I was writing mine while you posted yours. I guess we were thinking alike.
Carbon fiber on an original Balabushka
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It's your cue. Tell the naysayers to put cash up and buy it from you, or to firmly close their mouths
I would not do it, but I think that ideologist is right, your cue, do what you want , you don't really need opinions- but, since you asked, I gave mine anyhow in an earlier post here.
You have to actually modify the car to do that though.
It is your pool cue so you just darn well do anything you please with it. Use it as a break stick or a toothpick
but listening to others that don’t own the cue, and most of them never could, is like asking a total stranger on
a street corner for investment advice on what to buy or sell when the stock market opens for business tomorrow.
You might get some great tips or could go broke but regardless, it’s no skin off the nose of the person giving you the
advice. I say remember that it is just a pool cue when all is said and done. Play with it and when it strikes your fancy,
use a carbon fiber shaft or a Kielwood equivalent or it’s original maple shaft or a substitute but just play with the cue.
but listening to others that don’t own the cue, and most of them never could, is like asking a total stranger on
a street corner for investment advice on what to buy or sell when the stock market opens for business tomorrow.
You might get some great tips or could go broke but regardless, it’s no skin off the nose of the person giving you the
advice. I say remember that it is just a pool cue when all is said and done. Play with it and when it strikes your fancy,
use a carbon fiber shaft or a Kielwood equivalent or it’s original maple shaft or a substitute but just play with the cue.
Is anyone even playing with a Balabuska? Is this a moot question?
Why not play with it? What's the worst that can happen?
Not only a crime but also an insult. Something a millennial would do.
Oh I'm all for it if someone's daily player was a Balabuska and they wanted a CF shaft. What I mean is I don't think anyone is daily playing a Balabuska, period. The style is pretty outdated amongst the modern players. The older players that may still have one, probably don't take it out much for fear of it getting stolen. So that leaves very little left that might actually play with the cue enough to warrant a modern shaft. I think Bob J on here was the only one I ever heard of that still played with with one recently, and I believe even he hung it a couple years ago up to go modern.
I don't think a young player would ever buy one. If they had 10k to throw around on one, they'd buy a Black Boar or similar for that money. It's just a dated design that does not resonate with young players. IMO
If a 20 year was given a gift of 100k and they had to spend it on a car.... They would buy a new sports car, rather than a restored/modifed 1957 corvette for the same money. Its just styles and tastes change over the years.
I played with a Balabushka in the pool hall for years that I sold for $19k
I used a Tascarella shaft on it without ivory
The only reason I'm not anymore is because I like money
Back in the ‘90’s there was a player that had one. It appeared to be dried out and the inserts on the butt were not the percisio work you see today. They were hand cut and inlaI’d by hand. Today a lot of detail is performed utilizing a laser.I don't think a young player would ever buy one. If they had 10k to throw around on one, they'd buy a Black Boar or similar for that money. It's just a dated design that does not resonate with young players. IMO
If a 20 year was given a gift of 100k and they had to spend it on a car.... They would buy a new sports car, rather than a restored/modifed 1957 corvette for the same money. Its just styles and tastes change over the years.
Agreed.
The likelihood this is a question pertinent to anyone's pool would approaches zero.
What is the sale offer. Pictures please.
What?
I am a naysayer that is willing to put up cash to buy the cue if the price is right.