The thai cue makers cheat slightly as well in the way that they make their cues, splicing machines, shorter shafts to make them stiffer then dowel inserted then lengthened to the required spec. That is also keeping their costs and wastage to a minimum which means they can make top cues for a lot less than UK based cue makers.
Like all things in life, we pay the price of living in an expensive country and costs of living mean that our cue makers are unable to make cues for the price the chinese and thai cue makers do.
Problem is, the cues you can get now from Thailand and even China are good enough for the vast majority of players, even many top pros are now going over to many of the Thai cue makers, I said this would happen some time back!
My belief is that the UK based cue makers will struggle once the chinese boom finishes and eventually we'll see most cues produced in the far east. Sooner or later a top pro is going to start winning things with a maximus or Ton Praram and then the chinese will be jumping all over that bandwagon.
Like all things in life, we pay the price of living in an expensive country and costs of living mean that our cue makers are unable to make cues for the price the chinese and thai cue makers do.
Problem is, the cues you can get now from Thailand and even China are good enough for the vast majority of players, even many top pros are now going over to many of the Thai cue makers, I said this would happen some time back!
My belief is that the UK based cue makers will struggle once the chinese boom finishes and eventually we'll see most cues produced in the far east. Sooner or later a top pro is going to start winning things with a maximus or Ton Praram and then the chinese will be jumping all over that bandwagon.
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