long or short ferrule?

[seanjonsean]

im sure this is personal prefrence but what do u guys prefer and feel most confident with ? i have a house cue with short ferrule and it has a solid hit i feel i can shoot anything with it and my playing cues hve a longer ferrule i was thinking of either buying a shft with shorter one or cutting it down on my playing cue ,for the simple fact that the hit is more solid but what are the pros and cons of short vr long?

 

[Bob Jewett]

im sure this is personal prefrence but what do u guys prefer and feel most confident with ? i have a house cue with short ferrule and it has a solid hit i feel i can shoot anything with it and my playing cues hve a longer ferrule i was thinking of either buying a shft with shorter one or cutting it down on my playing cue ,for the simple fact that the hit is more solid but what are the pros and cons of short vr long?

In general a short ferrule will cause less squirt. It has the disadvantage of protecting less of the shaft from sloppy chalking. Nearly all carom cues have short ferrules (1/2-inch, maybe less). Nearly all snooker cues have short ferrules.

I think the main reasons people use longer ferrules on pool cues is for appearance and tradition.

 

[daveb]

I like a ferrule whose length is the same as the radius of the cueball because I use it as an aiming device to determing the exact location of the center of the ghost ball and in visulaizing the tangent line.

 

[seanjonsean]

im aware of the " less squirt" so in theory does that mean u can apply more english on the ball?or have it go straighter and more true? the house cue is a valley supreme paid $15 bucks for it has a tiger tip short ferrule and i wish i could take it with me wen i play i feel very soild and confident with it , now is it better to install a new ferrule or can i trim it down as suggested by dealer??

 

[Jack Madden]

I have put short ferrule on a couple cues I have built - sort of experimenting with them --- think I like them. Feed back from owners has been positive.

 

[third_i]

The cue that I always seem to go back to is a meucci sneak pete with a red dot shaft... what do you think I prefer?

I find that longer ferrules tend to give you a softer hit and I just like that feel. I don't mind regular ferrules because the difference isn't that big but I've shot with a few short ferrule cues and (although it might have been coincidence, not the ferrule) but I didn't like the hit. Heck, it could have been all mental, I don't like the look of a shorter ferrule.

 

[WesleyW]

im sure this is personal prefrence but what do u guys prefer and feel most confident with ? i have a house cue with short ferrule and it has a solid hit i feel i can shoot anything with it and my playing cues hve a longer ferrule i was thinking of either buying a shft with shorter one or cutting it down on my playing cue ,for the simple fact that the hit is more solid but what are the pros and cons of short vr long?

I've did some research in the past, but to me, it's still not really clear. Here is my research:

Poolcues have long ferrules. The advantages of a long ferrule, is it absorb the hit. So it will protect the shaft of splitting. In the past, peoples break with their playing cue, so a long ferrule is necessary. The second, a long ferrule makes the cue more flexible. I've heard many saying a poolcue need to be flexible. But I've never understand why. To me, a flexible shaft makes the shot more difficult. So I was wondering, what are the advantages of a flexible shaft. I've tried some draw shots. With a flexible shaft I can draw more easier than with a stiff one. I don't know if my test is reliable, but I think it was a good test. Does this mean longer ferrules are better? If it's better, why do caromcues have a shorter ferrule? The biggest advantage of a shorter ferrule, is it will deflects lesser. So the main reason would be in the game. Pool needs a long ferrule and carom needs a short ferrule. But is it true? Is deflection more important with carom than pool? Is an easier shot with spin more important with pool than with carom? Carom is a game where you use a lots of english, and there is also high deflection interfering the game. The biggest problem with carom is the deflection. You want to control deflection. So low deflection is really necessary. Pool is a different game. Deflection is less important than with carom, you just adjust your shot, more important is a good positionplay. With carom you can choose the hit. It doesn't care if you hit the ball 45 or 60 degrees angle, just hit the spot what suits you. But with pool, you don't have many choices. If you need to hit the objectball with a 45 degrees angle, you can't hit it with 60 degrees angle, because it will not pot the ball. So if you want a good position on the next ball, you need to use english/spin to do that. Sometimes you need extreem english, so a long ferrule will help you to do that.

 

[WesleyW]

So I'm thinking a long ferrule is better when you play pool. To me, I like short ferrule, just personal preference.