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Do they make any Snooker production cues?
Do Canadians make snooker cues?
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Dufferin snooker used to be made in a factory in Toronto, but are now made in China. There are many small private cue makers spotted around the country, but not as many as there used to be during snooker's heyday. Furthermore, very rarely these days will you find a cuemaker with a lathe long enough for 3/4 or one-piece cues. They almost all make half-split cues because they primarily make pool cues-- there's no business in snooker anymore.
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One other thing, being that snooker cues are quite delicate, Canadian-made cues are desirable because they are made from well-weathered timbers. I've known some players whose expensive English-made cues warped to bloody oblivion when brought over to Canada because they couldn't withstand the harsh climate.
Hi,
Check with Don Broos out in Milton, Ontario...he made a lot of custom snooker cues for some of the local snooker pro and champ. He has several lathe and should be able to handle all your requirements.
Regards,
Duc.
Check with Don Broos out in Milton, Ontario...he made a lot of custom snooker cues for some of the local snooker pro and champ. He has several lathe and should be able to handle all your requirements.
Regards,
Duc.
Kevin DeRoo in Vancouver also makes high-end snooker cues. His website is:
http://www.deroocues.com/mainframeset.htm
http://www.deroocues.com/mainframeset.htm
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Considering the vast majority (95% plus) of Ash and Maple snooker cue shafts produced around the world in different climates are timbers grown and seasoned in America and Canada before being exported effectively your saying those woods are fine for the English climate but warp in their natural climate unless made by a Canadian ????
Come on mate patriotism is one thing but talking a load of crap dont make the Canadian cuemakers any better than anyone else.
The reality is one piece and 3/4 cues warp far easier than 50-50split cues and your mates with warped cues probably had no idea how to look after them.
Pardond my being rat-arsed at the moment (quite kloaded with amaretto guinness at the moment(), but onee mate had a cue made by Peradon (Cannon, actaually) while another made by Craftsman and both exhibityed signs of warpage after a month of play. You are right in that cue makers in England would use matured North mAmerican timbers to withstand this sort of climate, but the truth is that those same timbers may not have been grown in the same climate as what they are subjcted to after being fabricated. There's no knowing where the timbers are specifically from, so it's difficult to say that most ("95% plus") English cue makers would select timbers that have legitimately grown in climatically harsher environments. Surely , itt's a grey area unless you talk to your cue maker in person and specifically about his choice of timber. Most of them can still be caught while left to settle after sanding/removing material, as per most high-end cue makers.
Truly, I take nothing away from British cue makers back home, they make absolutely sterling cues,, but imported timber quality is something out of their perview, and most of the WEnglish custom cue makers will discard cues that do not meet their stringent parameters.
edit: Surely, don't take offense to what I'm saying mate, because my old mentor uses a very old Peradon 1/2 split snooker cue and his cue remains straight as an arrow in Canada. If anything, this is an indication that not all cues are made equal, nor are their longevity reflected in their price.
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I operate a cue repair shop and see many many brands of snooker cues, for the most part all the UK made ash cues I see are bent, regardless of price.
Personally I don't think they process the shaft wood long enough.
The straightest I have seen are Kevin Deroos and Tom Gauthiers.
To the OP I don't know of any Canadian "Production" cues, only custom makers now I think.
Incidentally this is what is normally refered to as machine spliced.
Kevins splice is considered a hand splice but he only has 2 points.
Personally I don't think they process the shaft wood long enough.
The straightest I have seen are Kevin Deroos and Tom Gauthiers.
To the OP I don't know of any Canadian "Production" cues, only custom makers now I think.
Incidentally this is what is normally refered to as machine spliced.
Kevins splice is considered a hand splice but he only has 2 points.
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Aurora cues is based in Montreal, and the proprietor's name is Airin. He's a regular contributor on TheSnookerForum, where his handle is 'PoolQJunkie'. He makes very nice cues, but only part-time, and has no website, to my knowledge.