Had this for a few months now, figured plenty of time to pick up on how it hits.
Got this cue in a trade with drawman, coco with olivewood points, double-pressed linen.
Wrap is top notch, everyone that has seen and touched it said it was amazing. Looks like leather from even a few feet away. Using my Joss with a regular linen wrap actually bothers my hand a bit now due to the texture.
The hit of the shaft I picked as my main one is super. Less deflection than many of the regular shafts I tried, probably due to a shorter ferrule. The feel of the hit is also pretty unique to the cues I owned before. Early 90s Joss, Arthur with a ivory joint, wood to wood Carolina, Samsara. With this Ned Morris I can feel each component in the cue react as it hits my arm. It does not feel like one type of hit and that's it.
I guess the best way I can describe it is with a food analogy. Almost every stick I played with has had a one-flavor hit. The Ned Morris is like a complex dish where you can taste each flavor but still end up with a coherent taste at the end.
This is one of the best hitting/feeling sticks I have played with in my 23ish years of playing. Not just with the sticks I owned but tried, those include Schick, Webb, AE, Samsara, several Joss with super shaft wood, McD (old school ones from 80s and 90s), Josswest, Southwest (Franklin era, this one I remember as having a super hit although I only played a few racks with it).
Got this cue in a trade with drawman, coco with olivewood points, double-pressed linen.
Wrap is top notch, everyone that has seen and touched it said it was amazing. Looks like leather from even a few feet away. Using my Joss with a regular linen wrap actually bothers my hand a bit now due to the texture.
The hit of the shaft I picked as my main one is super. Less deflection than many of the regular shafts I tried, probably due to a shorter ferrule. The feel of the hit is also pretty unique to the cues I owned before. Early 90s Joss, Arthur with a ivory joint, wood to wood Carolina, Samsara. With this Ned Morris I can feel each component in the cue react as it hits my arm. It does not feel like one type of hit and that's it.
I guess the best way I can describe it is with a food analogy. Almost every stick I played with has had a one-flavor hit. The Ned Morris is like a complex dish where you can taste each flavor but still end up with a coherent taste at the end.
This is one of the best hitting/feeling sticks I have played with in my 23ish years of playing. Not just with the sticks I owned but tried, those include Schick, Webb, AE, Samsara, several Joss with super shaft wood, McD (old school ones from 80s and 90s), Josswest, Southwest (Franklin era, this one I remember as having a super hit although I only played a few racks with it).
