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Thoughts on a black ferrule on a black shaft with a soft Kamui black clear tip? Will the colour make it hard to aim?
Black ferrule on black shafts?
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im gettin a black shaft and it must have a black ferrule,
wont matter to my aiming, i just want it to look kool
I use the center line of the shaft.for aiming.....the ferrule and tip only for seeing where I should hit the cueball. Black shaft and ferrule are perfectly fine for me. Mitch
I have a Revo (black/black), Cynergy (black/white) and a couple maple shafts (wood/white). So I’ve played with a variety of combinations.
Shaft-based Aiming
I’ve also tried a few aiming systems with each cue including the SVB system fractionally aligning the shaft to the edge of the object ball. I would think this system is most likely to let shaft/ferrule color irk someone. It made no difference to me at all. It all contrasts good enough. Nothing washed out together.
Object-ball / Contact-point Aiming
Today I do pretty much all my aiming while still standing. I’ve just got better at aligning contact points before stepping into the shot. When down on the shot, I try to make no adjustments unless I’m adding spin and compensating for deflection. Otherwise no aspect of the shaft really matters all that much to my aiming at all. If I’m thinking about aim while down on the shot, I’ve already missed.
Tip Contact
So really shaft/ferrule color is not a factor in my aiming either way. I feel like most of my misses are not because of my aim but because of my stroke. If I pause at the cueball before final delivery expecting one tip of center-inside English, is that where I struck it or did I drop my shoulder and hit a tip and a half of high-inside instead? In this scenario, the black shaft/ferrule contrasts nicely against the white cueball. But I’m betting I’d be just fine with white/white.
TL;DR - meh...
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Shaft-based Aiming
I’ve also tried a few aiming systems with each cue including the SVB system fractionally aligning the shaft to the edge of the object ball. I would think this system is most likely to let shaft/ferrule color irk someone. It made no difference to me at all. It all contrasts good enough. Nothing washed out together.
Object-ball / Contact-point Aiming
Today I do pretty much all my aiming while still standing. I’ve just got better at aligning contact points before stepping into the shot. When down on the shot, I try to make no adjustments unless I’m adding spin and compensating for deflection. Otherwise no aspect of the shaft really matters all that much to my aiming at all. If I’m thinking about aim while down on the shot, I’ve already missed.
Tip Contact
So really shaft/ferrule color is not a factor in my aiming either way. I feel like most of my misses are not because of my aim but because of my stroke. If I pause at the cueball before final delivery expecting one tip of center-inside English, is that where I struck it or did I drop my shoulder and hit a tip and a half of high-inside instead? In this scenario, the black shaft/ferrule contrasts nicely against the white cueball. But I’m betting I’d be just fine with white/white.
TL;DR - meh...
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The main thing is how somebody's feeling about that is going to help to have yours? The only way to see how you feel about that and if you're comfortable with that is to have your own experience... Sorry for being mr.obviousness
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Another POV.... black ferrule, white cue ball. There is no better contrast.
True how ever I took off and put a Orange pad on it and like it much better , I kinda started a trend as some other guys like it and did the same
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True Scott. My post said ferrule but I meant just the tip for the cue ball contact point. Mitch
I don't know why either, but I'll assume it is because zombies.
glad mines coming monday then
ill color in the white with a marker if there is any
ill color in the white with a marker if there is any
My McDermott iPro 12mm has a black ferrule, which was partially why I purchased the cue it came with. It's not bad, but I'm not really a fan.
The dark color is weird at first when you get down on the ball, but got used to it quickly.
When it comes to looks though, a black ferrule is like a black car...only looks good when clean.
My biggest gripe with a black ferrule is that you can see all the scuff/scratch marks on it, while a white ferrule I just use slippy fine-grit papers and twist in my hand to get the ferrule to look fresh and clean (no lathe). Feel that if I try this with the black ferrule, it will look worse...not sure though.
The dark color is weird at first when you get down on the ball, but got used to it quickly.
When it comes to looks though, a black ferrule is like a black car...only looks good when clean.
My biggest gripe with a black ferrule is that you can see all the scuff/scratch marks on it, while a white ferrule I just use slippy fine-grit papers and twist in my hand to get the ferrule to look fresh and clean (no lathe). Feel that if I try this with the black ferrule, it will look worse...not sure though.
