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Used to play with a Peradon 1 pc ash years ago but moved to the convenience of a two piece cue when I started playing more pool than snooker.
I have also been through a lot of cues both pool and snooker and luckily I have my own small shop for repairs and the odd build so I can experiment.
I had been using one butt with different shafts for both games but never totally satisfied with the results as I feel I need an ounce or two less for the smaller balls or I lose my finesse and feel.
I tried many different joints but never got that solid one piece hit.
So I had an idea to build myself a new snooker cue using a 6 piece radial laminated blank married to an ebony butt via threaded and glued long tenon essentially eliminating the center joint, 3/4 jointed at 16" using phenolic collars to do away with the brass metal feel.
I also used my own superlight super strong alloy ferrule to reduce deflection.
Honestly and truly without bias this thing is unreal, solid well balanced no weird noises just a great one piece feel. It naturally weighs in at 18oz on the dot (not sure how that happened :smile
Anyway I just wanted to share this story that to me there is something special about the way a one piece cue hits and this is as close as it gets, just need to bung in the thread for the extension.
I have also been through a lot of cues both pool and snooker and luckily I have my own small shop for repairs and the odd build so I can experiment.
I had been using one butt with different shafts for both games but never totally satisfied with the results as I feel I need an ounce or two less for the smaller balls or I lose my finesse and feel.
I tried many different joints but never got that solid one piece hit.
So I had an idea to build myself a new snooker cue using a 6 piece radial laminated blank married to an ebony butt via threaded and glued long tenon essentially eliminating the center joint, 3/4 jointed at 16" using phenolic collars to do away with the brass metal feel.
I also used my own superlight super strong alloy ferrule to reduce deflection.
Honestly and truly without bias this thing is unreal, solid well balanced no weird noises just a great one piece feel. It naturally weighs in at 18oz on the dot (not sure how that happened :smile
Anyway I just wanted to share this story that to me there is something special about the way a one piece cue hits and this is as close as it gets, just need to bung in the thread for the extension.
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