Recent content by Paul_#_

How important is the very stiff conical taper in making the shaft low deflection?

Its the Indian and not the arrow. Still, I practice ordering a JFlowers Legends cue, Dennis Morris, 11.8mm, radial 3/8x10 (only joint allowed), grey, no wrap, SMO, 19.0 oz., RM-02BF = $724 but now with 25% off ---$608 or, with signature confirmation and insurance, $623.

Hmmm, were any Revos? How did the cuemaker make it lower deflection? Why has it taken years until JFlowers SMO to beat out Revo?

There were many posts by AZ-banned 66136 (aka poolscholar). His posts copied below give you an idea of what triggered his banishment. The thread started on August 8th with Pool Scholar appearing in his first post #44 on August 10th and ending 27 posts later with Post #129 on August 12th...

Does anyone have a file of the now-deleted posts? I couldn't find it on the WayBack Machine.

A nine-minute video with too much fluff and too little substance. Predator has remarkable engineering but the only interesting thing here is Predator's explanation for the popularity of the pre-cat-logo 314 shaft. Why no mention that the 314 shaft was cored out? They show ten slices of...

The lighter-colored wear layer of the Warrior is the third of the ten-layered cue tip. Photos from bash22am (left) and Bamacues (right) : _____ This is referring to Bamacues photo of, I think, a Talisman tip. It probably has one dyed leather wear layer like that on the Caiden Warrior.

I reshape anyway and it lasts as long as a good layered-leather tip.

Predator claims the Vantage "has the lowest front-end mass of the spliced-shaft line-up." Vantage's front end from an 11-year-old video:

For new Pagulayan chalk, I used two 13mm Le Pros to raise the chalk to holder level:

One difference among the JFlowers CF shafts is SMO's metal vault plate/ferrule. A recent Reddit post showed the metal ferrule and a JFlowers website shows the same thing in only their SMO. I know of no other pool carbon fiber shaft with a metal ferrule (snooker? yes). __ FROM JFLowers...

You got a JFlower SMO-W already or you want to trade something to get one?

Black Blade Carbon cues sells balance points not at your 19 inches but some at 29 inches. I have not had a chance to try one. Generally, players don't like them but someone is buying them. See AZ discussion here and reviews at the company's website. Here is one owner's comments: I believe...

For what its worth, Kamui claims its Athlete tip is for CF shafts. It is, like Taom Fusion, a tip of more than one hardness. Fusion's hardness is inside versus outside of the tip. Kamui's has the top of the tip softer and the bottom harder:

The Becue butt at 1-1/8" is the thinnest cue butt diameter I have found --- see below. Another European cue --- Shuriken Cues --- is virtually the same. The diameters below are for various cues and were collected from the following AZ posts...