Real novice at this and looking to understand a bit better.
With a home table got a bunch of Brunswick Centennial cues.
Took one to BilliardBills's and he sold me a OB Pro LD shaft and precision layered tip medium (very nice guy, very helpful BTW). This was my experimentation into LD cues.
LD aspect: honestly I put so little left/right spin with so little aiming control not much difference to me, and that's not my question.
I found I really liked the smaller shaft diameter (11.75mm) I think, it just felt better. I liked it.
We wanted another cue for when lots of people come over, to have some choices, so on a whim I ordered a Player Pure-X HTX 65 at 12mm with Kamui Tan Medium (figured it was close).
Wow, has a huge difference in feel, and therein is my first question:
One other side note - I assumed I was buying a pre-built shaft with the Pure-X, but the invoice said that Seyberts turned it down. So maybe this feel is where they did the refinish?
The question is: is there a term for these kind of finishes? On that Pure-X am I feeling plain wood, is it just a sealer, is it varnished with something (and I'm feeling a satin vs gloss type difference)?
I find I really like the feel of the Pure-X better, by the way. And I do not suggest any of these cues are wrong or right, I'm just trying to understand the finishing process a bit. For example, if I ordered a OB shaft in the future, will it come like that OB Pro, is there a way to request it differently (i.e. what words would one use)? And/or can someone like Bill refinish it (easily)?
Or is it related to the wood - the OB is a laminate, the Player is (I think?) solid maple? Maybe except the end (I tried to find details on them but could not). Does that drive the surface feel in some fashion, that the laminate requires a thicker coating?
With a home table got a bunch of Brunswick Centennial cues.
Took one to BilliardBills's and he sold me a OB Pro LD shaft and precision layered tip medium (very nice guy, very helpful BTW). This was my experimentation into LD cues.
LD aspect: honestly I put so little left/right spin with so little aiming control not much difference to me, and that's not my question.
I found I really liked the smaller shaft diameter (11.75mm) I think, it just felt better. I liked it.
We wanted another cue for when lots of people come over, to have some choices, so on a whim I ordered a Player Pure-X HTX 65 at 12mm with Kamui Tan Medium (figured it was close).
Wow, has a huge difference in feel, and therein is my first question:
- The OB Pro has what (remember I do not know what I'm talking about) varnish-like finish end to end. Smooth and well done, but has a varnish like feel.
- The Centennial cues had a more bare wood feel, but clearly some kind of finish, maybe just a sealer? Felt more wood like, but still kind of glossy.
- The Pure-X, beginning about halfway down the shaft, has a much more wood feel, less varnish-like by far, incredibly smooth and slick but (using a paint term) more fine satin than gloss.
One other side note - I assumed I was buying a pre-built shaft with the Pure-X, but the invoice said that Seyberts turned it down. So maybe this feel is where they did the refinish?
The question is: is there a term for these kind of finishes? On that Pure-X am I feeling plain wood, is it just a sealer, is it varnished with something (and I'm feeling a satin vs gloss type difference)?
I find I really like the feel of the Pure-X better, by the way. And I do not suggest any of these cues are wrong or right, I'm just trying to understand the finishing process a bit. For example, if I ordered a OB shaft in the future, will it come like that OB Pro, is there a way to request it differently (i.e. what words would one use)? And/or can someone like Bill refinish it (easily)?
Or is it related to the wood - the OB is a laminate, the Player is (I think?) solid maple? Maybe except the end (I tried to find details on them but could not). Does that drive the surface feel in some fashion, that the laminate requires a thicker coating?