With all the better, lighter, stronger materials out there, is there a reason outside of tradition that most top players still use cues with brass ferrules?
any point still for brass ferrules on snooker shafts?
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I'm sorry I don't have an answer, but it's something I've wondered as well. It looks like tradition has a hold over a lot of the snooker equipment: triangle chalk, odd mushroom shaped tips, ash cues of plain design. I'm not hating at all. There is nothing wrong with a traditional look and feel.
I think brass ferrules are dinosaurs...just like ivory ferrules.
Although they make the brass very thin, they still have to make their tip diameter extra
small to make up for the fact that brass has a hard hit.
...and the brass chews at the wood over the years...that’s why Steve Davis had to shorten
his cue a quarter inch....and then lost the feel he had known all his career.
Although they make the brass very thin, they still have to make their tip diameter extra
small to make up for the fact that brass has a hard hit.
...and the brass chews at the wood over the years...that’s why Steve Davis had to shorten
his cue a quarter inch....and then lost the feel he had known all his career.
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Snooker has dodged so many bullets from being conservative! No jump shots, no idiotic short banking shit rails, no ice cloth, no World championship on 7 foot tables...The list goes on and on, so it looks like that attitude may be a strength rather than a weakness.
Brass ferrules do have a nice crisp hit, but house cues in snooker have had fiber ferrules since the 70's or even further back. That being said, nobody's lining up to buy snooker cues with those ferrules. I have tried some of these cues and they don't hit good at all. The same goes for graphite cues and the like. It has been tried, but it's just not as good.
Snooker is, and always has been, result oriented. If it doesn't work, it gets tossed to the side. This is why as a whole, it's been a lot more resistant to fast talking ad-men than pool.
Brass ferrules do have a nice crisp hit, but house cues in snooker have had fiber ferrules since the 70's or even further back. That being said, nobody's lining up to buy snooker cues with those ferrules. I have tried some of these cues and they don't hit good at all. The same goes for graphite cues and the like. It has been tried, but it's just not as good.
Snooker is, and always has been, result oriented. If it doesn't work, it gets tossed to the side. This is why as a whole, it's been a lot more resistant to fast talking ad-men than pool.
What brand that starts with a P and ends in an R that has a cat logo are you talking about there?
Snooker has gone to faster cloth...more like what I was raised on in Canada.
And they finally learned from carambole to heat their tables.
Unfortunately, the snooker world is still clinging to directional nap and brass ferrules.
...but they’ll get over those things also.
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I've never seen a snooker cue in a club with anything but a brass ferrule, what clubs do you go to??
However you are right, there is no need for brass anymore, its just tradition and will change in time (Chinese 8-Ball cues and English 8-Ball cues are starting to use alternative materials and the cue makers are often the same).
No more than i think that carom needs the big wood connection, as there are now just as many radials and quick connects used as the wood connection
just for tradition, and im all for tradition
just for tradition, and im all for tradition
Brass is strong--compared to the light plastics and ivory we in the pool world use.
With tip diameters in the 9mm range, even the strength advantages of ash over maple, something stronger is needed to keep the tennon from coming apart. Since brass is strong, the length of the ferrule and the thickness of the material can both be reduced.
There are at least 2 dozen kinds of brass, with properties spanning that from pure copper to silicon bronze.
With tip diameters in the 9mm range, even the strength advantages of ash over maple, something stronger is needed to keep the tennon from coming apart. Since brass is strong, the length of the ferrule and the thickness of the material can both be reduced.
There are at least 2 dozen kinds of brass, with properties spanning that from pure copper to silicon bronze.