Double-Shafted, No-Butt, Jump Cue

Lonnie

Lonnie

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My friend Sonny Bosshamer took a picture of this jump cue today at Big Tyme Billiards. He said he the owner was jumping well with it and quite easily. I think the idea is that one side is for long jump shots and the other side is for shorter ones. I tried searching for one like it online, but couldn't find anything. The guy who owns it said he picked it up in Vegas about 10 to 15 years ago. In the photo, the shaft is slightly unscrewed (and would otherwise have a tight seam).

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Does this seem like a feasible idea? Do you know who made this, or where it might be available for purchase (without having it custom made)?
 
Lonnie said:
My friend Sonny Bosshamer took a picture of this jump cue today at Big Tyme Billiards. He said he the owner was jumping well with it and quite easily. I think the idea is that one side is for long jump shots and the other side is for shorter ones. I tried searching for one like it online, but couldn't find anything. The guy who owns it said he picked it up in Vegas about 10 to 15 years ago. In the photo, the shaft is slightly unscrewed (and would otherwise have a tight seam).

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Does this seem like a feasible idea? Do you know who made this, or where it might be available for purchase (without having it custom made)?
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A few different cuemaker made these:

Dale Chilton - The Flying Eagle
Curtis Robertson (RIP) - Curtis also provided a butt, but had the the short shaft to make the double-shaft
 
Jessi in Tacoma made some of these. I had a friend who had one, it worked well. I don't know if I believe that it is better than any other, but my buddy loved it.
 
I have a Chilton double ended jump cue similar to this one. Mine is made of webwood and jumps fine but not amazing. Attaching the short shaft to a full size butt worked pretty well as well.
 
PNWLocal said:
I just saw this on Ebay when looking at jump cues, interesting idea

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Thanks. I'm very glad you came across my post, because I was having no luck finding this otherwise.

I ordered one from the very link you provided. I look forward to giving it a try. At the very least, I'm sure it will be a conversation piece each time I pull it out.

I'm trying to manage my expectations though: as long as I'm able to do a double jump shot clearing two balls in two separate bounces before hitting the rail for a 3 rail kick bank ticky, I'm sure I'll be satisfied.
 
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There was a guy that sold the short end on eBay. I bought a few a while back. They came with a pin and you just screw it into your shaft. Or you could get a blank one and put your own pin in it.

Here's a radial one I have lying around.

[edit: it was Fisher cues, called the Shorty Jump Shaft. I got it them 5 years ago for 45 bucks]

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I'm reporting back after having purchased one of these unbranded double shafted jump cues off eBay.

It came with two shafts (that can indeed screw together) and also a butt. With the two shafts screwed together, I can jump ok with the longer shaft, but the shorter shaft (the one having the butt joint) was almost impossible to jump with. I can't even understand how something could make the cue ball so anti-jump as did this shorter shaft of the two when screwed together.

Perhaps I'm not familiar with the technique intended for the shorter shaft, but you wouldn't believe how much the cueball would stay glued to the carpeting after hitting the exact same place that succeeded jumping with longer shaft end.

Ultimately, this jump cue jumped the best when the butt was screwed into the longer shaft. Like that, I'd say it is a decent jump cue. However, the extra butt-jointed-shaft is so useless that I don't even bother putting it in my cue case. Well, it's either useless, or requires a special technique I'm not aware of.
 
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