Carbon Fiber Shaft Price Comparison
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Anyone have experience with the Whyte carbon fiber shafts? Looks like the most expensive one out there.
Whyte Raw Carbon Player Shaft: Precision, Feel, & Performance
Dive into elite play with Whyte's Raw Carbon Player Shaft. Designed for those seeking a frictionless, sleek carbon touch coupled with robust Dual-Core construction. Advanced Micro-Compression tech and Multi-Density Fill come standard. Key specs include a Kamui Clear Black Soft tip, white...
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Are you certain about this?? I believe Becue is making all their cues and shafts themselves in house...
Hans Delta $525 https://www.deltabilliards.com/pool-cues/shafts/?sort=pricedesc
Who is Han's Delta?
Here is a funny thing, if you hit their US dollar or Canadian dollar, the price is the same.
In real life that's not the case.
I've seen the Cuetec factory where they literally create the fiber tow. I can't speak with 100% certainty, but would find it hard to believe that BeCue had invested the millions of dollars required to manufacture their own from start to finish, but I could be wrong.
I know that Predator does not make their own Carbon Fiber tubes and,or tow, and they have considerably more resources than Becue, but as for BeCue, I am not 100%.
Thanks for the reply.
Obviously there is far more in the manufacturing process that I do not know about. If it costs that amount it would make sense that it would not be economically viable for all these small shaft companies to produce their own tubes. If you could explain what the tow is I am curious to learn more... Thanks again!!
BeardedLeaguePlayer
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I'm interested in hearing others experience as well.Anyone have experience with the Whyte carbon fiber shafts? Looks like the most expensive one out there.
Whyte Raw Carbon Player Shaft: Precision, Feel, & Performance
Dive into elite play with Whyte's Raw Carbon Player Shaft. Designed for those seeking a frictionless, sleek carbon touch coupled with robust Dual-Core construction. Advanced Micro-Compression tech and Multi-Density Fill come standard. Key specs include a Kamui Clear Black Soft tip, white...whytecarbon.com
I had never heard of them either, a girl in my dad's pool league has one
brilliant thread btw
Carbon fiber tow is basically the thread used to weave carbon fiber. In this case the threads are oriented in specifc directions creating a unique weave or pattern. These sheets of the woven carbon fiber tow are then wrapped around a mandrel to create the tubes. Different shaft tapers require different mandrels, and in Cuetec's case, different fiber tow orientations are used to increase stiffness or flexibility depending on the location along the taper.
BeardedLeaguePlayer
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Konllen Carbon Fiber 12.4 shaft added at $299
Predator make their own tubes. Told me this direct.
They lied. Their facility outside of Boston polishes the tubes, fill them with foam, and builds the front end and joint inserts, but Predator in no way manufactures the tubes themselves.
Predator doesn't own a factory. Their cues are made in the same factory as Lucasi and others at HIE (Hamson International Enterprises) and at Kao Kao. Their cases come from the same supplier as QK-S, again in China. The closest thing to a manufacturing facility owned by Predator is the facility outside Boston. They stopped making cues and shafts in Jacksonville, FL by 2010.
Kao Kao? I thought they used the Taican factory.
I don't think Predator uses KaoKao for anything. Possible but i don't think so. Hamson/Universal is the old Taican plant. They make Pred, Lucasi, Players, Riley, Dufferin, Buffalo to name a few. BIG operation.
At this date I can't confirm their use of Kao Kao, but can confirm that some BK and Sport cues came from there 5 years ago. They also did some of the Poison cues at one point.
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Can you please provide a link where they are listed for sale?
I found their website but can not find any where with the price or where you can order this shaft yet.