Is this legal?

Only on Tuesdays, of which I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.

See you next Tuesday… for the win.


Freddie <—- hope this helps, but I can’t see how
 
It used to be common as dirt on house cues hanging on the wall. They were marked so they could be easily indexed with the warp in the vertical plane.

There is another reason for those marks even on straight sticks. You can turn the mark to remind you where the tip and cue ball are actually making contact when using a lot of side. While most people embrace hitting off center they still aim with the center of the cue.

Hu
 
Buddy Hall tried marketing it for a while. It reminded and helped me to look and see straight ahead. It's better than staring blankly into space. With CPG and all the useful shot lines, I don't need it anymore.
 
Yes, you can do it... I did for a while on one cue I owned... but the shortcoming is the tip wears unevenly over time... and must be re-shaped fairly often, thereby significantly reducing tip life. I used the line drawn on the ferrule as an aiming aid.
 
How about something like this:

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Bob Jewett said:
I marked my shaft for years. In the Galveston tournament, a well-known pro said it was an aiming device and complained to the tournament director. He was told to be quiet and go play his match.

My tip did not wear unevenly.
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You must have been playing well! Funny how there are no problems with a lot of things until you start kicking ass and taking names.

Hu
 
The Old Jaybird said:
If all it takes is a Sharpie and drawing a line on a ferrule to kick ass and take names.....I'm all in!!!!
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I remember it as a big help when you had to shave the paint off of balls to make table length cuts. Long before low deflection and such hitting the cue ball accurately and judging it's path were much more important parts of the game when trying to get that last few percent of ability a person is capable of.

Hu
 
Buddy Hall marked his shaft just above the joint to help know he turned the shaft the same way on each shot. Most shafts that have been played with a good bit will very often have a slight roll
 
spktur said:
Buddy Hall marked his shaft just above the joint to help know he turned the shaft the same way on each shot. Most shafts that have been played with a good bit will very often have a slight roll
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My shaft has a very slight roll every summer, straightens every winter! Far too slight to be an issue unless I let it get in my head so I rarely check to see if the shaft has a roll at the moment or not.

Rambling and gambling I wanted a tip, maybe even a bridge area without splinters if I was lucky. This generally meant a cue that hadn't been played as much as others, almost surely badly warped. I would still make a production of rolling it on the table watching the tip hop up and down.

"Good enough for me!" Just part of the schtick.

Hu
 
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