Snooker cue

[Fromage Iuris]

Hi everyone!!

I have a question about a snooker cue; I don't play snooker all that much, I usually play pool. Reason is that where I live, snooker is pretty expensive to play in the hall, whereas playing pool is pretty cheap and it's much more easy to find playing-partners. I also have a pool-table at home, so putting in the practice is easy as well. Still, I prefer a snooker-cue to a pool-cue, even playing pool. I have three cues, a standard Riley snooker-cue (2 piece, ash), an obscure second-handed snooker-cue from the Czech Republic (which I love, weight and length are perfect for my game, it used to belong to a Czech pro, I believe it was custom-made) and a Balabushka pool-cue. A few days ago, I was offered an Aeon snooker-cue. I've never played with an Aeon; it seems to be in mint condition, but is it any good, brand-wise? Any of you guys have experience with an Aeon? The price seems pretty reasonable, just 50 quid. Any thoughts on Aeon cues?

Regards,

Fromage, a.k.a. "And there he sinks the white again, worst positional player I've seen in a long time"

[ADR147]

some aeon cues are pretty good - we need pictures mate.

[babybrowns1966]

Hi Fromage Iuris,
I own an Aeon Snooker cue and its a lovely cue.
3/4 length with an sd joint in it for the mini butt and telescopic extension to screw into.
I've had the cue for 15-20 years and its in really good nick but i've decided to advertise it on ebay as i've bought myself a Trevor White handmade cue.
This Aeon cue has actually had Trevor doing some work to the ferrule and cleaning up the shaft only last year.
Hope this helps.

[snookaman]

Hi everyone!!

I have a question about a snooker cue; I don't play snooker all that much, I usually play pool. Reason is that where I live, snooker is pretty expensive to play in the hall, whereas playing pool is pretty cheap and it's much more easy to find playing-partners. I also have a pool-table at home, so putting in the practice is easy as well. Still, I prefer a snooker-cue to a pool-cue, even playing pool. I have three cues, a standard Riley snooker-cue (2 piece, ash), an obscure second-handed snooker-cue from the Czech Republic (which I love, weight and length are perfect for my game, it used to belong to a Czech pro, I believe it was custom-made) and a Balabushka pool-cue. A few days ago, I was offered an Aeon snooker-cue. I've never played with an Aeon; it seems to be in mint condition, but is it any good, brand-wise? Any of you guys have experience with an Aeon? The price seems pretty reasonable, just 50 quid. Any thoughts on Aeon cues?

Regards,

Fromage, a.k.a. "And there he sinks the white again, worst positional player I've seen in a long time"

If your game is mainly 9 balls, stick with a 13mm cue. If your game is mainly 8 balls, you need to taper your Riley to 8mm.

Unless you continue playing snooker, Aeon is not a suitable cue. Due to construction reasons, most professional cues use disc logos, not plates. Aeon has a brass disc seating on a wood plate!

[ADR147]

what difference does that make?

[Strickimicki]

Nice call ADR147

Good question!

What does the badge / nameplate have to do with how the cue works?????????

If you can answer that one, I'll be very quiet!!!!!

Brian

[ADR147]

the answer is simple it of course makes no difference at all!

[snookaman]

what difference does that make?

Hi ADR147 & Strickimicki,

I had travelled to Thailand to learn this. That's my answer; it seems logical to me. I won't tell you and you will have to find it out yourself, else my answer does not worth anything to you.

Trevor White is a cue maker. Ask him; he should be able to give you a satisfactory explanation, if he is willing to give you his answer. You may confirm this with Mike Wooldridge; however, he has already claimed that he won't tell you because he learnt it by himself too.

[ADR147]

i know both trevor and mike pretty well and am sure both would be happy to explain to me if there was a difference! also i have been a professional cue retailer for a long time and am pretty sure i would know - it is not possible for the type of badge to make any difference to the cue!

[garysnooker]

yes i got a big badge on my cue it makes all the difference to ha

[ADR147]

lol badge made from lead weighs 6 oz !!