Rasson has come in with a seemingly equivalent, though Chinese made equivalent, Gold Crowns have maintained a high level of desirability, but smaller furniture style makers including Olhausen which used to be considered a top maker has really lost a lot of market share/desirability. Probably a mental error, but I’ll hit balls much harder and almost take defensive pool out of the equation as nothing is as rewarding or defeating to be able to play a defensive shot with millimeter precision or have a defensive shot fail miserably due to poor equipment. The main thing is that Diamond has a proprietary leveling system so diamonds were much more true, would hold level and you could go from table to table and expect consistency.Įven small things, there was something that just felt like a different level of quality with a much more quiet ball return, matched wood racks, it kind of coincided with a big leveling up in my personal pool journey.įor me there’s something about a Valley that just can’t bring out the same level of pool as a Diamond. They also have a deeper shelf in the pocket, so pocket speed became much more important too. Manning shares how a Diamond Professional Pool Table is built from within Diamonds Factory. I ordered a 7 foot pro-am table with matching Diamond light from. ![]() David Dilley about Diamond Pro-Am Pool Table. These rubber facings are used on all Diamond Tables and are a genuine OEM replacement. Even with tighter pockets, 4.5” some pro-cut to 4.25” and some even tighter than that, the cue ball rolling and bouncing for seemingly ever and punishing players without knowledge of cue ball control with more missed shots and scratches, it was almost a different game than a furry Valley with 5” pockets. This Diamond Rail Facing Rubber Set is constructed with neoprene rubber and has a 60 Durometer rating. Now consider that I think Mosconi did it on an 8 foot table with 5 inch pockets.įor your casual player, any chance you had of getting lucky against a good player was basically gone. Just consider what Jayson Shaw and John Schmidt were able to do with the straight pool record. With the improvement in equipment and some innovations, the phenolic tip for break and jump cues being one of them and pretty much insisting that their tables be paired with sharp, extremely responsive rails and Simonis cloth, they changed the game. Diamond saw the opportunity to up the standard that coincided with the level of play going up a notch. Valley had its niche as the bar table standard. Brunswick was always a step up, though I didn’t really know it at the time, particularly Gold Crowns which was the tournament standard for years. I played many racks at a place that had Olhausen claw foot drop leather pockets and enjoyed my time there. ![]() ![]() Olhausen probably suffered the most from Diamond’s introduction and assumption as the king of the hill as far as the industry standard goes.
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