standard deal for snooker cues. no pool cues are made like this. play much snooker? if not don't worry about it.
For those who put their chin on the cue during the stroke, half-jointed cues can be a real problem for this.
Does this also apply to American cues, Bob? I've never used a half-jointed one so I wouldn't know myself.
Nearly all American cues are half-jointed. My cue is fairly smooth at the joint but it feels like a rasp against my chin.
I used a cheap Riley snooker cue a few years back that had a hard plastic half-joint as opposed to a brass one, and it felt far better. Every brass half-joint I've used has been an irritation.
Gives you better accuracy for snooker and English pool pockets than a traditional American stance. Nothing at all a problem with chin resting if your form and fundamentals are decent.
Pretty much every top snooker player has his chin rubbing on the cue stick as it is in the final stroke. I think there is a good reason for that. Fortunately for their backs, snooker tables are higher than pool tables.
It's more stable resting on the cue than it is if it's not.
Honestly, it's not too much of a hassle carrying the thing around. I have more of a problem with the weight of it, since it's constructed out of wood. My case that I carry my one-piece pool cue in is aluminium, though, so the weight's not so much of an issue there.
