Unique or Unsellable?
Mad or Bad?
Cool or Crazy?
Pro9 takes a look at the bizarre
Saturday 4 August 2007
The Yellowstone custom pool table
www.drawknife.com
We take a peek into the bizarre world of custom and unusual pool tables
All pool players dream of owning their own table, and if money was no object, perhaps you would consider a custom table too, but would you choose one of these creations?
Are they beautiful creations, uniquely reflecting their surroundings or the personality of their owner, or are they just bad taste pieces of junk, made for people with more money than sense, and not worthy of the wood and metal they are made from?
I guess only YOU can decide - "Read More..." for the details.
Heiron and Smith: Executive Pool Table / LCD / PS2
www.heironsmith.com.au
This beauty is the flagship of the range made by Australia's Heiron and Smith. It's 8 foot by four foot and features Italian slate, handmade pocket nets, and the world's finest cloth, but the best is yet to some. Built for the techie-mad, the table also features a side-mounted LCD TV, stereo with flat-panel speakers, PlayStation 2, storage racks, and even a mirrored bar.
ZigZag Pool Table
www.prime-leisure.com
Prime-Leisure are based in Mumbai, India, but have had considerable success exporting their more exotic tables to the US and the UK. You may have seen The Zigzag Table around at a convention or exhibition.
A real pool table made from ice!
www.iceworkshouston.com
You may have heard of some of the wonderful ice sculpture events that Absolut Vodka has hosted around the world. When they came to Houston for this year's Essence Festival, they called on IceWorks to create three incredible, regulation-size ice pool tables on which celebrities and guests actually shot pool with clear acrylic pool balls!
Right Angle Pool Table
www.prime-leisure.com
This is another of Prime Leisure's more unique models (they also make circular and hexagonal models, all suitable for unusual shaped rooms, and providing a game with a difference.
The Westerner Pool Table
www.celebritypooltables.com
This table boasts the fine look of an antique, without the dust and wear experienced by genuine aged tables, and yet the wheels are constructed in the finest wheel making tradition, just like 200 years ago. This table even rolls before the level and wheel blocks are set, and get this, you can upgrade it, so that it looks even more distressed!!!
The Atlantis
www.adlerpooltables.com
Adler Pool Tables are a custom pool table manufacturer, and their work ranges from the luxurious to the exotic. Here's an example of their radical designs.
The Adler Monarch 1870 Replica
www.adlerpooltables.com
The Monarch was one of the Brunswick Corporation's earliest offerings. The original 1870's table had a base of cast iron lions, painted black, with prominent features highlighted in Gold Leaf. This replica is true to the original, with cast iron lions and, at the customer's request, 24 carat gold plate.