Magazine with best pictures/coverage of high end cues?

[glaze]

What pool magazine has the best pictures and coverage of high end pool cues and pool cue makers interviews? I'm on Searing and Hercek's pool cue order waiting lists, so I'd like to see a variety of high end pool cue designs to help with what I order in a few years from these two makers.

I've been playing pool for twenty years and have never subscribed to a pool magazine. Today I went into Borders and they did not have one magazine on pool or billiards in the place. When I asked they told me they did not carry any at all. Three years ago they didn't have poker magazines either, but now they carry two.

Thanks

Mike

 

[Harold Smith]

Cue Mags

I think the name of one is American Cueist or something like that. Might want to check with the Cuemakers Association.---Harold Smith

 

[JAM]

What pool magazine has the best pictures and coverage of high end pool cues and pool cue makers interviews? I'm on Searing and Hercek's pool cue order waiting lists, so I'd like to see a variety of high end pool cue designs to help with what I order in a few years from these two makers.

I've been playing pool for twenty years and have never subscribed to a pool magazine. Today I went into Borders and they did not have one magazine on pool or billiards in the place. When I asked they told me they did not carry any at all. Three years ago they didn't have poker magazines either, but now they carry two.

Mike, there are four pool mags/newsletters which stand out in my mind currently: InsidePOOL http://www.insidepoolmag.com, Pool and Billiard Magazine http://www.poolmag.com, Billiards Digest http://www.billiardsdigest.com, and the National Billiard News. Some of the OLDER issues of several of the above-referenced magazines offer a great deal of interesting details about cue-makers and sticks.

Within the past several years, Fred Agnir, who posts on this forum, has provided in-depth coverage of cue-makers and their wares, past and present, for InsidePOOL magazine.

Cue sticks are of great interest to many pool folk, as reflected by its own designated category on this very forum. I met a fellow from Oklahoma a few years ago who told me he has a mega-million-dollar collection of sticks in his home and is still acquiring rare cues and other odds and ends to add to his already stellar collection.

One of my co-workers plays on an 8-ball league and has a table in her basement. She asked me if there was anywhere she could buy a pool magazine because, like you, she too didn't see anything out there available. I gave her a couple copies of some duplicates I had, and she was tickled pink.

Sometimes it seems like we pool folk must live in an underground society because, in mainstream America, there is absolutely zilch available for pool enthusiasts in the general market. Yet, the majority of the pool-playing public, as we all know, are generally social shooters and league members. Maybe the pool media should be targeting mainstream America by having a stronger presence in the amateur and league arenas since that is where the masses are. I know InsidePOOL is present at most of the high-profile events offering FREE copies of their magazine.

Personally, I think the above-referenced mags offer in-depth coverage of a wide variety of topics, but each is unique in its character. I believe InsidePOOL magazine provides the best coverage of competitive events, targeting not only the high-profile ones, but as well the amateurs, leagues, and regional tours. JMHO, FWIW!

JAM

 

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What pool magazine has the best pictures and coverage of high end pool cues and pool cue makers interviews? I'm on Searing and Hercek's pool cue order waiting lists, so I'd like to see a variety of high end pool cue designs to help with what I order in a few years from these two makers.

I've been playing pool for twenty years and have never subscribed to a pool magazine. Today I went into Borders and they did not have one magazine on pool or billiards in the place. When I asked they told me they did not carry any at all. Three years ago they didn't have poker magazines either, but now they carry two.

Thanks

Mike

it's not a magazine but you could pick up a bluebook 3 at amazon that goes into detail on the different cue makers. it also gives their contact information and has a color section with a lot of nice cues.
american cueist is no longer published.

 

[Cornerman]

What pool magazine has the best pictures and coverage of high end pool cues and pool cue makers interviews? I'm on Searing and Hercek's pool cue order waiting lists, so I'd like to see a variety of high end pool cue designs to help with what I order in a few years from these two makers.

Are you looking specifically for a magazine? How about the Blue Book II or Blue Book III? They're chock full of interviews and photos of higher end cues. From there, you could always check out the cuemakers' websites.

I don't know what Pool & Billiard Magazine has to offer, but Martyne Bachman (or however she now spells it) writes a cuemaker article for Billiards Digest. And InsidePOOL has a monthly cue maker article called the Cue Makers Corner.

FWIW, if I were you, I wouldn't bother looking at other people's work if you're looking at Dennis and Joel.

Fred

 

[Timberly]

Personally, I think the above-referenced mags offer in-depth coverage of a wide variety of topics, but each is unique in its character. I believe InsidePOOL magazine provides the best coverage of competitive events, targeting not only the high-profile ones, but as well the amateurs, leagues, and regional tours. JMHO, FWIW!

JAM

I agree and would like to point out something that I noticed about three yrs ago. It was the first time I had been to VF and I had not been to a pool tournament or even seen a pool player or magazine in 5 or 6 yrs at that point. I was taking it all in, enjoying every moment and I had a copy of all the magazines that were being given out so that I could try to catch up with the pool world. There was one very noticable difference within the magazines... Inside POOL had very clear, very nice photographs and the others did not. I remember being very surprised that the othe magazines would've used the photo's that they did... they actaully used blurred photographs. Glaze, they don't focus on just cues but their photographs are heads above the rest.

 

[X Breaker]

The Billiards magazines in Japan are amazing. It has very nice pictures, lots of informative articles, and is about two times thicker than BD or IP.
What suprised is for a place like Taiwan where good pool players are a dime a dozen, I have never seen any pool magazines. Is there any?
There was a US magazine called the Billiards retailers, is it still around?

Richard

 

[glaze]

The Billiards magazines in Japan are amazing. It has very nice pictures, lots of informative articles, and is about two times thicker than BD or IP.
What suprised is for a place like Taiwan where good pool players are a dime a dozen, I have never seen any pool magazines. Is there any?
There was a US magazine called the Billiards retailers, is it still around?

Richard

I do not have a copy of any Japan billiards magazines, but I do have a copy of the #1 selling Japan guitar magazine. That magazine has incredible photos in it and it is twice as thick as any American guitar magazine. American guitar magazines have great photos also. The style the Japan magazine has is so much different than the American stuff so it's very interesting to look at.

Mike

 

[glaze]

Mike, there are four pool mags/newsletters which stand out in my mind currently: InsidePOOL http://www.insidepoolmag.com, Pool and Billiard Magazine http://www.poolmag.com, Billiards Digest http://www.billiardsdigest.com, and the National Billiard News. Some of the OLDER issues of several of the above-referenced magazines offer a great deal of interesting details about cue-makers and sticks.

Within the past several years, Fred Agnir, who posts on this forum, has provided in-depth coverage of cue-makers and their wares, past and present, for InsidePOOL magazine.


Sometimes it seems like we pool folk must live in an underground society because, in mainstream America, there is absolutely zilch available for pool enthusiasts in the general market. Yet, the majority of the pool-playing public, as we all know, are generally social shooters and league members. Maybe the pool media should be targeting mainstream America by having a stronger presence in the amateur and league arenas since that is where the masses are. I know InsidePOOL is present at most of the high-profile events offering FREE copies of their magazine.



JAM

Jam

Several people are mentioning InsidePool magazine. Searching for a pool magazine today was like searching for a poker magazine three years ago. You just could not find something like that in the big book store chains. I would agree with your statment of 'underground society'. It's just not popular with the general public in main stream America or you would be able to find these magazines everywhere. Now golf magazines, hey there is a choice of ten or so different golf magazines in Borders. If there was one game most of the people I work with play it would be golf, so it seems golf is the game most American guy's of all age ranges are really into percentage wise. I'm not into golf. I'm into pool, poker and playing electric guitar.

Mike

 

[glaze]

Are you looking specifically for a magazine? How about the Blue Book II or Blue Book III? They're chock full of interviews and photos of higher end cues. From there, you could always check out the cuemakers' websites.

I don't know what Pool & Billiard Magazine has to offer, but Martyne Bachman (or however she now spells it) writes a cuemaker article for Billiards Digest. And InsidePOOL has a monthly cue maker article called the Cue Makers Corner.

FWIW, if I were you, I wouldn't bother looking at other people's work if you're looking at Dennis and Joel.

Fred

Fred

I'll pick up a copy of Blue Book III. InsidePool sounds like the magazine I would be most interested in. Dennis and Joel can make me whatever I want, I know. I've seen stunning pool cues made by these two makers. I actually would like to see fancy inlays from several different makers to get ideas for what I end up ordering from Dennis and Joel. I will not get a pool cue from Dennis for three years and I will not get one from Joel for seven years, so I have some time to think about it.

Thanks

Mike