Are there any pool pros strong enough to

justnum

Billiards Improvement Research Projects Associate
Silver Member
The tradition of breaking cue sticks after key moments in a match is being lost.

Are there any pros strong enough to break a carbon cue with their bare hands?
 

Floyd_M

"Have Cue, Will Travel"
Silver Member
OH gar, no need to be that bizarre.
His reason why is fine with me, tho could have said so in the 1st place.

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pt109

WO double hemlock
Silver Member
They look very breakable….

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MajorMiscue

Democat
Gold Member
They look very breakable….

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Just like cf fishing rods, they are incredibly strong as long as they are in perfect condition. Any blemish, scratch or bruise will cause a weak spot and that is where the shaft will fail.
If someone wanted to break one, a sharp blow across the table corner at the tip end will break the shaft and you don't need to be Tarzan to do it. Their strength is for directly striking the tip against a moveable object in a linear fashion, not violent side loads.
 

SlateMan

Registered
Be careful. Carbon fiber golf clubs have killed some people:
In 1994, 16-year-old Jeremy Brenno of Gloversville, New York, was killed when he struck a bench with a golf club, and the shaft broke, bounced back at him, and pierced his heart. Brenno had missed a shot on the sixth hole at the Kingsboro Golf Club and looked to vent his frustration by giving the nearby bench a good whack in retaliation. The fatal club was a No. 3 wood.

Brenno’s is not the only accidental death by golf club. In 2005, 15-year-old Rafael Naranjo of Gardner, Massachusetts, expired after playfully swinging a 5-iron he’d found in the street at a fire hydrant. His act caused part of the shaft, along with the head of the club, to break off and lodge in his neck.

In 1951, Edward Harrison was playing a round at Inglewood in Kenmore, Washington, when the shaft of his driver broke and pierced his groin. He staggered 100 yards before collapsing and bleeding to death.

In 2005, 12-year-old Chandler Hugh Jackson of Frisco, Texas, died in Cunningham, Kentucky, after apparently falling onto a broken golf club at Dogwood Hill club. A piece of the club’s shaft went through the boy’s chest and pierced his aorta.
 
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