9-ball cue for snooker?

[WelshPhantom]

Now that ive bought a UK 8-ball cue next on my shopping list is a 9-ball cue and ive got my eye on one fitted with the predator Z2 shaft and the tip/ferrulle is 11.75mm.
Could i also use this for snooker or is the tip size just a bit to big,Would really like your opinions on it.

Cheers Matthew.

[billabong]

Did you find your TW 8.5, for pool ?

[DeanH]

I would say 11.75 is too big for the modern game.
In the old days, 11-12mm tips were quite common but now 10mm tends to be the largest, with 9.5mm the most common size that people can get the control they are after.

[WelshPhantom]

Did you find your TW 8.5, for pool ?

Yeah bud i emailed Trevor the other day he had a few partially finished ash cues so he sent me pictures of them for me to choose which one i liked so he's adjusting it to my specs(8.5mm,57" ETC) cost me £485 inc postage and he said he could finish it within a week so dead chuffed.

[WelshPhantom]

I would say 11.75 is too big for the modern game.
In the old days, 11-12mm tips were quite common but now 10mm tends to be the largest, with 9.5mm the most common size that people can get the control they are after.

Cheers pal.

[billabong]

Yeah bud i emailed Trevor the other day he had a few partially finished ash cues so he sent me pictures of them for me to choose which one i liked so he's adjusting it to my specs(8.5mm,57" ETC) cost me £485 inc postage and he said he could finish it within a week so dead chuffed.

Excellent, please post some pics up when you get it. Hope it's the one. .

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[WelshPhantom]

Spares 211.jpgSpares 212.jpgSpares 213.jpgSpares 215.jpgThese are the pics of the cue i chose before any adjustments have taken place.
It has an ebony butt and four long lower splices of bloodwood.

[Whirlwind Wayne]

No I wouldn't use a 9-Ball cue for snooker I think you would find it very difficult to control the white. The balls used in 9 Ball pool are heavier than snooker balls I actually damaged my snooker cue playing 9 Ball and that's from just playing shots I used a regular 9 ball cue to break. You need to be far more accurate and precise with snooker than pool so in my opinion ideal tip size for snooker is 9mm.

[damienlch]

No I wouldn't use a 9-Ball cue for snooker I think you would find it very difficult to control the white. The balls used in 9 Ball pool are heavier than snooker balls I actually damaged my snooker cue playing 9 Ball and that's from just playing shots I used a regular 9 ball cue to break. You need to be far more accurate and precise with snooker than pool so in my opinion ideal tip size for snooker is 9mm.

I play a bit of 9-ball pool with my snooker cue on rare occasions. The tip sure looks tiny when lined up against the cue ball.

But how was your cue damaged playing 9-ball?

[Whirlwind Wayne]

I played quite a lot of 9 ball with it and I think playing deep screws and maybe hitting the ball a bit harder with the deflection on the cue from the weight of the cue ball took its toll on the weak part of the shaft by the ferrule

[damienlch]

Ouch... I never broke off with my snooker cue but I think I'd better stop using it altogether.