
These two items popped up on my news feed at the same time and I felt the coincidence warranted some coverage. The Building Character Etsy shop sells these wine stoppers made with billiard balls.

In a more impressive vein (how did they drill through them so perfectly?) Eleanor Salazar fashioned these unisex rings from mini billiard balls, creating some stylish jewelry from an unlikely source.
[via Dude Craft and Recyclart]










I make yoyo’s from billiard balls. https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/312049_2326798363958_1194458364_n.jpg
Instinctive Archer has had an article for years explaining how to make a thumb ring for archery – “Mongolian style” draw:
http://www.atarn.org/korean/IA_kr_2.htm
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