Kielwood Experiences
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I've been playing my hsunami for a year now. League twice a week, tournaments, casual play…
Who knows, probably north of 3,000 games in the past year...
Love it. No issues at all.
Great news, will be good to see everyone’s feedback. A 4 year sample size is impressive!!
I haven't touched any of my original maple shafts since I got the hsunami last year. Previously, those were all I played with it. I still keep them in the case, but unless a tip comes off or some such thing, I'm all in on this shaft.
Coincidentally, I just now walked in the door having had the tip replaced for the first time.
Great stuff hopefully new tip plays good, what ya go for ?
The same I had previously. How medium.
Have there been any squirt tests done comparing kielwood to normal maple with same tip size? I'd expect kielwood to squirt a little less with most of its moisture removed.
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I’d say it deflects similar on slow pace shots but deflects a good bit less on medium to hard paced shots…
The same statements were said about carbon shafts. But most have said this is untrue if you just keep it clean.
I have used a friend's Kielwood for several hours. Didn't notice any stickiness. Played very well for me actually. It's the next billiard purchase on my wish list.
So if all the moisture is baked out, how could that possibly be.
Gotta say I would be much more likely to spend money on kielwood shaft than I would a carbon fiber shaft.
If I made cues I would be selling the scarcity of good tight grain shaft wood. It wouldn’t be a lie.
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But it's not just the moisture that is being removed. There is more to it then that. Far more chemistry going on.
Depends on the wood they start with, but the procedure does dry them out. If a maker uses some pretty curly wood, the grain is weaker than the normal straight grain maple, so has a higher chance to crack along the stress lines since there are more of them and they can run across the shaft not with it.
I had Pat Diveney make me one years ago and personally I saw no advantage nor disadvantage in its performance. I used it maybe 6 months and gave it to a friend who’s a far better player and he felt the same. The taper was good and it was always straight and smooth and at the time the price wasn’t what they seem to be today but there was no benefit just because of the wood used. I’ve had lots of Pats cues with normal shafts and saw no difference in them.
Also, if I remember right we were traveling and stopped at Jim Buss’ shop and he turned the shaft down slightly. Even after that, no issue with cracking or anything else.
Also, if I remember right we were traveling and stopped at Jim Buss’ shop and he turned the shaft down slightly. Even after that, no issue with cracking or anything else.
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It is my belief that regular hard maple and torrified maple will both stabilize to about the same moisture content over time living in the real world.
I'm not a scientist and I could be wrong.
I do know however that contrary to popular belief the torrified maple blanks I have, around 100 of them, are not on average any lighter than a 100 blank sampling of hard maple. There are light ones and there are heavy ones but the average is the same for the two groups.
Nyquil
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Yea not sure if it's like a coating put on after or something. I have never had a chance to shoot with one but I have heard this complaint come up a few times so I was just curious. I like the idea and I like wood. I don't own any CF shafts anymore maybe I'll try one out. My main thing with shafts other than the feel is they gotta be slick. I have had good luck with raw unsealed shafts and wax so far.
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People put wax on their shafts? Why?