I recently picked up one of these cues with the ferruleless shafts. Initially, I was hesitant to shoot very hard with it for fear of damaging the shaft. Tommy assured me it was fine to let out my stroke and have not been able to put the cue down. The fiber disk absorbs enough of the shock as to not damage the shaft and the shaft's performance is on par with my ivory ferruled shafts (which I have chipped on occasion). This cue will perform as well as most and Tommy is excellent to deal with. Try it, you'll like it!