Old Bar Table
My table is an old bar table. It takes 2 dimes. It is a 1941 Valley and has a single piece slate. It is great for practice as it has tight pockets, 2 1/4 inches, unlike the bar tables today. The guy I bought it from said it had ivory balls and was in good shape.
He emailed me a pic and the balls didn't look like ivory to me. I took an ivory Q ball just to prove to him wrong. When I got there I was not a happy camper. The balls were definately not ivory, just old yellowed balls. There was also a large dark brown spot on the cloth that was just the size of that old cast iron skillet that was hung in the kitchen. 
Believe it or not, from 1941 till 2004, it still had the original cloth and rails. How he could say it was is good shape was beyond my ability to understand. Two rails had stripped screws and could b wiggeled by hand. The rubber was mush. The cloth was faded out and had a number of cigeratte burns and what appeared to b a coffee spill. I told him about the cloth and rails and he said they worked great and that he and his buddies shot on it all the time. He threw a ball against a rail and u could hear a sickening "thud". 
The only good thing was that the cabinet was in great shape. No scrapes knicks or damage and still had a great original finish. Basically as new! How that could b was amazing.
Eventually I bought the table and got new rails and 860 Simonis cloth (no slow nap for me). Now it looks great. When we took off the old cloth it had a white, what appeared to b thin canvas backing. The cloth/canvas was so rotted that it came off in peices. When anyone comes to shoot, the 2 dime slot amazes them and they always ask how old it is.
My table is an old bar table. It takes 2 dimes. It is a 1941 Valley and has a single piece slate. It is great for practice as it has tight pockets, 2 1/4 inches, unlike the bar tables today. The guy I bought it from said it had ivory balls and was in good shape.
He emailed me a pic and the balls didn't look like ivory to me. I took an ivory Q ball just to prove to him wrong. When I got there I was not a happy camper. The balls were definately not ivory, just old yellowed balls. There was also a large dark brown spot on the cloth that was just the size of that old cast iron skillet that was hung in the kitchen. Believe it or not, from 1941 till 2004, it still had the original cloth and rails. How he could say it was is good shape was beyond my ability to understand. Two rails had stripped screws and could b wiggeled by hand. The rubber was mush. The cloth was faded out and had a number of cigeratte burns and what appeared to b a coffee spill. I told him about the cloth and rails and he said they worked great and that he and his buddies shot on it all the time. He threw a ball against a rail and u could hear a sickening "thud". The only good thing was that the cabinet was in great shape. No scrapes knicks or damage and still had a great original finish. Basically as new! How that could b was amazing.Eventually I bought the table and got new rails and 860 Simonis cloth (no slow nap for me). Now it looks great. When we took off the old cloth it had a white, what appeared to b thin canvas backing. The cloth/canvas was so rotted that it came off in peices. When anyone comes to shoot, the 2 dime slot amazes them and they always ask how old it is.
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