Terms..

[Gavo]

Hi, im some what a noob at snooker lol, i used to play abit but nothing majour. Ive read a few different "sayings" so to speak. What do they all mean?
Feathering
ferrule
splice
mini butt?

There are plenty more but i can remember them at the moment lol.
Anyone know any other words i should know?

Gav

[The Statman]

Hi, im some what a noob at snooker lol, i used to play abit but nothing majour. Ive read a few different "sayings" so to speak. What do they all mean?
Feathering
ferrule
splice
mini butt?

There are plenty more but i can remember them at the moment lol.
Anyone know any other words i should know?

Gav

Feathering relates to the action of swinging the cue backwaards and forwards in preparation to playing a shot and refers specifically to when a player swings the cue forward too much and accidentally strikes the cue-ball, usually a very short distance. A foul, of course, unless the white happens to hit a nearby red!

The ferrule is the small brass fitting at the end of the cue, onto which the tip is fastened.

The splice (correct me, someone, if I'm wrong) is the usually darker wood part of the cue, with the zigzag shaped join to the other part.

A mini-butt is the short extension that can be attached to the cue when a player wants to play a shot that is just too far away for him to reach properly – so he needn't use the rest. A lot of players have one that is just a few inches long but a couple of players have a longer one, maybe up to a foot.

[totlxtc]

Just adding to what Statman has said.

Main splice is the wood that makes up the butt. This can be either handspliced, or machine spliced. Not meaning to complicated things, but handspliced has round points and is made of 4 pieces of timber. Machine spliced is 1 piece of timber that attaches to the shaft and produces points.

Also a splice can be refered to as the decorative splice. These can either be simple single splices or extremely complex designs.

[Gavo]

cool thanks guys. Any others terms i should know?
Gav

[Gavo]

Also what is a traditional ebony butt?

[trigger666]

youve already said it !!!

its just a plain ebony butt with no decorative splicing

[Gavo]

o rite lol. thanks

[trigger666]

just keep reading buddy youll be a fountain of snooker knowledge before you know it..!!

[Gavo]

O i will dont worrie. Wanted to go and practise tonight but theres already a few there now . might ring them at 9 and see how many there are :snooker:
Gav

[andy carson]

you need to know about the butt plug too...

its a bit of plastic or wood depending on choice that you can attach to the hole where you can screw in extensions

[Gavo]

lol i know that one lol

[dvvovk]

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