HANSHEW FORWARD EXTENSION
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thanks for the reply
does it mark up the shaft?
does stay straight with the shaft?
whats it made out of?
its feel ie hit /power?
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
Cool! Nice to hear about it. It's a really different design. At first I thought the design was dumb, but honestly I'm starting to like it. It's definitely thinking out of the box but it seems like it would work well.
Apologies, I missed your questions.
From what I remember Hanshew's wife telling me when I bought it, they are on the third or fourth iteration now and the rubber ring material was one of the things they changed because there were some issues with marking in earlier versions. At worst, I have had zero issues on either CF or wood shafts in the month or so that I've owned it.
I haven't checked it in a straighness checker, but to the naked eye, it is straight on the shaft. I suppose I could check that later.
It is basically a cut down CF shaft and fit with a rubber ring and a compression fitting to secure it to the shaft. I'd guess that it's a section out of the middle of a conical taper shaft. Seybert's description might tell you more about the construction.
I haven't noticed any significant change in the feel of the hit, but I usually shoot with a Revo with a Zan Hybrid Max tip so take that for what it is. Hanshew does sell them with different tips and you could probably get a cue mechanic to put whatever tip you like on it later.
I started out with it on my shooting cue, but I found I like using it best on my break stick because the radius of the tip is very flat and I feel that puts more surface area between the tip and the extension which should give the best transfer of power. I don't know for sure, but I would guess that the interior cavity of the forward extension is flat or minimally radiused to accomodate different tip radiuses.
All in all, I like using it a little better than a rear extension. The shot feels more natural because your bridge hand is on the shaft, not the forearm of the cue. I have used the forward and the rear extension at the same time on longer shots and it works also.
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