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

skor said:
would a hybrid shaft considered as wood for the sake of this list?
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good question. Probably yes - because usually we can tell only by the looks of the shaft (unless its nature is known for sure).
But still with a big asterisk ;) Best way would be to list those players/shafts separately
 
lord_shar said:
Agreed there, though it's the watch features, materials, and movement grade that drive prices much higher than the basic models. My personal collection includes these guys:

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I have several nice watches, but this cheap little Casio may be my favorite all-round watch.

I paid something like $23 dollars for it over 20 years ago and it is still keeping perfect time. It came with a 10-year battery which lasted longer than 10 years and I now have over 10 years on the second battery.

The little metal bars covering the watch face have helped the crystal from getting scratched from over 20 years of all kinds of banging around. They are removeable, but I kept them on.

This watch is a perfect pool-playing watch. Super light, almost indestructible and cheap.

It comes in a black version, too. The model is BDA-600.


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The snooker players are making millions without the CF shafts , the top 10 snooker players in the world make more money than all the pool pros put together.
 
The arrival of Kielwood shafts has elevated the status of wood shafts. Not only is the feel and acoustics far superior to any
CF shaft on the market but the question about deflection is no longer an issue once you actually play with a KW shaft.

Now just as much as most CF shafts will perform alike or similarly, the same applies to Kielwood shafts. And just like
most players ultimately prefer a CF shaft brand over others, the same also applies to Kielwood made by a cue maker.

The question about deflection can only be answered by playing with a Kielwood shaft. It feels so natural in your bridge
without any glove. The sight picture seems more appealing and what our eyes are accustomed to seeing instead of a
Along black or dark gray stick. The sound of your stroke has a tonal quality that you sense when you struck the cue ball
well. The cue ball goes exactly where you aim and intended it to arrive. I cannot state that any better. It goes where you aim and unless you use extreme English, the shaft exhibits minimal deflection. I think torrefication of maple shafts is the salvation of wood shafts and promises to compete on equal footing with CF shafts in the imminent future.

I started with one Kielwood shaft a year ago and now have 3 KW shafts (radial, 3/8x10 and 3/8 x11). If I was going to
have a cue built, it would definitely have only torrefied maple cue shafts. Kielwood is truly the best version wood shaft.
 
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