Ivory ferrule are easy to keep clean. They're also really heavy and make the cb squirt like all get out. I like Tomahawk as far as modern stuff goes.
I think the elephant might argue that point.
I’m the reverse. Playing for 52 years and own an extensive cue collection. I can’t tell any significant difference and, If there is one, no way to isolate the variable. Did you try all those ferrules on the same cue with the same tip?
Hi Geo, I have not used each of those materials and tip on the same cue. That's a good question! I think for me, I've become so used to the heavier side of the ivory ferrule that squirt/throw from it has just become part of my game. As far as the diminished part of my game, I have a very loose grip and therefore a fairly soft stroke. So for me, the ivory ferrule and joint helped me to propel the cue ball more effectively without trying to "force" the cueball with power I cant control. I have tried different tips on the same cue with ivory ferrule and joint and solid leather tips seem to get me better results than layered tips. But on the cues I used that had no ivory the medium moori III tips worked the best, tiger Everest is a close second. I replaced kamui black, navigator blue, and ultra skin tips almost immediately. They felt like shock absorbers to me. A good example, a friend of mine had never played with a cue with ivory joint/ferrule combo. So I let him use my titlist conversion with a piloted 5/16x14 joint and both shafts had ivory ferrules. He noticed immediately that he could lightly finesse shots in pockets and still have shape for his next shots much easier than any of his custom cues. He bought it 2 weeks later and refuses to sell it!
Hi maha, I am %100 pro elephant life! I'm referring to the ivory that was confiscated many decades ago and is considered legal for sale/pre ban. I hate the thought of a elephant getting hacked up for its teeth to make a ball or rod. Those poachers in africa that made the biggest dent in the elephant population had millions of pounds of ivory going to asia simply for sculpture. The stuff here in the U.S. was made legal AFTER that butchery took place. So why make it illegal now? That's more of what the argument revolves around.
Banning ‘endangered species’ materials on new products makes sense to me, but restrictions on the traffic of old items IS dumb.
There were already very strict laws on the book against importing African elephant ivory. This 2016 ruling was not the world coming together. It just hurt law abiding citizens from using ivory that was imported before 1990 like they had been doing. I stick by my legacy cap feather comment. The 2016 ruling raised the limit on elephants a wealthy American can go over to Africa and kill for trophy hunting from one to two elephants per year. They can still legally bring those tusks back for their trophy rooms. Those tusks are worth only a fraction of what those hunters pay for the permit to kill the elephant. The bits of tusks you see in American pool cues are from old trophy tusks pre 1990 ban that got passed on after the death of the hunters. Tusks are still being imported by trophy hunters and their limit got doubled. But just like those legally imported after the 1990 ban they can never be sold or cut up. What about people who bought pre ban ivory legally before 2016, but can now not sell that product across state lines? How is that fair?
I understand that old-time carom players also claimed the same thing about ivory balls. I know the best sounding acoustic guitars were made with Brazilian rosewood, and I was once addicted to tortoise shell guitar picks. The list goes on re: organic materials we have had to learn to do without. At least resin balls are immune to cracking, plastic picks seldom break, and luthiers still turn out very fine instruments made with more common grades of hardwood. When they get that time machine up & running though, I would be first in line.
BS most people don't play with ivory, they just show it off. As far as a feather, I sure don't like people killing elephants especially since there is no real purpose to it. It's almost always an incredibly sad loss when an elephant dies.
Actually "owned" by everyone thus no one. Therefore all the resources are wasted and misallocated.
