Who do you think made this?

[detroitman]

Just for a bit of fun, who do you think has made my new cue?

1pce Ash shaft
58"
9.6mm Tip
28mm Butt
16" balance point
plus 7 great chevrons on shaft that do not show up very well on camera.
All the best to all
Detroitman

[willytan]

I will have the first go on it.

It must be the great "John Parris".

[detroitman]

Hope This works another Pic

[jim evans]

dan shelton

[Freddie Ng]

Trevor White ??

[flame]

100% Dan Shelton i think .

[CeeJay147]

After a lot of in-depth thought, I think... A cuemaker made this cue!

[seedslim]

James Butters!

[detroitman]

This is who made it!

Hi all just to let you know it was made by Kevin at northwest Cues
and what a great guy he is!
He pulled out all the stops to get this made for me as he is really overwhelmed with work at the moment. He was also telling me that about 80% of orders are now coming for 1piece cues!!!!
I'll post some more pics on the correct place when I get to grips with photobucket.
Thanks to all
Detroitman

[cazmac1]

Balance point

Can anyone tell me why the accepted balance point seems to be 17 inch from the butt. Why is this when cue lenght varies and so does body shape and height, has the balance point always been 17inch or is this a modern day thing. I would expect some of the old cue collectors might have the answer.
Look forward to your replies.
Sorry for going off topic it's just I saw your cue has a balance point of 16

[jim evans]

cue balance

it might be that a lot of the old cues were a lot lighter 13-15 ounce and didnt need weight in them and thats were it worked out dont no for sure but thats my guess

[cazmac1]

I thought you had a lot of old cues Jim what do they come up as

[jim evans]

old cues

never realy checked balance of cues old ones but a lotof the early cues were lighter than now maily because it was billiards the heavier cues came in as snooker progressedafter 1900s would be my guess ile check someof the very early ones and see if i can shed some light because the early cues maces as such were very light so as they turn the mace into a cue shape they stayed fairly light and got heavier as more balls were introduced my opinion might be wrong

[cazmac1]

Cheers jim

[KeithinFrance]

A respected cuemaker once told me that the "ideal" balance point, customer's wants aside, is 17" for a 57" cue, 18" for a 58", 16.5" for a 56.5" cue etc. This way the cue is neither forward- nor butt-heavy but nicely balanced.

It sounds like a good explanation to me, and "feels" right when you pick up a cue with that sort of balance.

Hope this helps a little!