"specialty" shaft's

I know a girl that collects "specialty" shaft's. It was on display in her living room in a glass cabinet. She had about 12 special shafts, some big, some small. The funny thing is she gave them all names. She had the predator, the tiger, the obewan, the irish posh rocket, the dominator. She loved them all but her favorite was the obewan because like she said it was like a force of nature that turned her to the darkside. Holly shizney did she ever had a master stroke that would always leave a spit polish on the old mcdermott.

I try almost all of them as they come out. People I know buy them & I get to mate them to their cue, or somebody I know buys one & I get to test it out. So far, all have been fair shafts. Lots of enginuity & thought go into their design. But none have impressed me like a good solid peice of maple, though. They seem to be getting a little better as time goes on, but still not at a point where i'd consider using them or putting them on my customs. Beleive me, it would be much easier & less frsustrating if I could just buy shafts to install on my customs. I cut lots & lots of shafts. It's time consuming & the loss ratio is high, but it's still the best way to do it, in my humble opinion.

Shafts

I have seen numerous players shoot lights out with Predators and other laminated shafts. I, for one, have no use for those gizmo items. I still favor old growth wood...yellowish or darker in appearance with very tight straight grain. 4.o oz or more w/o an insert. I seldom run 2 racks in a row, but my game is more consistent with those old growth shafts than the new technology. I can feel the difference immediately between wood and the laminates.

Salesmanship

There's an old adage....

"If you nail two boards together in a way that they have never been nailed before, some schmuck will buy it."