Custom Cue? Ivory Joints?

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smashmouth

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Can anyone tell me if Ivory Joints cans be applied to any joint style or only specific joint styles?

I'm interested in getting one but I refer wood to wood joints.
 
smashmouth said:
Can anyone tell me if Ivory Joints cans be applied to any joint style or only specific joint styles?

I'm interested in getting one but I refer wood to wood joints.
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you could do a sleeved ivory joint with almost any pin style. For that matter you probably could do a capped ivory joint with almost any pin style.
 
ivory sleeved is just what it sounds like, a layer of ivory over the wood. while ivory joints are usually whole ivory a solid piece of ivory with a pin comming out of it
 
If you look at ivory jointed cues by Capone you will see what is actually wood to wood with a thin layer of ivory around it. It looks nice, but you are actually getting a wood to wood joint. Look at other cues and you see a chunk of ivory with the pin in the middle. Ivory can be fragile. It can contract and expand with heat with cold. Because of this some cue makers will put a small thin sleeve around the pin to allow the ivory to "breath". This is what Tim Scruggs explained to me.
 
kaznj said:
If you look at ivory jointed cues by Capone you will see what is actually wood to wood with a thin layer of ivory around it. It looks nice, but you are actually getting a wood to wood joint. Look at other cues and you see a chunk of ivory with the pin in the middle. Ivory can be fragile. It can contract and expand with heat with cold. Because of this some cue makers will put a small thin sleeve around the pin to allow the ivory to "breath". This is what Tim Scruggs explained to me.
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Mike Capone's ivory joint is one of the best I have seen.
As you said, it is, in fact, a wood to wood joint with a radial pin. However, it also has a black phenolic sleeve around the wood and a thin ivory sleeve around the phenolic. You get the beauty of the ivory joint, with all of the benefits and feel of a wood to wood joint. It is one of the best hitting cues I have every owned.
 
Though I haven't tried one myself, I've been told that if you like wood to wood, you might like piloted ivory. Softer hit, though.
 
Pushout said:
Though I haven't tried one myself, I've been told that if you like wood to wood, you might like piloted ivory. Softer hit, though.
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Piloted Ivory hits harder than wood to wood. In the order of hard hitting joints-SS piloted, Ivory piloted, flat faced wood to wood or ivory.
 
Thanks for the Capone tip, I was gonna ask to reccommend a cuemaker next:)

I realize every decent cuemaker has the potential to make a good Ivory joint, but I prefer someone who has experience with it
 
smashmouth said:
Thanks for the Capone tip, I was gonna ask to reccommend a cuemaker next:)

I realize every decent cuemaker has the potential to make a good Ivory joint, but I prefer someone who has experience with it
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it's my understanding that Mike Capone doesn't make full ivory joints. only sleaved, i have an andy gilbert with an ivory joint that hits outstanding.
 
i've awalys wondered why a ivory jointed cue(not W2W with a sleeve) hits softer but ivory ferrels hit harder than the plastic ones.
 
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