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I am ready to purchase a quality Snooker Cue. My budget is up to $350.00. My location is Canada..

I have found two cues that I like but have never played with them. I have found a site on the web which is Canadian and am interested in the " Peradon " Line.........Now my concern is I cannot see what would be the difference between :

- Peradon Per05 $328.49 and a
- Peradon Per04 $248.49

I have downloaded the Product Descriptions of each and they are identical except for
- Peradon Per05- Hand spliced ebony with red and yellow stained stripes
- Peradon Per04- Hand spliced ebony, sycamore and kingwood

Would this account for the $80.00 difference? Would there be any playing difference between them? What would determine which cue to buy, if you were unable to physically try them out ?

I am open for options and opinions


Thank you all
Ron
 
I have a snooker cue, use it to play 3 cushion with. Ash on Ash.

I would buy the less expensive and have a custom shaft made.
 
keyboard said:
Hi

I am ready to purchase a quality Snooker Cue. My budget is up to $350.00. My location is Canada..

I have found two cues that I like but have never played with them. I have found a site on the web which is Canadian and am interested in the " Peradon " Line.........Now my concern is I cannot see what would be the difference between :

- Peradon Per05 $328.49 and a
- Peradon Per04 $248.49

I have downloaded the Product Descriptions of each and they are identical except for
- Peradon Per05- Hand spliced ebony with red and yellow stained stripes
- Peradon Per04- Hand spliced ebony, sycamore and kingwood

Would this account for the $80.00 difference?
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Peradon PER04 (Ascot) is a machine spliced (Full-spliced).
Peradon PER05 (Canterbury) is a hand-spliced cue.

Generally hand-spliced cue cost more than a full-spliced cue as it takes more time to build. The butt of the ash needs to be hand plane and the ebony splicing will then be glued, one or two splicing at a time. Once dried it is then hand planed again. This goes for all the four ebony splicing. Also the veneers/stripes in the Canterbury model increases the value.

keyboard said:
Would there be any playing difference between them? What would determine which cue to buy, if you were unable to physically try them out ?

I am open for options and opinions

Thank you all
Ron
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Not much of a playing differences in them except for the way they are constructed i.e. hand-spliced vs machined-spliced. Most snooker players would go for a hand-spliced cue.

I would also personally advise getting a three-quarter jointed version instead of the half-jointed version. Balanced is better for the three-quarter jointed(butt-jointed).

You might want to try out cue like O'min cues from Thailand. Their workmanship and finishes are better IMO.
 
Thanks for the detailed explanation and the Link....I went to the site in Thailand but was unable to get any sense of pricing????
 
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