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« Reply #135 on: December 04, 2017, 02:25:08 PM »

Do you think all this snooker on telly will cause another boom?
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« Reply #136 on: December 04, 2017, 02:43:57 PM »

What a fabulous clearance by Dott to steal frame 5 and go 3-2 ahead.
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« Reply #137 on: December 04, 2017, 02:45:45 PM »

Oh Mr Red!

That old tip was a thing of perfection, it will take you 2 years to get the new one back into that shape!

I doubt there will be another boom but I do think there should be a Blonde Snooker Bash!
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« Reply #138 on: December 04, 2017, 02:54:43 PM »

Oh Mr Red!

That old tip was a thing of perfection, it will take you 2 years to get the new one back into that shape!

I doubt there will be another boom but I do think there should be a Blonde Snooker Bash!


The old tip had gone spongey Stuart.

Back in the day, I used to sit with a snooker ball in by hand, hammering away at a new tip, it reduces the playing-in period tenfold.
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« Reply #139 on: December 04, 2017, 03:54:31 PM »

Salvaged my cue, still as straight a die. (ash see, with good grain)

Needs a tip though. I have a box of Elk Masters, but it's a long time since I've put one on.



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I always preferred an Elk to a blue diamond. Bit softer and gave me more grip
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« Reply #140 on: December 04, 2017, 03:59:54 PM »

Salvaged my cue, still as straight a die. (ash see, with good grain)

Needs a tip though. I have a box of Elk Masters, but it's a long time since I've put one on.



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I always preferred an Elk to a blue diamond. Bit softer and gave me more grip


The Canadians used to use red tips that were as hard as iron. I think they were made out of old brake linings. I tried one once but I was terrified of it. When you hit the cue ball with it it made a sound like a bullet ricochetting off a bolder in a box canyon.
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« Reply #141 on: December 04, 2017, 05:03:02 PM »

I bet not many of you remember when we had to put tips on using 'wafers' and having to wait 24 hours for then to dry.




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« Reply #142 on: December 04, 2017, 05:42:24 PM »

Salvaged my cue, still as straight a die. (ash see, with good grain)

Needs a tip though. I have a box of Elk Masters, but it's a long time since I've put one on.



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I always preferred an Elk to a blue diamond. Bit softer and gave me more grip


The Canadians used to use red tips that were as hard as iron. I think they were made out of old brake linings. I tried one once but I was terrified of it. When you hit the cue ball with it it made a sound like a bullet ricochetting off a bolder in a box canyon.

They were known as "French tips" and although having a much harder feel they had terrific grip once you got used to them.

Canadian cues were almost all made of maple and that might have been a reason why those harder tips performed better.
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« Reply #143 on: December 04, 2017, 05:47:39 PM »

Salvaged my cue, still as straight a die. (ash see, with good grain)

Needs a tip though. I have a box of Elk Masters, but it's a long time since I've put one on.



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I always preferred an Elk to a blue diamond. Bit softer and gave me more grip


The Canadians used to use red tips that were as hard as iron. I think they were made out of old brake linings. I tried one once but I was terrified of it. When you hit the cue ball with it it made a sound like a bullet ricochetting off a bolder in a box canyon.

They were known as "French tips" and although having a much harder feel they had terrific grip once you got used to them.

Canadian cues were almost all made of maple and that might have been a reason why those harder tips performed better.

French tips eh? I didn't know that. You're right about the Maple cues, all the foreigners had them.
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« Reply #144 on: December 04, 2017, 05:51:21 PM »

I can find a picture of them now I know what they're called.

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This is what colour they went when you sanded them.


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« Reply #145 on: December 04, 2017, 08:03:14 PM »

I have yet to encounter a finer exponent of stating the obvious than the nonetheless likeable Mike Hallett.

I reckon he'd be perfect for radio commentary.
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« Reply #146 on: December 04, 2017, 09:35:54 PM »

Robertson v Joyce is another great match.

So many terrific performances from the underdogs.
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« Reply #147 on: December 05, 2017, 06:10:56 PM »

Yo, snookerati:

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56581.msg2211979#msg2211979

Let's hear your views on this tip, please.

Now old Willy Thorne his hair's all gone
And his mates all take the rise
His opponent said cover up his head
Cos it's shining in my eyes
When the light shines down on his bare crown
It's a cert he's gonna walk it
It's just not fair giving off that glare
'Perhaps I ought to chalk it
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« Reply #148 on: December 05, 2017, 06:54:20 PM »

I'm not very good at this photo malarkey but here's my cue - the tip seems okay despite not hitting a ball for a good fifteen years.

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« Reply #149 on: December 05, 2017, 06:55:22 PM »

That reminds me of one of Tikay's early heron pics.
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