Getting The Shaft

[HawaiianEye]

Informative article on how new-fangled shafts came about.

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[Rusty in Montana]

Darn good information about shafts I'm a fan of my Predator cues and 314 -2 shafts .

 

[YoungAtHeart]

Thanks. Great article.

 

[breeno]

what a great read - thanks

 

[garczar]

The 'Owen' mentioned in that article is Don Owen not Bob. He is the 'O' in OB shafts.

 

[AtLarge]

That article, and the one below it about Titus and McCarty, are from the April, 2019 issue.

 

[jay helfert]

The 'Owen' mentioned in that article is Don Owen not Bob. He is the 'O' in OB shafts.

Thanks for that. I went to school with Don at OU in the early to mid 60's. He graduated and I didn't. I started my own little food business there my Sophomore year and was soon making more money than the professors. That was the end of college for me.

Don was a good pool player too, second only to Tom Fisher from St. Louis who went on to become a top level poker player in Vegas. I think Don's best game was Straight Pool. but he played good 9-Ball as well. Dick Lane from Texas was the best college player I ever saw.