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  • #16
    It may have been custom made and shorter than normal .

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    • #17
      Agree with previous comments, the reason I prefer a 3/4 to a 1/2 is that the joint doesn't rip your chin off when you catch it on a stray stubble hair. :-)
      Steve Davis Technical Articles = https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...ilebasic?pli=1

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      • #18
        Sorry, messed up the multi quote...quoted from Qubit's post

        Well you did say that if someone wants a 16-17oz cue they should go for a 3/4. This I would very much disagree with. Thats really 1 piece territory for the most part.

        No, I said that a 3/4 is better than a 2pce, at that weight, for balance reasons. Read the title of this thread, it says '3/4 vs 1/2' no mention of 1pce cues.

        Go to parriscues.com and you'll see the challenge 3/4 model jointed at 12 inches, offered from 16-19 oz. They don't have a slimmer butt, and I guarrantee that they will have a less forward balance than a center joint cue of similar weight.

        19" is too far forward for you, but its not completely unreasonable.

        Perhaps not for you, but it is outside the 16-18 range that cuemakers recommend. I've tried cues with such a forward balance and not liked them.

        A lot of 1 piece cues when made up without any weighting have more forward balances than a lot of people like.

        Again- look at the thread title.

        A 2 piece can be tailored as well - some joints are heavier than others and would need more weight correction in the butt - joints can be made without brass faces hence less weight correction in the butt.

        They can but obviously you have less scope to remove weight from the join of a 1/2 cue (which has a huge influence due to leverage) than you do from the butt of a 3/4.

        Facts are for a standard 3/4 vs a std 2 piece (even a well balanced one) the 3/4 will on average be heavier.

        So what? A 3/4 cue can still be made light and with a better balance.

        It was such a simple point I made and entirely reasonable, not worth this much irritation.
        Last edited by eaoin11; 6 April 2010, 02:37 PM.
        Tear up that manure-fed astroturf!

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        • #19
          Originally Posted by hotpot View Post
          It may have been custom made and shorter than normal .
          Maybe I' wrong. I know he use Jp but not sure 3/4 or 1/2..

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          • #20
            Definitely a 3/4 muck

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            • #21
              Originally Posted by Freddie Ng View Post
              Bro hot.. but the case he use is for 1/2cue if not mistaken..
              i think it is a 5/8

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