Ironically I used to use a custom peradon. It was 55" and about 14oz, and I decided it was a bit too short and light
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Greg M
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I know of a guy on TSF used a 49" cue with an 8mm tip and about the same weight. Some people have outrageous specs. My Peradon is hand-spliced at 57", 9mm and 17.5oz. I love the thing.Ironically I used to use a custom peradon. It was 55" and about 14oz, and I decided it was a bit too short and light
middleofnowhere
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Can you be more specific, what game are you actually playing and what type of table.
8-ball, with 2" balls (1 7/8" cue ball), a 6 or 7 ft table, the rounded-cut pockets...
Multiple shafts.
When Hard Times was open most of the Golf players on the 6 x 12 , had pool shafts and smaller shafts (10-12mm) for the Golf table.
A lot of the other players usually had an extra shaft for 9 ball tournament play or in case they were in action in case a tip popped off. Or if they were not playing good and felt a shaft change was the ticket.
Lasting.
If you keep it out of temperature extremes, and don't take off wood when you clean it, it can last the lifetime of the butt.
When Hard Times was open most of the Golf players on the 6 x 12 , had pool shafts and smaller shafts (10-12mm) for the Golf table.
A lot of the other players usually had an extra shaft for 9 ball tournament play or in case they were in action in case a tip popped off. Or if they were not playing good and felt a shaft change was the ticket.
Lasting.
If you keep it out of temperature extremes, and don't take off wood when you clean it, it can last the lifetime of the butt.
Only two of these shafts have matching tapers, and they do not play similar. Each shaft plays differently. After having bought and sold numerous cues over the years, I now prefer to have a different shaft than a different cue.
•Solid maple with a Z^2 taper
•Older shaft with great wood and grain.
•Conical taper
•Stock shaft with ivory ferrule. This one plays better than the other stock shaft.
•Old Falcon shaft that makes the cue play/fee like my old Scruggs
•Second stock shaft with ivory ferrule.
•Solid maple with a Z^2 taper
•Older shaft with great wood and grain.
•Conical taper
•Stock shaft with ivory ferrule. This one plays better than the other stock shaft.
•Old Falcon shaft that makes the cue play/fee like my old Scruggs
•Second stock shaft with ivory ferrule.
Greg M
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English pool table playing English pool. I don't know how I can be more specific.
Eight-ball pool (British variation) - Wikipedia
Nice. I came around to 57", 9mm and 17oz too!
Oh, I like that idea!
middleofnowhere
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Pin answered he question.. it's really different equipment. No one plays 9 ball or one pocket?English pool table playing English pool. I don't know how I can be more specific.
Eight-ball pool (British variation) - Wikipedia
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Greg M
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Nine-ball isn't possible without numbered balls and one-pocket would mostly be unheard of. There are American tables available, but they're not as common as English ones.
Most snooker and pool clubs have at least one American table, where people sometimes play 9-ball, but the other games are almost unknown here.
Almost all English tables have balls without numbers (reds and yellows instead of solids and stripes), so 9-ball wouldn't work with that equipment.
Straight pool, banks, and one pocket would work in theory, but I've never seen anyone playing any of them (except for myself, as I sometimes play straight pool on an English table as solo practice).
(I think banking is a bit harder on English tables too, because of the cut of the pockets. But the games would still work.)
I have 3 shafts for my play cue::
Z2-S-tuned for play most of the time
Z2 if something happens to the Z2-S-tuned
314(1) if I am not in stroke that night (it is more forgiving of stroke errors)
Z2-S-tuned for play most of the time
Z2 if something happens to the Z2-S-tuned
314(1) if I am not in stroke that night (it is more forgiving of stroke errors)
It may be a disadvantage sometimes to have multiple shafts. Sure I have a couple of favorites. But I’m guilty of losing consistency when I use different shafts each week.
I have 2 shafts for my cue. If I'm being honest, there's little reason for me to get another cue or shaft, but I plan to purchase each later this year. For me, it's been a fun experiment to find what I like best after getting back into the game. I am not an elite player, so while I have gravitated to a setup that I like best, sometimes it's just fun to play w/ something else.
Can't really answer your question, but English Billiards is a great game for practice. You can play it on a regular table, you can play it alone, and it forces you to think more about the weight of the cue ball. Cue ball direction and reaction is as important (or more important) than any other ball on the table. For American games speed is much less important. Just make the ball and leave the cue ball in a reasonably defined area. That strategy won't win you many games in English Pool.
More shafts = more tips to try out without without having to keep re-tipping one. Multiple joint types make you able to try out different butts with them. Can loan them to other players to try out when someone else is looking for a shaft to buy. Sometimes it's fun to just swap to something different. Keeping them around for travel so I don't lose a $500 Revo on a plane. If a tip gets damaged or shaft dinged or broken during a tournament you can swap it out, same thing if you are just not "felling it" when using one, can swap it out.
I have about 14 shafts between my son and I, some 3/8x10 some radial, some same shaft just different joints, some are way different, some are just stock from the original cue that I replaced with an LD shaft. It can take a long time and trying out dozens of shafts to find a good one, I just don't sell all of them as I move on to using something else.
