9-Ball style snooker cue?

[WelshPhantom]

Why not have a go at making your own ? Schmelke stocks and sells everything from butt blanks ( plain & veneered ) , shafts , joints , collars , bumpers , basically everything you would need. It would be easy to buy a joint at say 5/16" 18 tpi ( full joint , male and female ) and then buy the corresponding female socket to fit to an ash shaft that any competent cue builder could turn down to fit .Joints are about $4 + post , a plain Bocote , Rosewood type butt is about $32 and a finished shaft with collar already fitted is about $60 . I reckon you could make a serviceable cue for around $100 - $150 + post from the States . ( $125 is around £75 ) . I should state that I have no connection to Schmelke other than dealing with them in the past , I use them as an example because I am familiar with them as a company , I am sure there are others just as suitable.Hope this helps.

I have a hard enough time assembling a kinder egg toy ,I think ill leave cue making to the pro's.

[ClutchShooter]

Parris cues does it

[DeanH]

Parris cues does it

did I not say the same on post #10?
http://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/boa...697#post768697

ps. welcome to TSF

[jrc750]

did I not say the same on post #10?
http://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/boa...697#post768697

ps. welcome to TSF

I think ClutchShooter is a bit quick on the draw (keyboard) Dean, fast and furious his posts, a few of them repeating things already said lol
Ps welcome mate

[DeanH]

I think ClutchShooter is a bit quick on the draw (keyboard) Dean, fast and furious his posts, a few of them repeating things already said lol

yep, I noticed that, just waiting for the "for sale" post to appear

[Tred]

I don't think the Parris cues look like the genuine thing - half way between a snooker cue and a pool cue. I think they are only available in maple (but could be wrong). From what WelshPhantom has said, I think he wants a 9-ball cue with an ash shaft for snooker, just spotted this on ebay (not sure about the ferrule though)...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/rare-meucc...item19ebd445c9

[DeanH]

from my reading its the other way round, he wants a cue for snooker (hence snooker specs) but in the flamboyant, garish patterns and colours of an American pool cue

oops reread your message :blush:

[Tred]

Lol!

Not all genuine 9-ball cues are garish - the attention to detail and craftsmanship that goes into some of them is stunning. Personally, I can't get on with maple, am an ash man through and through - have never really understood why american cue makers only use maple for their shafts. Would love to have a 9-ball style cue (not a garish one) with ash shafts for 9-ball, snooker and 8-ball.

[itx]

9-Ball style snooker cue?

I think Tony Drago had John Parris make him a nine ball cue, when he was playing on the American pool scene.

Think he used it when he played for Europe in the Mosconi event.

Not sure if it was jointed or a 1 piece cue though.

[WelshPhantom]

from my reading its the other way round, he wants a cue for snooker (hence snooker specs) but in the flamboyant, garish patterns and colours of an American pool cue

oops reread your message :blush:

Dean's spot on.

I don't think the Parris cues look like the genuine thing - half way between a snooker cue and a pool cue. I think they are only available in maple (but could be wrong). From what WelshPhantom has said, I think he wants a 9-ball cue with an ash shaft for snooker, just spotted this on ebay (not sure about the ferrule though)...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/rare-meucc...item19ebd445c9

Old school PM'd me the link to that meucci cue 2 days ago.
I offered to pay by a direct bank transfer as i dont have paypal but seller refused.

[DeanH]

9-Ball style snooker cue?

I think you are right Tony did have a Parris cue some years ago and IIRC it was a two pc and there is a post with the new owner with Tony.

[DeanH]

Not all genuine 9-ball cues are garish - the attention to detail and craftsmanship that goes into some of them is stunning.

got to say that some you see are works of art and remind me of the old French marquetry maces.

[old school]

Why not ask a friend or family member with a Pay Pal account to pay and you give them the money/bank transfer to cover . That Meucci is back on e-bay , no bidders , still worth a shot . As I said you could always sell the black dot shaft and recoup some of the initial outlay , worth a thought.