What did the SupremeCourt justice say about pornography? "I can't describe it but i know it when i see it" I can't define a cue's hit but i know it when i feel it. Everyone has their own aspects of a cue's hit/feel that they feel is important. PJ has played long enough to know that there is no definite answer to this.
That was my first thought.
There are maybe 4 or 5 cues I’ve ever hit a few balls with where I thought, “I have to have this cue.” I own one of them. They all have that same crisp hit and the weight of the cue feels evenly distributed across its length (best description I can provide). I would love to have the opportunity to measure the cues I couldn’t acquire to see if there are common characteristics. I own other cues that measure similarly to my favorite that are very good, but not in the same class.
I’m not so sure I could order a cue from a cuemaker and anticipate receiving that 6th cue with that magic hit. Maybe from a couple of cuemakers from whom I couldn’t get an agreement to build me a cue.
I own a cue that based on build and some of its measurements, I should not like. Weight, balance point, joint type, and ferrule material are all different from the cues I’ve gravitated toward. One day, I measured the taper of that cue’s shaft and it was identical to my favorite cue. It’s a non-whippy Meucci sneaky Pete. It doesn’t make my Top 5, but I can play pool all day with it and not want to change.
