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I'm curious as to how kielwood shafts play better than original maple. Could you expound on your answer please and thanks? I've only seen kielwood and have never even held one in my hands, so I have no clue.

Triball? I worked with a guy years ago who claimed to have three testicles. This reminds me of that moment.

This is absurd...pool players can't do math! :unsure: :ROFLMAO: 47 year old contact wearing pool player here. Trust me...get the contacts and thank yourself later. Plus it helps for checking out the ladies (if you're newly single like myself).

Isn't this just promoting downright laziness? Shouldn't pool players have to work in order to play well? 🤣 Just kidding. Poolmanis, you play great, much better than I do. I appreciate your thoughts. Have a great one.

I like the term "entry level" addressing a pool stick. All this talk about technology and deflection really is not all that important relative to technique. Obviously I'm not the first to say that here. For perspective, I once beat the world one weekend using a Players jump break cue that I...

Do cucumbers taste better pickled?

If I ever to have a need to get another cue, I'll just try CF. I agree it's the future and not having to worry about warpage and dings is worth it for that reason alone.

I talked to a 728 rated player two nights ago about his shaft. Kielwood evidently. I asked if it was spliced / low defecltion or whatever. He didn't know. It looked like just brownish maple with no splices, so I guess it's kielwood or whatever its called. I guess its another ball of wax...

I hear ya, but to be fair, I can think of at least one thing that feels better than this :ROFLMAO:

I'd say this is about the ratio of wood to CF in my area as well

Yup, just black.

I hear ya. But for consideration, I've played primarily with only one of my two shafts since 2017 and have spend zero dollars on maintenance. While CF is more durable, from my perspective this entire discussion is really for fanatics, which is cool, but it really is de minimis either way. My...

I'm all about value vs cost as well. So much so that I've never even ventured into the realm of low deflection shafts. I get the traditionalist angle, and the new tech CF angles as well. But my angle is that I can't seem to be burdened enough to care much either way, certainly not enough to...

Yeah, looks like you are right. Ko bros play with a zen cue with standard maple. And the tip has an unknown brown thing on it and is tapered. And lots of silver and what not. There you have it sports fans. Proof that nothing matters, and anything goes. Peace be with you...

All three of these are retired. I played pool with Brumback a couple of months ago and yeah, he used standard maple. His preferred tool these days is a ping pong paddle though :unsure:

I am very sorry to hear about your losses. Best wishes on your project.

So now in 2025, are there any pro players who are using old school high deflection maple shafts?

Just a few shots here and there. I ordered the cue in my avatar in 2017, right before carbon became ubiquitous. Since I had just spent so much money and time on the build project, I kind of committed myself to just staying the course with this set up. I do have a carbon fiber break shaft that...

Where can we watch your movie? Or is it in the works?

Those just look like golf shirts to me. These are fine. I'm with garczar, pool players don't need to look like they are auditioning as an extra on a Star Trek episode.