Alternative Cue Materials

[WHolmes]

Are there other materials that cues can be made of? Carbon Fiber maybe?

[guernseygooner]

A guy called Michael Duffy from N Ireland played with a black graphite cue. He was very good and turned pro.

[pottr]

I won a youth tournament once and the prize was a custom made carbon fibre cue...

What an absolute piece of ****e it was...

[justf]

Mate had a aluminium cue. Horrible to play with. Think u can still get them if u look.

[WHolmes]

I won a youth tournament once and the prize was a custom made carbon fibre cue...

What an absolute piece of ****e it was...

what was the weight like on it? because carbon fibre is known for being super light

[DeanH]

Alternative Cue Materials

the old carbon fibre cues were a wood core wrapped in a thin carbon fibre sheet.
A friend has an old one and at the ferrule you can see the wood inside after years of him rubbing the ferrule and shaft.
Not sure if there were cues 100% carbon fibre. maybe US pool cues ?

[pottr]

I had it made to my specs so it was 19oz

It was the hit... all wrong from it.

[pottr]

This one never had wood in it... It was cut down so that a kid in the club could play with it.

[zach123]

i know jim evans made a cue completely from purple heart wood

[billabong]

i know jim evans made a cue completely from purple heart wood

I think that was Jim Black.
Purpleheart shaft with ebony.
Nice cue too, imho

[zach123]

oh yeah probably was trying to remember from seeing something a few months back. I know he said it was a good player

[vmax4steve]

I've got some beech that I'm going to make a cue/s with. Had the wood for six months now in the form of 35mm square blanks and it hasn't moved at all so fingers crossed.
Similar to maple but pinkish in colour rather than white.

[pottr]

My Granddad plays with a cue that has a beech shaft.

[WHolmes]

someone should just taper a broom handle and use that

[fredkite]

http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.u...1983-5236/8222