A phone conversation with "Mad Jake"
Yesterday I took a call from Jake at RnT II. As many of you know there are few topics of conversation that I enjoy as much as talking about the cups and balls. We talked for almost an hour and I learned a lot. Jake knows his shit and the idea of a set of perfect Phoenix Cups and Balls makes my dick hard. Not that there's anything wrong with the ones I made, but the notion of a higher quality product intrigues me.
I asked him about the crush factor wanting to make sure that they will be strong enough. He told me something interesting. He said that one of the men who turns the cups is in excess of 250 lbs. Jake said that nothing leaves their shop that he couldn't stand on without hurting it. I said, "You mean if I took the set of Paul Fox style cups I got from you and stood on it, I wouldn't hurt it". Jake said, "That's right!" Later in the evening while Scotty and Clifton were over I decided to give them the test. Jake was right. I stood on the cup and bounced a bit. Didn't hurt the cup at all; it nested perfectly over the others.
You got to like a cup that can take a licking. . . . and keep on tricking!
posted by Tom Frank at 5:57 PM
2 Comments:
IMHO, the Phoenix type cups/Bertram cups/Charlie Miller cups are THE cups to use, because of they look like *real* cups.
A lot of the very fine cups -and I do own an original Paul Fox set- don't really look like cups to the specs, they look like the cups on top of a termocan, they look like a 'bomb'
Nevertheless of course, they are great cups and widely admired, and stack perfectly and STRAIGHT without wobbling, however I still stick to the opinion, that a *cup* used for the C&Bs also should look like a cup, and the above 3 mentioned types are almost similar and do fullfill this goal.
HOWEVER, there is some slight discrepancy which I am not be happy with, and there is nothing that can be done about this I suppose, as it IS the shape that prevents that feature, and that is a perfcet STRAIGHT nest of the cups with or without 3 balls between/on top of one of the cups..
The cups simply tilt to one side and are so a bit wobbly..
That, IMHO, is the sole discrepancy and one can argue forth and back and actually it doesn't mean the slightest..
It's just a matter to get noticed by ppl like me that are a bit too picky re their props..
(The Cellini cups do the same wobble)
Just my opinion and comments..THESE cups are the best looking cups ever!
1:55 PM
Werner,
Jake has worked hard to correct ALL problems. These new cups will look the same, but correct these issues!
3:14 AM
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