What do you think about this shaft?

[poolqjunkie]

Just curious, what do you think about the chevrons on this shaft--2 even chevrons on the front, and 1 on the back.
Thank you.

[cue1]

I personally prefer 4-6 evenly spaced chevrons on the top side of the cue & none on the back (where the cue makes contact with my bridge)! The cue looks lovely though & I know a few people that actually prefer the fewer number of chevrons:snooker:

[cazmac1]

I don't care how many chevrons their are but they must be straight. I use the chevrons for aiming and if they are not stright or facing directly up when I hold the cue with the flat facing up I can't use the cue. I find that with an ash cue that if the grain is not straight it can give the impression that your twisting the cue, and some times even make the cue look like it's bent.

[cazmac1]

To answer your question directly. I think I could pay with this cue easly. The shaft has one nice straight chevron and thats fine for me.
With regards to the chevrons I'm only interested in whats you can see when in the shot position.

[flame]

Yes, I know most people prefer 4-6 or even 8 chevrons.
On the other hand, I know some folks who believe fewer chevrons means better playability, or they just like the look of a cleaner looking shaft.
This shaft plays with a very good responsive and a lively hit by the way. This cue is only 55" but does not feel too stiff.
I personally do not believe number of chevrons is related to playability in anyway. Of all the shafts I have handled, there were very dense and firm shafts with many chevrons and very soft and light shafts with just 1-2 chevrons; there were heartwood with lots of chervons and sapwood with few chevrons--and vice versa.
But as look is also very important, I really want to hear what you folks think.
Thank you.

i thought that the number or chevrons was important(for sighting whilst playing your shot)so i bought a cue that had 13 evenly spaced chevrons(awesome looking shaft(JP Exclusive)to my specs)but in my opinion, it doesn't matter how nice the cue looks,it is how it plays for you personally,I was conscious of trying to look down the line of the chevrons at first,but when i played naturally i didn't even notice them.So i have tried different cues until i am happy with my present cue.My own view is that if you are looking at the pattern on the cue, you are looking in the wrong place(this is my opinion)The perfect situation would be a beautiful looking cue that played exactly as you wanted.

[hotpot]

I,m not particularly fussy about the amount of chevrons or whether they,re evenly spaced , or whether there is a boat design on the cue , but this is too plain for my liking .

[cazmac1]

People sight the ball in many different ways. I find that looking at the cue before flicking the eyes to the white gives you a true indication as to where your stricking the white ball, as your eyes can put the tip to where you want to hit the white but when you deliver the cue it will revert back to its true line. In my opinon this is the case for all cues ash or maple. I also like to add that ronnie reportly uses the chevrons to aid aiming and the great joe davis also says that you should look at the cue when sighting.

[Raldon]

For me it is better when there is no grain at the area where the shaft is on my bridge. In this case i would play the cue upside down.

[Freddie Ng]

Somehow a little too few for me.. like chevron with evenly space up. :snooker:

[Straight strike]

I would rather look at the functional aspect of a shaft instead of how it looks. I just wonder why you are so asking?

[GeorgeNg]

It would be too few chevrons for one likes ASH including myself. Five to seven would be the optimal in my case.

[888]

Just curious, what do you think about the chevrons on this shaft--2 even chevrons on the front, and 1 on the back.
Thank you.

Very nice grains there, i like the front which badge facing up with only 2 chevrons then about for badge facing down, i'm personally prefer w/o chevrons, between totally blank with straight lines

[old school]

From an aestetic point of view chevrons are important but from a playing point of view shaft characteristics are more impotant.I suppose that if you are a "confidence"player having the best looking shaft in the house would help mentally and we all know how important the mental aspect of the game is.I would point out that ash is not the only timber used for cues,as I am sure you are aware,maple is used by some of the top snooker players and almost exclusively in variations of pool e.g. American.Chevrons are used by some as an aiming aid but I think it was a fellow Canadian of yours,Terry Davidson,that questioned this practice in a post "cant get used to ash".His comments on aiming techniques also bear up.I have used ash.maple,hornbeam and pear as playing cues and as you know the last three timbers have little or no visible grain and I can still pot a ball so if I can theres hope for everyone.

[poolqjunkie]

This is Richard's cue and he loves it. He does not care too much about whether there are 6 or 1 chevrons. He played in a tournament recently, lost it, then had the cue shortened from 57" to 55" (he has been playing with 55" for a long time) and he said it is perfect for him now.
I have never built a cue with 2 chevrons only. I dont think it has anything to do with the way the cue plays per se but just never really used it.
But this shaft is very lively and responsive, and not too sitff, which is what Richard liked so we were like, "why not?"
I started this thread just trying to seek opinion in terms of the look of the arrows. Basically, just interested in finding more about what customers look for and like in a shaft, that is all.
Thank you.

[cazmac1]

As I said earlier, I would be happy to play with this cue. Its a very nice piece of ash
Hi poolqjunkie, I've just gone from 57 to 56 and think I could go to 55, I'm 5'11 how tall is you friend richard. The more I learn about cues the less I know.