Cue brands among the top 16?

[mike.crowe]

I think he should do the same to his shoes....being only 5ft 3" !!! lol

[jb134]

Interesting discussion this. I have always thought that you just can't get better than old timber.

Given the number of class old cues out there with 11/12mm tips, is there any reason why such a shaft could not be given a modern taper by a current cuemaker?

As such I believe such a shaft would be better than anything "new" as it has already spent 80-100 years being a cue.

Of course I could be entirely wrong, opinions guys?

[The Doctor]

Ronnie is still using the H&O. John Higgins does have the arrows near the top of the cue pointing towards him as opposed to goint toward the tip. Mark Allen also has this type of grain pattern.

[Mr O]

Did you see how far the name disc was up on the butt of the cue . Looks like he has added a bit on the butt .

Ye looks nice though from what you can see, just wondered if it was a Uk cue, maybe one of the chinese members would know

[ralphsnookerlobby]

this is a hunt snooker cue.

[cox orange pippin]

During the Davis match, I was looking at Higgins' cue and the splicing looked very sharp, like a machine splice. Were my eyes deceiving me?

[Freddie Ng]

No..not machine splice..

[The Doctor]

John has had the butt of his cue re-spliced several times, as he likes to tinker with the length, but it is definitely hand spliced ebony.

[Watford]

Has he tinkered with it since he got the North West cue???????

The answer to are my eyes deceiving me would yes they are deceiving you

[The Doctor]

He has tinkered with it loads of times.

[gettingbetter]

How do you take splices off?

[gettingbetter]

Anyone know what Lisowski, McGill and Thanawat use?

[Neil Taperell]

Anthony McGill uses a John Parris Exclusive .

[sunny3909]

Correct me if I am wrong but I read that Anthony Macgill uses Will Hunt maple cue.

[The Doctor]

He did but over a year ago switched to an ash Parris.