One-piece cue + other advice

Lan said:
Interestingly, snooker cues use metal pins (don't know the thread size/type offhand, unfortunately)

I have a snooker cue from England, the joint is brass and the wood used is ash. I'm pretty sure that's typical.

When you brought up snooker it made me think, they quite commonly make 3/4 length jointed cues. Do any pool cuemakers do the same? That would be a lot easier to lug around vs. a one-piece.
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Brass joints are the standard for snooker cues. One-piece cues and 3/4 cues are by far the most common kinds used by professional players and good amateurs. I can't actually think of a top professional player that uses a centre-joint cue off the top of my head. Like the OP, most players prefer the feel of these cues to centre-jointed ones.
 
Thanks a lot, guys. Some very thoughtful advice.

Atm, I can't afford to have a custom cue made. What I have done is buy a carbon fiber or fibreglass (not sure which) one-piece with a 13mm tip. The tip make is LePro. The shaft has a conical taper, unlike my 2-piece. I will certainly use it as a break cue, and if it turns about I can manipulate the CB better just as I did with the house cue, it may well replace my $500 two-piece. The 1-piece cost about 40 bux.

Like Lan above, I also wonder why there are not more "three-quarter two-piece" pool cues.
 
I've got an old plastic tube-style one-piece case you can have for whatever it costs to send it to you.

I have to ask though, what size balls are you playing with that need a 13mm. tip? And, in my view, LePro tips are like sticking a piece of flint on the tip of your cue - I know guys use them but I think they're simply too hard. Good for breaking a rack of Pool balls, perhaps, but not so good for finessing your way around a Snooker table.

I tend to favour a softer tip for Snooker: Elkmaster or Talisman PRO (Soft or Medium) would be my choice.

I'm currently using a PRO soft that I just fitted last week. Before that, I had an opportunity to try one of the Talisman Cowhide tips that are in the process of being tested. I don't know if the Cowhide tips are on the market yet, but either one work well for Snooker.
 
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