Shaft wood theory - cue manufacturers.

muskyed said:
Spiral wound carbon fiber shafts for archery cost in the neighborhood of $10-$15 fully assembled nocks, points, and vanes. Being spiral wound they have a very uniform spine. Easton even makes one that has a wood grain look. There is no special high dollar tech in making a carbon cue shaft. Heck, some of the pool shafts are still made by wrapping carbon layers and sanding smooth after. There for sure is a flex difference there. Does it matter in pool, who knows, beyond my pool shooting ability. Lot of good shooters still shoot good with a standard wood shaft where there for sure is a spine difference depending on rotation.
Carbon fiber pool shafts are not rocket science, similar construction on similar products have been out for years at very reasonable prices. While they may spend some time on the correct shaft wall thickness per outer diameter, and best ferrule and foam fill, that's nothing to justify the price asked. And yet given all of this, I still bought a Jacoby carbon shaft for myself. I really like it, was it worth what it costs, heck no but I still bought it anyway as I wanted to try it.
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I looked at Kielwood shafts before going CF, $385.00 not much different than CF and while better still affected by temp & humidity, made it an easy choice for me.
 
Cornerman said:
I asked a couple of the manufacturers a couple decades ago on this. I believe McD was one of them, but certainly Viking was. I remember that Viking definitely carefully selecred the best shafts for their top of the line. At the time, their top catalog model was $1000.
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I wonder what shaft came with the $150,000 battle axe McD sold.

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I think there's a lot out there we aren't exposed to.
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1sttbone said:
R-360 vs carbon fiber: After getting a carbon fiber shaft for my cuetec I decided to test my R-360 against against my cf. quite frankly the R-360 out performed the cf, better hit less deflection, and reminded me of a great wood shaft. I talked to svb about the R-360 before he made the switch and he told me he won 2 million dollars with it. Four US 0pens and a resume of wins unmatched by any player of his day. the very soft hit of cf is something to behold but for me its the R-360s all around performance is superior. Just my opinion.
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I have nothing against Cuetec's or wood, whatever helps you to be the best pool player you can be is what you should use, I'm glad you have found what works for YOU.
 
Cornerman said:
I asked a couple of the manufacturers a couple decades ago on this. I believe McD was one of them, but certainly Viking was. I remember that Viking definitely carefully selecred the best shafts for their top of the line. At the time, their top catalog model was $1000.
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I too remember hearing that. I think Viking also gave the option of requesting a hand-selected shaft for an extra charge.
 
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