Hand made cues in ebony or cocobolo

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Hand made solid wood cues crafted from well seasoned and specially selected hard wood. These cues are fully jointed and the shafts are made from dense American ash which has been chosen carefully for its distinctive chevron patterns. These cues are not artificially weighted or stained. The butts are made from dense hardwood of either black ebony or cocobolo (neither of which float in water due to their high density) and the emphasis is on density rather than weight. The choice of material for the butt gives them a well balanced natural weight providing a better feel delivering more power and enhanced control to the shot. The ebony butt shown has a Celtic style gold inlay pattern while the cocobolo butt has an inlaid 22 carat solid gold disc of about 3mm thick. The ebony butted cue weighs 20.6oz, measures 60 inches (152cm) long, has a 9.5mm Legends soft tip with a titanium ferrule. The cocobolo butted cue weighs 22oz measures 60 inches (152cm) long, has a 9.5mm Legends soft tip with a titanium ferrule. These cues can be made to order with a choice of weight, length and other variations to suit your needs as I appreciate personal and individual preferences should be your choice. However, it is worth noting that the emphasis is on “feel” to get more consistency during break building. These cues have been crafted using a very protected method and technique to perfectly centre their force vectors so that they tend not to impart “throw” on the cue ball during play. If you check out Chris Henry and his light weight training ball then you will appreciate that it isn’t just about “finding the centre of the cue ball” it is also to do with cue control. I have identified through many years of research with professional and top amateurs players that three main opposing influences affect perfect cue control in order to eliminate “elevation”, “flutter” or “vibration” and “twist” during delivery to the cue ball. Because these cues have been crafted with their longitudinal centre of mass aligned that means that all of the weight derived from the force starts at the dead centre of the butt and finishes exactly bang in the centre of the tip. If this is not the case then it tends to apply an off-centred force down towards the tip creating “throw” or “elevation” (a bit like trying to deliver a projectile using something shaped like a banana). The effect of “flutter” or “vibration” has been closely monitored with certain professional players particularly during a powerful screw shot where the cue ball is being struck very low. If you observe most professional players when striking the cue ball low using power their cues tips do not flex. In this respect these cues do not flex under the power of the cue or the weight of the cue ball being struck low but stay on line thereby not causing any misalignment of the cue ball during its travel to the object ball. Under close observation and many hours of slow motion footage of good players delivering power very low to the cue ball evidence shows that because of cue flex the cue ball literally lifts off the table and fails to retain traction with the cloth. I have witnessed all cues of inferior design to flex and this causes a lot of missed shots. It is for this reason that good players are able to launch their cues at the cue ball and achieve full length of the table deep screw shots and never miss the pot. The game is hard enough without having to introduce errors due to cue dynamics. Most cues are mass produced using cheaper inferior wood and then artificial weight is then added later by drilling the wood and filling with lead. This alters the dynamics of the cue and changes delivery during a shot. The pro snooker champs saying is “let the cue do the work” but imagine designing a torpedo which is not balanced correctly and launching it to its intended target; so as discussed with all the throw and other imbalances it is going to end up miles way from its destination. The natural weight and the vector alignment of forces are all important because during delivery to get extra power every player I have witnessed at the last split second of cue tip to cue ball contact grips the cue harder which twists the cue off central alignment and hence imparts unnatural or unwanted side onto the cue ball at the critical contact time. Since these cues are naturally weighted and force alignment is longitudinally central the power transmits from the cue more precisely during delivery to contact time. In other words these cues define “cue power” from the force of the cue not unnaturally forced by the player. They promote more accuracy over practice time because you are able to afford a lighter and more “professional grip” rather than using a forced action. From this and in this respect the saying is “its not the cue its the player” and “a bad workman always blames his tools” sorry but the harsh facts are it is all about the cue and you might get lucky and get a perfect cheap cue but why risk years of failure when you know top players never play with cheap rubbish

Posted: 8 days ago

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