As you said, most peoples instinct is to remove it. I leave it on when practicing, and as a result, make no real effort to remove it in a game. A referee can do it, or an opponent if they feel so inclined. There are occasions where I will move it for a particular shot, but it annoys the hell out of some people to leave it there, and it kind of tickles me.
Of course it affects rolls from time to time, it's an object on the table.

Bump it up

Cf shaft sold.
Price are adjusted to 2400

how many players do you reckon there are that regularly go deep in these tournaments BECAUSE there is no shot clock? take hennessee as example, no match under two hours, it's always the same story

GideonF said:

I’ve had a Cynergy for 3 years and never had any issues with the ferrule. And I’ve not seen any issues with friends who have them.

The SMO appears to come in Uniloc Quick Release and 3/8-10 as well (according to their website).

As it happens I have switched to the Whyte Carbon - just like the feel more.

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there are lots of reports about cracking ferrules and many videos that show replacing them.
I have a Cyenergy that is only lightly played and it has a scratch on the ferrule that I have no idea how it happened, I take good and careful care of my equipment, I store it in a good case, I don't bang it around and I never dropped it and it's still with the original tip so it couldn't have happened while working on the shaft, so it could have only happened from normal use.

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jjohnson said:

Are you right-handed or left-handed when you shoot?
Which of your eyes is the dominant eye?

Is one combination preferable to others?

Right-handed + right-dominant eye or
Right-handed + left-dominant eye?

Left-handed + right-dominant eye or
Left-handed + left-dominant eye?

What's your preference and why?

How twisted is Mike Sigel: shoots left-handed but is right-handed doing everything else!

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I am left handed for most things like golf, writing, throwing, and boxing. However I shoot guns and play pool right handed. With both guns and pool I never even tried them left handed as I just naturally chose using my right hand. I am strongly right eye dominant and believe that is the sole reason that I play pool right handed. On the downside, I don’t have a very powerful stroke because I use my weaker right hand.

jasonlaus said:

Haha, nice one. Im guessing you can read

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You had to be there.

soyale said:

what kind of table is that?

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Haha, nice one. Im guessing you can read

all it takes is a t.d. with guts to run the show. to stop slow play,