Pool Ball Collecting.

[Rubik's Cube]

Believe me, that’s a sight nobody wants to see.

 

[Floyd_M]

Believe me, that’s a sight nobody wants to see.

How's that US Flag 8Ball, using it?

 

[ipoppa33]

Finally got around to getting a couple pictures of an old set of Hyatt balls and a picture I picked up. Thanks for looking.

The back of the pic-

 

[Boxcar]

Great stuff! Thank you. I think the centerless grinding phase had two stages. I think this is Stage 1. The balls went from finished centerless grinding (virtually polished) to the buffing/polishing line and then to the boxes and out the door.

 

[Rubik's Cube]

The US Flag 8 ball, Mr F?

Apologies, sir, but you have stumped me with that one. Forgive me if we have talked about it before, but I have forgotten.

 

[Rubik's Cube]

Great contribution, Ipoppa!

Sincere thanks for sharing, sir.

 

[Floyd_M]

The US Flag 8 ball, Mr F?

Apologies, sir, but you have stumped me with that one. Forgive me if we have talked about it before, but I have forgotten.

OH, my oops.
I had 3 pages up and posted to you instead of Chuck Jones.

 

[Rubik's Cube]

No worries, Mr F.

I’ve done exactly the same thing many times, dear fellow.

 

[Rubik's Cube]

 

[ChuckJones1987]

OH, my oops.
I had 3 pages up and posted to you instead of Chuck Jones.

Hey Floyd!

I think you have me confused with someone else! If you sold a US flag 8 ball, I may have just been the middleman for a friend

 

[Floyd_M]

Hey Floyd!

I think you have me confused with someone else! If you sold a US flag 8 ball, I may have just been the middleman for a friend

That got me stumped, so I searched my messages.
YUP, was someone else.
''Memories, woah woah woah memories.'' (Danny Divito - TAXI)

Thanks
.

 

[Boxcar]

It was built by ABB Co. Has anybody ever seen the rest of the set? Thank you.

 

[Rubik's Cube]

I’m so sorry, Mr B. I’m drawing a blank, dear chap.

 

[WilliamK]

Ball galleries: https://forums.azbilliards.com/album.php?albumid=2574

Custom designs: https://forums.azbilliards.com/album.php?albumid=2653

These links are broken.

 

[Rubik's Cube]

Thank you, William.

I have amended the signature, sir.

 

[Rubik's Cube]

Boxcar won’t thank me for mentioning this, but he is one of the most knowledgeable historians of phenolic pool ball evolution I have ever encountered… and I’ve been in the business a long time.

Sincere thanks for being part of our little community here on AZB, dear fellow.

 

[Boxcar]

Dear Friends,

I am looking for this set. Your help in locating it would be greatly appreciated. Best, Boxcar

 

[Rubik's Cube]

Another awesome set, Mr B.

The plastic tray with the gulley underneath the balls reminds me of the style used by Aramith in the 1970s and early 1980s. What do you think, sir?

Also, and this is a wild guess, do you think this set might be larger than 2.25 inches and perhaps designed for Russian Pyramid? I only raise this, admittedly slim, possibility as a similar modern set exists. I’ll endeavour to find an image and post it up.

 

[Rubik's Cube]

 

[Rubik's Cube]

My guess about the Russian Pyramids is probably wide of the mark as the number discs appear comparatively smaller against the larger balls, but perhaps still an earlier variant?

I doubt it, but just throwing the possibility out there.