Longer cue for big tables?

[gregcantrall]

Joss had Cole's specks on file and he could just call and ask for another. He was particular with the shaft and might go through a few made to the same dimensions to find one that was just right. The time he borrowed against his cue with me he had at least 4 shafts and 2 butts. Well one butt had been rebuilt having been cracked as Cole draped it over his shoulders with hands resting on opposite ends. Too much vodka that night

 

[HawaiianEye]

Joss had Cole's specks on file and he could just call and ask for another. He was particular with the shaft and might go through a few made to the same dimensions to find one that was just right. The time he borrowed against his cue with me he had at least 4 shafts and 2 butts. Well one butt had been rebuilt having been cracked as Cole draped it over his shoulders with hands resting on opposite ends. Too much vodka that night

Richard Black has a file for every cue he made.

He looked in his little file card box once and called out the specs I had used for cues he built for me almost 50 years ago.

 

[Ghost of OBC]

I'm a big fella and I love 60" cues. It feels a little silly that people think me with my 77" wingspan and The Lion should play with the same sized cue.

This is very helpful. I'm not especially tall but I have unusually long arms. I find on larger tables, shots toward the middle of the table should be reachable without needing my non bridge hand to be over the table, but with a short cue it feels like my arm gets stuck between the table and my body. With a longer cue my non bridge hand can stay outside the perimeter of the table and work freely. This situation doesn't come up as much on bar boxes, but I'd probably be more comfortable with a longer cue there as well.