New Aegis solid rod from Atlas

Varney Cues · 2008-05-19T23:44:45+00:00

I just wanted to give a quick heads up on this new product. Eric told me they had a new manufacturing process and convinced me to try it...glad I did. Years ago Aegis was one of my fav ferrule materials....it was clean & hit very nice & durable. Then recently the past couple of years I tried a couple more orders....complete junk. Looked like actual dirt/trash was mixed into the weave. I only used it for house cue replacements...bad as it looked...it was still durable. Well to the point....the new stuff Eric recommended is terrific. It machines very nicely....no pits...no trash. It also has that slight ivoryish color similar to the no longer available Grice material. The "hit" is wonderful....very, very similar to the good old LBM. The ONLY downside (and its really not one) is that the material has two fairly bold lines running down opposite sides of the rod. It looks EXACTLY like the older Schon ferrules....if you remember when looking closely you could see the lines on each side. The lines are the same color as the rest of the material so it doesn't really stand out & I believe most customers wouldn't really notice...or care. I have it installed on Inzombiac's new cue that I'll have pics posted later this evening in the Gallery. I'll try my best to get a fairly close up picture of the ferrule. So there you have it....in a nutshell....its available in solid rod form, machines nice, no trash, hits very good, nice color, and seems to me it'll stand up well & be fairly bulletproof. It has my stamp of approval & I believe many of you who have been looking for a clean LBM replacement will be quite pleased.:)