I did not say that they had to explain their ideas!drivermaker said:Who in the hell are you that they have to explain anything to? If you want to know about it, you should be calling them directly and see is they're willing to give you any tidbits here and there and be satisfied with it. If they give it... fine. If not...that's your tough luck. You can keep hypothesizing and theorizing until the cows come home.
Actually, Robert Meucci has given this opinion:
"To reduce deflection to its absolute minimum by carrying the shock wave from the tip down the shaft through the flexible joint and out the butt of the cue, thus allowing the chalk particles to stay in contact with the cue ball surface for a longer duration of time."
Though he may have more to say about how butts can affect deflection.
That said, I should not lump these guys in together as if members of a particular class. I also think the sentence you are refering to is needlessly arrogant. I regret I wrote it in that particular way, so my apologies to Rob and Blud...and maybe even Drivermaker (despite the fact you've been over my back like a monkey throughout these threads).