Steel joint vs Implex. Can you tell diff??

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Mensabum

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B4 Xmas, I had a Convo on here w some guys about whether I could tell the difference between the two joints, who flatly stated no one could tell, tests have been done, etc...
Recent snow day here in St. Louie, and local hall was dead. To my surprise, I walked in to find 6 cues wrapped in black plastic w nothing but the tips visible. 2 phenolic tipped cues were also wrapped. More on that later.
I was given each cue and told to make 3 shots each of stop shot, short draw, med draw, Long draw, high English straight-ins - 2 rails out of the corner, and break shots.
Out of the 6 cues, I correctly identified 5!!
For an old road dawg like me, I thot that was pretty damn good results!!
The cue that threw me was a Scruggs sneaky!!
Coulda swore that damn thing was a steel jointed cue!! Lol.😭😂
The tips were all non-layered, couldn't see the ferrules until afterwards, but they did their best to keep each cue as similar to the next as possible that way, except for the joint, of course.
Now for the phenolic snap sticks...
I missed both!!
Couldn't tell which was Steel and which was implex. They both hit like sledgehammers and we're impossible to differentiate, imo.
I was ecstatic w my 5 out of 6 tho, so take this for what it's worth. Basically not much, as this wasn't much of a test. Lol.
Just something my local hall owner did to shut me up on the subject and let me know they valued my business enuf to do this for me.😉
I really appreciate it guys!!
Gave me the warm fuzzies once the adrenaline wore off!!🤗🤣🤣 Shout out to all the hustlers who are now Hall Owners!!!👍🏻
 
Prison break said:
Implex®- Impact Grade AcrylicDeveloped primarily for the sign industry, this impact sheet combines the well-known weatherability of acrylic with proprietary impact-resistant chemistry. These properties, along with outstanding thermoforming characteristics, provide a superior material for signage applications.
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That's what we called anything that wasn't steel... Implex. Besides wood to wood or ivory.
 
You gave a shout out to the room and owners but never mentioned the room, should we just guess the room?
 
Mensabum said:
B4 Xmas, I had a Convo on here w some guys about whether I could tell the difference between the two joints, who flatly stated no one could tell, tests have been done, etc...
Recent snow day here in St. Louie, and local hall was dead. To my surprise, I walked in to find 6 cues wrapped in black plastic w nothing but the tips visible. 2 phenolic tipped cues were also wrapped. More on that later.
I was given each cue and told to make 3 shots each of stop shot, short draw, med draw, Long draw, high English straight-ins - 2 rails out of the corner, and break shots.
Out of the 6 cues, I correctly identified 5!!
For an old road dawg like me, I thot that was pretty damn good results!!
The cue that threw me was a Scruggs sneaky!!
Coulda swore that damn thing was a steel jointed cue!! Lol.😭😂
The tips were all non-layered, couldn't see the ferrules until afterwards, but they did their best to keep each cue as similar to the next as possible that way, except for the joint, of course.
Now for the phenolic snap sticks...
I missed both!!
Couldn't tell which was Steel and which was implex. They both hit like sledgehammers and we're impossible to differentiate, imo.
I was ecstatic w my 5 out of 6 tho, so take this for what it's worth. Basically not much, as this wasn't much of a test. Lol.
Just something my local hall owner did to shut me up on the subject and let me know they valued my business enuf to do this for me.😉
I really appreciate it guys!!
Gave me the warm fuzzies once the adrenaline wore off!!🤗🤣🤣 Shout out to all the hustlers who are now Hall Owners!!!👍🏻
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Ok, so you are better than literally every other professional player and collector who has ever undergone the test

This test has previously proven people don't know the difference every single time...
 
ideologist said:
Ok, so you are better than literally every other professional player and collector who has ever undergone the test

This test has previously proven people don't know the difference every single time...
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I never said that. I only posted the results of the test they did. I even said it wasn't scientific, but I was happy with the results. That's all.
I know for a fact I'm not any better than anyone else. This rest was more for my own satisfaction, and thot I would share it. Perhaps I was wrong to do so. If it offended you, my apologies.
 
Mensabum said:
I never said that. I only posted the results of the test they did. I even said it wasn't scientific, but I was happy with the results. That's all.
I know for a fact I'm not any better than anyone else. This rest was more for my own satisfaction, and thot I would share it. Perhaps I was wrong to do so. If it offended you, my apologies.
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Now go to the test 3 more times and post those results.

And this isn't the forum for this by the way, this is the test section to test posting stuff. May want to see if it can get moved to the main forum.
 
Chili Palmer said:
Now go to the test 3 more times and post those results.

And this isn't the forum for this by the way, this is the test section to test posting stuff. May want to see if it can get moved to the main forum.
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We need to do it again without a doubt. And I might have my grandson, who's a newbie, see if he can feel anything different.
Like I said this is no test or scientific in any way. Just me trying to answer a question I've knawed on over the years, to my satisfaction.
Had no clue where to post it, so thanks for the directional advice chili.
I'll get this site figured out one of these days, with a little help from my friends. 👍🏻
 
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