yesterday, I visited my buddy Dave who has been been doing cue repairs for many years.
I brought 3 shafts with me for him to retip and recondition.
He started then called me back into his shop saying "come look at this".
he had already retipped the shaft and now had it spinning in his lathe with the tip end in the chuck. he pointed to the very end of the shaft at the joint collar and it looked dead still as it was spinning.
He said in all the years he has been working on cues, he has never seen any shaft spin this straight. Nice.
Jeff made this cue for me in 2007 and it's had a whole lot of play in the 7 years and it remains as perfect as when I got it.
The Meucci Originals that I played with through the late 70's and 80's (still have it), that shaft is still in great shape, too.
So, I agree with the above posters who have said "lifetime" as long as you treat it right.
below is the Olney and newly recond shaft that will never get away from me, I hope. :wink:
best,
brian kc