Three cool stories from your older days.
Story #1 I lived in Rockwall about 18 years ago and CJ's was the only place I played. Nobody in Dallas who had a good cue would let anyone but Ben (I think that was his name) put a tip on their cue. He used to slam a tip with a small mallet and after he put it on your cue, you might have to dress mushrooming once, and that was it. No layered tips back then, but some players actually glued one tip on top of another. Do you know what became of Ben?
Story #2 I traded cues with you once. You have a few Danny Stout cues in the case in your poolhall and I really liked one of them. I traded a brand new Joss for it. I played with that Stout, but traded it away about 10 years ago. Always wanted to get it back, but never knew where it ended up. About a year ago, I was at Bogies in Houston and one of my buddies, who trades cues pretty regularly, came to show me a new cue he had picked up. It was the Stout I had traded for with you. It is his playing cue.
Story #3. I was introduced to a guy near New Orleans who had collected cues and was interested in selling or trading a few. I ended up making a trade for a couple, and wanted to make a second trade, but unfortunately the guy died of a hear attack and his wife would not sell any of the cues he had left. One of the cues was the other cue Bludworth had made for you to try out with the same design as the one you picked. From what I was told, Blud made 2 or three and gave you pick of the litter? Would be neat to know where the cue is now.
