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McDermott designed Defy to be different from others' carbon fiber shafts (read Revo). It uses a carbon fiber that has a shock-absorbing material in it. McDermott advertises Defy's softer and quieter hit than others. McDermott's website states: SmacWrap, originally designed for the aerospace...

Maybe at Atlas Supplies:

I agree with you that it is fraud. I am only astounded at how he is so open about pulling this stunt. This is not Preoaidr or the other hundred knock-off companies.

You are right that "the very fact that he produced those tips, counterfeited the exact markings and name and reputation of an established company . . . is in fact not only deceitful, but reprehensible." It is true, however, that, at least on the Cue Components website, he states that the G2...

Correction: All of your best of the best shafts are a combination of wood and either carbon fiber or a composite material, probably fiberglass See https://www.americanmadebilliards.com/R360-Edge-p/r360edge.htm

Whoa! Your "favorite shaft ever" --- Cuelees EX Solid--- is weird --- carbon fiber shaft in the bottom few inches and a wood exterior/CF interior in the top part of the shaft. As you mentioned, the Cuelees CT2 shaft does not have a few inches of shaft made only of carbon fiber like EX Solid...

Amazon is selling a fiberglass Rhino shaft. I don't think there are fiberglass players shafts on Rhino's website. I think Rhino has discontinued it's fiberglass shafts.

If the 10.5mm Rhino shaft has pro taper, I'd bet the larger shafts do, too. My 10.5mm has pro taper. My guess is that whatever playing cue and shaft sold on their website has pro taper. I know that sounds wrong but the specs for their over $330 cues are the virtually the same as their $250...

Rusty asked why not just get Le Pro instead of the knock-off, ThePro? Cue Components explained that the Le Pro company (Tweeten) is stuck-up and it hasn't done anything since Grandpa Le Pro invented Le Pro. Le Pro's $1.50 price is too much versus ThePro's $1. If you can tell the difference...

This orangutan played before the square tips became available: __

Seller required minimum bid of $425 and provided photos and this nothing-like description of the "Vintage Unknown 2-piece Billiard Pool Cue": Up for your consideration is this sharp looking vintage cue. The weight is 19.2 oz. Butt half measures 29 1/4, the shaft is 29 1/2, together it's 58 3/4...

I'm thinking about something from Character Cues. The one on the left is made from Ash (blue), Black Cherry burl. The one in the middle is made from spalted/stabilized maple (purple), black cherry burl (handle) The one on the right is made from Spalted & Stabilized White Ash, Walnut and...

Not recently, you're right. HawaiianEye posted about Burl eight years ago in Post #18:

I am surprised the butt and shaft worked. Maybe they gave up on the shafts because they failed too often???

SP-1 is another unusual design. I don't think they had that before. Both are nice. The price, too, was good --- $620 for SP-1 and $670 for the other. SP-1 still available at the Chops website: __