Although another rubber grip, here is another from Lucasi's Thorsten Hohmann series...but still has that three-piece look to it.
6"?
Wilt the stilt?
6"?
And he got all the ladies he could handle?
OK, maybe you meant 72"
I love Irish linen...only on a pool cue...not snooker or 3-cushion cues.
My favorite old Joss, often my hand comes off the wrap....
...I hold it shorter when I’m in.
So Buddy showed me a Blud where the wrap came down to an inch from the butt plate.
I ordered a Jensen the same way...it was perfect.
But as for length.....I’m 6 ft with a 6.3 wingspan....started with a 60 inch cue.
Eventually I settled on 57 inch with a caromish taper...snooker and pool.
...12 mm for pool...10.4 for snooker.
A 57 inch cue hits stronger....you can only accommodate yourself so much....
...you also have to accommodate the cue ball.
At least, that suited me.
Being fairly tall I've mastered the game with 60" Prather cue (equal split). So may be that is why I did not notice my previous 30" solid maple playing shafts were not stable.Same reason as any other difference in a cue or anything else. Balance, weight, how it reacts when you hit a ball, longer cue is easier to reach shots.
I never really liked a longer shaft, but using a mid-cue extention I liked. I tried two 30" shafts, did not really like either of them, they felt less stable during slow spin shots.
How tall are you? Is your forearm vertical or forward of that at CB address?
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Same height as Mosconi.
Where are his hands?
Do you stand that high over your cue?Same height as Mosconi.
Where are his hands?
1) I think that picture might have been a staged photo. I believe the live video of Mosconi from his younger days he was much lower on the cue.
2) Mosconi had a slip stroke, and his back hand slid back on the.cue during his warmup strokes, until it made his forearm much more vertical and closer to what we have today, as compared to this picture.
Pretty sure he slip-stroked on the five-railer.
....but the show was no more believable than the Emily Duddy show.
Pretty sure he slip-stroked on the five-railer.
....but the show was no more believable than the Emily Duddy show.
I've never been asked to build a "long" shaft. I have been asked to build long or short cues though. A standard pool cue is 58", equally divided between butt and shaft, so 29" each. It's fine for most people. The reason to go off spec is a person's height. Taller players benefit from longer cues, shorter players benefit from shorter cues. The reason is to keep that 90 degree elbow. Taller players tend to grip a bit back, shorter players choke up. A properly sized cue eliminates that need.
Short cues have another purpose, playing in a constrained environment with insufficient clearance around the table.
What are long cue Shafts used for?