell you that it's
not a mudball.
And just a little secret between you and I...cut that ball you have in half...and you'll find the same metal in the center of it that the Valley cats eye cue ball used, because the use of them cue balls that you have didn't work on about half the Valley tables they were put on from the very begining....because they didn't have enough magnetic pull to them to separate them from the object balls. But, if you don't want to cut yours in half and have a look inside....ask Manwon for a picture of the one he cut in half....then you'll know you've been fooled.:grin:
Excellent piece of information -- thanks for sharing! Although methinks you might've let the secret out.
I do have one of these green "S"-logo'ed balls, I've obviously not cut one in half, because it's the only one I own, and I need it. If, like Craig, I had several of these laying around, being the science-minded person I am, I most definitely would've taken a band-saw to one.
I can tell you, though, in comparison to the traditional mudball or even the traditional "plug" ball, this green "S"-logo'ed ball reacts differently. I've had people swap the ball out in the middle of the game (without the shooter knowing), and the shooter slammed the p!ss out of it with draw (expecting the lackluster draw response from the mudball, and obviously compensating for it), and the Aramith ball slammed in reverse and went zinging around the table. The shocked look was priceless.
-Sean
