Brass-looking ferrules on snooker cues
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It is brass but it is quite thin, maybe .8 to 1mm.
Not sure how it started but it has been "the" snooker ferrule for ever.
gr. Dave
Not sure how it started but it has been "the" snooker ferrule for ever.
gr. Dave
The brass ferrule is as traditional in the snooker world as ivory ferrules
are in the pool world...both inferior materials...imo.
That is what they had to work with in the old days....
...we now have a lot of better options.
The brass ferrule is very thin, otherwise it'll hit like a lead pipe.
The problem is that it keeps chewing away on the wood...
..eventually, Steve Davis had to get his cue shortened by a quarter inch...
..it was traumatic for him, the cue that he won six world titles with never
felt the same for him again.
Incidentally, 'ferrule' gets its name from the Latin root for iron.
I've only seen one ferrule that was faithful to the true meaning...
..John Pullman, a 10 time world snooker champion.
are in the pool world...both inferior materials...imo.
That is what they had to work with in the old days....
...we now have a lot of better options.
The brass ferrule is very thin, otherwise it'll hit like a lead pipe.
The problem is that it keeps chewing away on the wood...
..eventually, Steve Davis had to get his cue shortened by a quarter inch...
..it was traumatic for him, the cue that he won six world titles with never
felt the same for him again.
Incidentally, 'ferrule' gets its name from the Latin root for iron.
I've only seen one ferrule that was faithful to the true meaning...
..John Pullman, a 10 time world snooker champion.
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RHOL wire rope terminated with Thimbles and ferrule
Picco pipe with nickel silver ferrule
A ferrule (a corruption of Latin viriola "small bracelet", under the influence of ferrum "iron") is a name for types of metal objects, generally used for fastening, joining, or reinforcement. They are often narrow circular rings of metal, or less commonly, plastic.
Most ferrules consist of a circular clamp used to hold together and attach fibers, wires or posts, generally by crimping, swaging, or otherwise deforming the ferrule to permanently tighten it onto the parts that it holds.
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For the plant of similar name, see Ferula.
Look up ferrule in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
RHOL wire rope terminated with Thimbles and ferrule
Picco pipe with nickel silver ferrule
A ferrule (a corruption of Latin viriola "small bracelet", under the influence of ferrum "iron") is a name for types of metal objects, generally used for fastening, joining, or reinforcement. They are often narrow circular rings of metal, or less commonly, plastic.
Most ferrules consist of a circular clamp used to hold together and attach fibers, wires or posts, generally by crimping, swaging, or otherwise deforming the ferrule to permanently tighten it onto the parts that it holds.
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