Ferrule Materials Lists

Kevin Lindstrom

Kevin Lindstrom

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I was wondering if someone with experience can create a list of ferrule materials ranking from hard (non-porous) to soft (porous).

I like the way that Ivory ferrules remain so clean and am looking for materials to try and ones to stay away from. I remember having a ferrule on a cue that was very porous and would always collect chalk dust and was very hard to keep clean.

Additionally if a hardness raking similar to those numeric rankings I have seen made with cue tips would be added, all the more beneficial.

example

1. Ivory = very non-porous - hard hit
2.
3.
4.
5.

10.
 
already wrong ivory is a very soft hit it has a lot of give thats why it breaks . at least i have never had an ivory ferrule that hit hard
 
http://www.ivor-x.com/performance.htm

Taking the info from the site above, it would seem that ivory does not in fact have a "very soft hit."

I've got an ivory ferrule on a shaft that Ernie Guttierez made, and I can vouch that it doesn't have a soft hit to it at all.

The reason ivory breaks is because it's brittle (relatively speaking), not because it's soft.

cincyman said:
already wrong ivory is a very soft hit it has a lot of give thats why it breaks . at least i have never had an ivory ferrule that hit hard
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Are they hard to come by? I don't see them offered very much. Are there any playability concerns?

I have a cue with a joint collar that is deer antler. It's more of a sleeve, maybe .125" thick. Unfortunately it cracked since I used it to break with =T I did prefer the look of that to most ivory, though.

JoeyInCali said:
They can be really hard and almost unbreakable.
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StevenPWaldon said:
http://www.ivor-x.com/performance.htm

Taking the info from the site above, it would seem that ivory does not in fact have a "very soft hit."

I've got an ivory ferrule on a shaft that Ernie Guttierez made, and I can vouch that it doesn't have a soft hit to it at all.

The reason ivory breaks is because it's brittle (relatively speaking), not because it's soft.
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i know ivory breaks because its brittle thats common sense , if it were to soft it would buckle as opposed to break. And yes i knew it was soft because its ivory who would think ivory is hard its IVORY
 
StevenPWaldon said:
Are they hard to come by? I don't see them offered very much. Are there any playability concerns?

I have a cue with a joint collar that is deer antler. It's more of a sleeve, maybe .125" thick. Unfortunately it cracked since I used it to break with =T I did prefer the look of that to most ivory, though.
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They can be pretty dangerous to make.
The tips in antlers are the best source.
I have one I'm seasoning right now.
They hit great imo.
Your collar should have not cracked. It might have cracked b/c it wasn't seasoned well. They have to be seasoned b/c they shrink.
If it shrank while it was on your cue, it could have busted out from the inside.
 
What do you mean by seasoning? I've actually never seen them offered. Who offers them? The reason I know it works is that I had a friend give me some old antlers and I cut them off and turned them down on a lathe and polished them up for two shafts on an old Dale Perry about 8 years ago.

I found it to be a bit hard with slightly more feedback. Looked cool though. I think the antlers I used were about 15 or so years from animal death. It took me about 4 tries before I got one to turn down properly.
 
Basically the list is like this...
Saber T & Ivorine 4 are the current options that are not porous and stay clean...with the Saber T standing alone as far as staying clean but not as bulletproof as the Iv4.
Then on the other end you have the plastics that are soft such as mp ivory sub, Ivor-X, and Elforyn. These all stay pretty clean, have soft hits, but are the least durable.
In between those options you have a number of Aegis, Ivorine, and linen based products. Its luck of the draw almost with those. I've had Aegis that was wonderfully clean & I've had it where it was so full of trash that I refused to use it...the same can be said about most of the Ivorine (except 4) and linen based choices. The best stuff I've ever used was Grice...but it like Micarta & Fiber are no longer available.
 
Bishop said:
What do you mean by seasoning? I've actually never seen them offered. Who offers them? The reason I know it works is that I had a friend give me some old antlers and I cut them off and turned them down on a lathe and polished them up for two shafts on an old Dale Perry about 8 years ago.

I found it to be a bit hard with slightly more feedback. Looked cool though. I think the antlers I used were about 15 or so years from animal death. It took me about 4 tries before I got one to turn down properly.
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I let mine sit for a long time. :)
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