If this has been done recently, my bad. I couldn't find it. No particular reason for doing this...well yeah, there is. Stopped by a pool hall I haven't been to in a while. Haven't played in a while for that matter. Saw an older gentleman working on this shot where he did a full table bank. The object ball was placed on the spot and he placed the ball he would hit about half way from it to the rail. He playing a draw.
FYI, this was in a pool hall with 9ft, double shimmed tables, where one-pocket is played a lot. Anywho, I asked him if I could try. I got close on a few and successfully had two shots do what they were supposed to do. After a while, I realized something, I didn't have any special LD shaft or tip to do this and I was using a one piece cue. So it got me thinking, "Do I really need anything but a regular maple shaft?"
Understand, I'm a pool gear junkie! I love checking out the latest and great stuff, gimmick or not, that comes out. Especially when it comes to shafts and tips! *cough*KamuiClearSuperSoft*cough* Almost EVERYONE making an LD shaft is at 12.75mm or 11.75mm or close to it. Only OB makes an LD shaft that's 13mm. (at least that's what I know for now.) I also see that many of the top cue makers STILL sell their cues with traditional 13mm shafts. So I guess my question after all of this, is why the big switch to smaller diameters?
I mean the LD market has been going on for years now and even pros use them. But like I mentioned earlier, OB is the ONLY one making 13mm LD shafts. Anyway, thanks for reading my question, taking a part in the poll and adding your two cents.
Daris L. Cotton
PS
Need to change my signature, don't have those cues anymore.
FYI, this was in a pool hall with 9ft, double shimmed tables, where one-pocket is played a lot. Anywho, I asked him if I could try. I got close on a few and successfully had two shots do what they were supposed to do. After a while, I realized something, I didn't have any special LD shaft or tip to do this and I was using a one piece cue. So it got me thinking, "Do I really need anything but a regular maple shaft?"
Understand, I'm a pool gear junkie! I love checking out the latest and great stuff, gimmick or not, that comes out. Especially when it comes to shafts and tips! *cough*KamuiClearSuperSoft*cough* Almost EVERYONE making an LD shaft is at 12.75mm or 11.75mm or close to it. Only OB makes an LD shaft that's 13mm. (at least that's what I know for now.) I also see that many of the top cue makers STILL sell their cues with traditional 13mm shafts. So I guess my question after all of this, is why the big switch to smaller diameters?
I mean the LD market has been going on for years now and even pros use them. But like I mentioned earlier, OB is the ONLY one making 13mm LD shafts. Anyway, thanks for reading my question, taking a part in the poll and adding your two cents.
Daris L. Cotton
PS
Need to change my signature, don't have those cues anymore.
