List of pro players who stick to wood as their playing shaft

Vahmurka

Vahmurka

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At least seemingly ;)

Got me thinking that current WPC (2025) is a good chance to start such a list, just for the reference sake.

As we know, nowadays many wooden shafts are not pure wood but could keep all sorts of carbon inside (rods, tubes, etc.) But based on appearance it is easy to tell full carbon from a piece which was born as a chop of wood and grown like that :)

I will be able to invest my 0.02 later on, but so far I noticed that the Filippinos mostly prefer wood, same goes for many Taiwanese. But let us gather the names, and I will try my best to make a sorted list out of that.
 
Ameer Ali
Johnny Archer
Justin Bergman
Tony Chohan
Lee Vann Corteza
Mike Dechaine
Corey Deuel
Duong Quoc Hoang
Eklent Kaci
Ko Pin Chung
Ko Pin Yi
Mickey Krause
Alex Pagulayan
Anton Raga
Ralf Souquet
Rogelio Sotero
Tyler Styer

Female players:

Seo Seoa
 
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Vahmurka said:
At least seemingly ;)

Got me thinking that current WPC (2025) is a good chance to start such a list, just for the reference sake.

As we know, nowadays many wooden shafts are not pure wood but could keep all sorts of carbon inside (rods, tubes, etc.) But based on appearance it is easy to tell full carbon from a piece which was born as a chop of wood and grown like that :)

I will be able to invest my 0.02 later on, but so far I noticed that the Filippinos mostly prefer wood, same goes for many Taiwanese. But let us gather the names, and I will try my best to make a sorted list out of that.
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Seriously, why does this matter? What is the end game here? Most if not all pros are paid to use a cue. They could/can play with a $100 chinese pos and still get out.
 
wood is fun, caring for it - not so much
As you do not lose anything with CF, but rather gain - lower deflection, more power, better durability and care free. And feel is something that you get used to, wood is really obsolete, just a matter of time before people would forget that cues and shafts used to be made of wood.
Maybe CF will not be the future, but definitely some sort of a composite material.
If you wish to use wood shaft, go ahead, why not? as long as you can get them, enjoy them.
I have many wooden shafts for my cues, I use them as well, but if I ever needed a new shaft, it probably won't be wood (and yes, I do have a hybrid shaft of Kielwood and carbon coming, but I don't need it, I just wanted it :geek: )
 
skor said:
wood is fun, caring for it - not so much
As you do not lose anything with CF, but rather gain - lower deflection, more power, better durability and care free. And feel is something that you get used to, wood is really obsolete, just a matter of time before people would forget that cues and shafts used to be made of wood.
Maybe CF will not be the future, but definitely some sort of a composite material.
If you wish to use wood shaft, go ahead, why not? as long as you can get them, enjoy them.
I have many wooden shafts for my cues, I use them as well, but if I ever needed a new shaft, it probably won't be wood (and yes, I do have a hybrid shaft of Kielwood and carbon coming, but I don't need it, I just wanted it :geek: )
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Look forward to your impressions about Kielwood. I’m a big fan and awaiting 2 addt’l KW shafts from Jacoby Cues.
 
garczar said:
Seriously, why does this matter? What is the end game here? Most if not all pros are paid to use a cue. They could/can play with a $100 chinese pos and still get out.
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I was hoping you were literate enough to notice the words "for reference sake" in an introduction.

You are very well free and welcome to not give a damn. Just please walk past then, don't say anything. Thanks for your attention!
 
skor said:
wood is fun, caring for it - not so much
As you do not lose anything with CF, but rather gain - lower deflection, more power, better durability and care free. And feel is something that you get used to, wood is really obsolete, just a matter of time before people would forget that cues and shafts used to be made of wood.
Maybe CF will not be the future, but definitely some sort of a composite material.
If you wish to use wood shaft, go ahead, why not? as long as you can get them, enjoy them.
I have many wooden shafts for my cues, I use them as well, but if I ever needed a new shaft, it probably won't be wood (and yes, I do have a hybrid shaft of Kielwood and carbon coming, but I don't need it, I just wanted it :geek: )
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Question- if wood is obsolete and that would only be true if the shaft is EVERYTHING in the playability of a cue----then the cue butt hardly matters at all- WHY then do most of the high end cue makers still have long waiting lists and why are people still buying wood cues on the secondary market here and everywhere else for thousands$$. ?

Actually- the darn $20 Willie Hoppe cues are selling for $400+ to this day- every single day on e bay---and if it is ebony WOOD- it is around $1,000+ and none of those have CF shafts added to them to my knowledge.

I am not comparing wood to CF shafts- just saying that WOOD CUES overall will always be an industry, IMO - and a craft that some will pay high, high dollars- at least in the lifetime of most on this site, if not all.
 
mikemosconi said:
Question- if wood is obsolete and that would only be true if the shaft is EVERYTHING in the playability of a cue----then the cue butt hardly matters at all- WHY then do most of the high end cue makers still have long waiting lists and why are people still buying wood cues on the secondary market here and everywhere else for thousands$$. ?

Actually- the darn $20 Willie Hoppe cues are selling for $400+ to this day- every single day on e bay---and if it is ebony WOOD- it is around $1,000+ and none of those have CF shafts added to them to my knowledge.

I am not comparing wood to CF shafts- just saying that WOOD CUES overall will always be an industry, IMO - and a craft that some will pay high, high dollars- at least in the lifetime of most on this site, if not all.
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30-40 years ago, most pros played with custom made cues. Slowly but surely players started to get sponsorship by cue companies, first the good old American cue makers and later Chinese and other imported cues brands.
If 40 years ago a player wanted a SW because some top pros used them, later it switched to Joss or Schon, then Predator and today they want CueTec because that’s what SVB plays with and so do many more top players.

The custom cue industry is in decline. A custom cue that was worth $2500 20 years ago, should be worth today $5000 or more if the cue maker is gone… but that’s not the case, they are still worth about the same (sure, there exceptions).
Wooden cues are still in demand because old players are still around, it will die out eventually.

The butt is important to the feel and hit of a cue. And today it is still mainly made of wood, but this will change too, these things take time. Composite shaft have been around for many years but only became popular when they were good enough for the top players.
The butt section will go through the same phases. There are great cues already that play and hit amazing that are hybrids. It’s just a matter of time.
 
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