New ferrule

Flakeandrun

Flakeandrun

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I'm no expert in anything, but love seeing how things are done or having a little go myself. Replaced the ferrule on my ILC shaft (the guy let me help and pretend I am capable 🤣 )

The older XTC ferrule had protruded slightly... Now it has a nice flush Melamine with a thoroughbred tip on top. I wanted to put some fancy colorful ferrule on it first (which is popular here at the moment), but the guy told me this would have been too brittle, cheap and prone to breaking. It's not a serious choice. Then I considered Micarta, which he told me would be better suited for Chinese table, and that I could change the ferrule on my CQ, but that would be stupid to do as it looks clean, new and I beat him silly using it a couple days before. So, the same melamine that is used for ZEN shafts was his recommendation, and the logical choice.

Playing it in now, but I am already very happy. Cost me roughly 10$ and no need to send it anywhere.

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There's nothing quite like a clean and polished ferrule topped off with a perfectly installed new tip! And I'm convinced people from outside the pool world think we're weird for drooling about them the way we do.

Melamine... I like the way it hits but don't care for how chalk dust gets embedded in its weave. It's purely a cosmetic thing and by no means a deal breaker. Hell, I've had LBM ferrules on my Nitti for over ten years and the chalk dust in those hasn't bothered me enough to have them changed. But if I ever get back into playing regularly I'm probably going to give Tomahawk a go. I've heard great things about it playing well, taking a great polish, and not holding chalk.
 
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Jimmy_Betmore said:
There's nothing quite like a clean and polished ferrule topped off with a perfectly installed new tip! And I'm convinced people from outside the pool world think we're weird for drooling about them the way we do.

Melamine... I like the way it hits but don't care for how chalk dust gets embedded in its weave. It's purely a cosmetic thing and by no means a deal breaker. Hell, I've had LBM ferrules on my Nitti for over ten years and the chalk dust in those hasn't bothered me enough to have them changed. But I ever get back into playing regularly I'm probably going to give Tomahawk a go. I've heard great things about it playing well, taking a great polish, and not holding chalk.
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He had many materials, but language barrier can get in the way of the technical stuff sometimes. Not sure he will have had Tomahawk. He said he'd been making lots of colorful 'dragon scale' and design related things for people lately. But ultimately, these were not materials for playing. Just for the social media influencer types who post on the Chinese version of instagram. He had some harder materials, but they are mostly for shafts that will be used on the Chinese table.
I'm a bit of a clean freak, so hopefully I can negate any outlandish chalk stains, but as long as it plays well, I don't think I will mind too much. It certainly hits nicer than the previous XTC ferrule (but I am not sure if that was because it had a little damage, or it was truly the material itself)
 
Jimmy_Betmore said:
There's nothing quite like a clean and polished ferrule topped off with a perfectly installed new tip! And I'm convinced people from outside the pool world think we're weird for drooling about them the way we do.

Melamine... I like the way it hits but don't care for how chalk dust gets embedded in its weave. It's purely a cosmetic thing and by no means a deal breaker. Hell, I've had LBM ferrules on my Nitti for over ten years and the chalk dust in those hasn't bothered me enough to have them changed. But I ever get back into playing regularly I'm probably going to give Tomahawk a go. I've heard great things about it playing well, taking a great polish, and not holding chalk.
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Tomahawk has proven itself on my Kielwood so far. I'm glad I went that route now. Like the hit and no chalk stains. I do clean mine after I play. By that I mean wipe w a napkin or pp towel B4 shoving it back in my case.😉
 
A ferrule thread.
No decorative ferrules anywhere. Pearlized, metal flaked, powdercoated, fake wooded, I like clear myself.

@Flakeandrun
Looking at your sig. You might want to list the cues you play with as well... :p
 
Mensabum said:
Tomahawk has proven itself on my Kielwood so far. I'm glad I went that route now. Like the hit and no chalk stains. I do clean mine after I play. By that I mean wipe w a napkin or pp towel B4 shoving it back in my case.😉
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Same as me, little wipe with the towel. Let's see how it holds up. Plays nicely, and looks so much nicer than before.

straightline said:
A ferrule thread.
No decorative ferrules anywhere. Pearlized, metal flaked, powdercoated, fake wooded, I like clear myself.
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I might post a few pictures of what's 'popular' here. This whole pearlescent dragon scale thing is big. That and the brown weave, or carbon style micarta. I saw one that was essentially see-through, with hello kitty stickers under it a couple days ago 🤣
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@Flakeandrun
Looking at your sig. You might want to list the cues you play with as well... :p
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I put that there when I was new to the forum, a bit like a bio I guess. It was either that or A/S/L hahaha
 
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I have always used ivory ferrules and recently had one give out that had a hairline crack for years. My repair guy said he could procure a new one but that it'd be pricey given the state of ivory. He encouraged me to try a new one made of buffalo horn he gets from Chris Hightower. I was skeptical because they are black in color but I have to say, I got used to the new look easily enough, and was extremely pleased with “the hit” of this material. He told me that as it was a natural material it was very similar to ivory. I actually like the hit better than the ivory I’ve always used, it’s an extremely solid feel and hit.
 
Frosty said:
I have always used ivory ferrules and recently had one give out that had a hairline crack for years. My repair guy said he could procure a new one but that it'd be pricey given the state of ivory. He encouraged me to try a new one made of buffalo horn he gets from Chris Hightower. I was skeptical because they are black in color but I have to say, I got used to the new look easily enough, and was extremely pleased with “the hit” of this material. He told me that as it was a natural material it was very similar to ivory. I actually like the hit better than the ivory I’ve always used, it’s an extremely solid feel and hit.
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How does it look in the sunlight?
 
Ivory will always be my fav ferrule - stays clean for 100 years with minimal care- only my RB cue has ivory ferrules now and a 100 year old French cue in my now limited cue collection.
 
Flakeandrun said:
He had many materials, but language barrier can get in the way of the technical stuff sometimes. Not sure he will have had Tomahawk. He said he'd been making lots of colorful 'dragon scale' and design related things for people lately. But ultimately, these were not materials for playing. Just for the social media influencer types who post on the Chinese version of instagram. He had some harder materials, but they are mostly for shafts that will be used on the Chinese table.
I'm a bit of a clean freak, so hopefully I can negate any outlandish chalk stains, but as long as it plays well, I don't think I will mind too much. It certainly hits nicer than the previous XTC ferrule (but I am not sure if that was because it had a little damage, or it was truly the material itself)
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XTC is basically a cheap, house plastic. Tomahawk will serve you well. I know a guy.
😉
 
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