Sorry about this, but... Peradon?

[felipecocco]

So I've scrambled around for opinions on Peradons on this forum but they are rather scarce, and the few threads dedicated to Peradon quickly digress into discussions of other brands. Also, it seems that people very often end up buying their lower end cues (like the century).Anyone who owns one of their hand-spliced cues (Royal, Earl, Pro...) have anything to say about them?

[mattyuk]

Ive only had the Ascot 3/4. It got sticky so much that I changed cues. I would say they have really good shafts but they ruin them with cheap varnish.

[poolqjunkie]

One of my friend got one machine spliced model with the joint about the spliced points.
After a while, the grains above and below the joint no longer lined up, and it was discovered that the ebony was painted on.
The cue hits fine though, and the price was very very good.

[alfonsogomez]

I recently bought a Peradon Esprit cue with a free case from Topcue.co.uk for £34.99 incl. P&P as I didn't want to spend much for a first cue. The quality is very good for the price they offer!

[ADR147]

if you use the cue wizard site peradon provide a nice cue.

[LWB]

I've used a few from cuewizard, they are not bad, but you're looking at a starting price of about £80 I believe for a machine spliced cue.

My mate got one which we refer to as 'the Bamboo', one piece maple with no splices. I never felt it before my mate sanded it to take the finish off.

Another mate got a 1 piece standard ash ebony, hand spliced. Feels solid enough but then it's 23oz!

[Harv]

I have a Handspliced Peradon which I got through their cue wizard thing. Had it about 6 years now.

The finish could be better, but apart from that I can't fault it. Lovely cue

[mattyuk]

I thought you gt it re-finished off Mike, Harv?

[Harv]

I did. Its much, much better now. As i said its a great cue but the finish (from peradon) could be better.

[mattyuk]

Oh I see. You'd think with the Cue Wizard app they wouldnt ruin it with varnish and just oil it.

[felipecocco]

I yesterday got a Peradon Earl and I have to say that I am EXTREMELY pleased with it. The cue hits very true - feels nice and firm, splices are good, lots of feedback. The big argument seems to be about the finish. Indeed, they did varnish the shaft and at first its not an issue, but since I have sweaty hands after a couple hours of play it gets VERY, VERY sticky; I had to literally wipe it down after every 2-3 shots.

However, today I bought a cheap-o glove to see what it'd do to the stickiness problem, and it solved it completely. Played for an entire afternoon and the shaft ran very smoothly the entire time. Thanks everyone for letting me know about the varnish, and for those thinking about buying it, certainly consider the Peradon if:

1) You wouldn't mind sanding the varnish and putting an oil finish yourself.
2) Wear a glove
3) Pay an extra 15pounds and have the re-finish done by Peradon (Quote given to me by Peradon themselves)

Of course this is all for their off-the-shelf models. Not sure how these things work out with the cue wizard.

[mattyuk]

sorry mate, but surely you cant use a glove for snooker...?

[TheStranger]

sorry mate, but surely you cant use a glove for snooker...?

Although it's primarily used in American pool, I would think that a bridge hand glove would also be usable in snooker, for those who feel they need it due to cue stickiness.

[Watford]

It's not usable for snooker or UK pool because you wouldn't be able to play over the noise of everyone laughing at you and calling you names!

I had a Peradon Regency: OK varnished at bottom not great but alright!
Got two friends with Royals: Both now broken played a bit with one and was nice cue before ferrule broke off, now a bit short. That cue was the reason I got a Peradon. I was much younger then though. Before I became a cue geek!
Two mates with Kings: one very back heavy other one has warped badly.
One friend with a custom one piece: Very nice cue one of the top ten cues I've seen ever and I've seen a lot of cues.
As I have said very many times before; Peradon make a lot of cues. Some will be good, some will be bad. That’s what happens when you mass produce!

[felipecocco]

I used to play American pool before snooker, so I was somewhat used to playing with a glove. Perhaps because the shaft is somewhat smaller, I found it slightly less comfortable to play snooker with a glove. However, not only do I get a very nice glide from it, I have INCREDIBLY sweaty hands - I even played with a friend's JP cue and was still bothered by stickiness after a while. I do admit, however, that optimally I wouldn't be wearing the glove.