skogstokig said:

oi and feijen through. looking like alcaide will join them as the three veterans left. filler will win this tournament though.

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Terminator will end him

Hopefully

Did Pijus Labutis switch to wood recently? I could have sworn I've only seen him play with carbon

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trokiki said:

Is it a problem ?

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Not at all but many of those who partook in the thread have not been seen in over a decade.

My ring finger is my trigger finger.
I recall the pen holder grip changing table tennis.
I consider an artist application of the paint brush and the precision application of tip to ball. Just like painting a masterpiece
Or perhaps playing a musical instrument uh like the piano.
And oh the baseball pitch that's changed by different finger pressures.
Of course the petting skills....never mind.

10 cent head syndrome

skogstokig said:

moritz neuhausen chalks his cue and then sets the chalk down on a diamond. if the chalk doesn't sit perfectly on a diamond, he adjusts it. OCD much??

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Guilty, I do this, and it has to be the next diamond to my right.

Sheldon said:

I've made many torrified maple shafts. And I am currently playing with one.
Low deflection = lower end mass = removing material at the end of the shaft and using very light ferrules.
Yes, torrified maple is brittle and I've seen shafts explode. Boring them out makes this even more likely.
Do not accept a torrified shaft without nice straight grain. If the grain runs off, that's where it will break.
I've had very good luck with radially laminated shafts, and have yet to see one break.

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Maybe that is why Lucasi cores their Kielwood shafts with Carbon Fiber.

I had one made for me, hated it. It was great looking cue, didn’t play well, very stiff and brittle hit.

Gotta know when to take a knee. Not a knee a rest.!

The one handed taken to extreme...makes it a relief to be able to set the other hand for a rest.

TeddyKGB said:

For all the kielwood users out there, whats the lowest deflection kielwood youve used?

Im looking for z3/revo level deflection but in kielwood

Leaning towards the SS360/2 but I havent been able to get my hands on one to try it out.

Thanks

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Justin Bergman seems to like his Bob Danielson Kielwood shaft a lot, because he has been using it for a long time. Take a gamble, and just order one directly from BD. I imagine they are pretty expensive though. I never see them for sale online though,on the used market, so I assume that means that players hold on to them, because they really love them.

Pat Diveney makes a Kielwood shaft too, and I can only imagine that it is a really great playing shaft.

I would personally care much more about feel, then low deflection, but that is just me.