Parabolic Taper

Cornerman said:
Okay. IMO, this is exactly how I define them. And.... to reallly shock people, I think the parabolic taper is the same as the original Pro Taper. I've said it here before that Rambow came up with the "Pro taper" but he actually had growth whereas many cuemaker thought that he started with a delay...

Fred
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Really?

from the 1950 Brunswick catalog:

on page 12 describing their Willie Hoppe New Titlist Cues
touting that it was designed by Hoppe and made to his specs

"...shaft has the new Professional Taper - a long straight
bridge section<that would be the 'lack of taper' part> before the start of the taper - giving a firmer, more accurate bridge..."

FWIW the 'pro taper' was originaly developed for carom players, esp
balkline, but was popular among the 14.1 pool players

Dale
 
pdcue said:
Really?

from the 1950 Brunswick catalog:

on page 12 describing their Willie Hoppe New Titlist Cues
touting that it was designed by Hoppe and made to his specs

"...shaft has the new Professional Taper - a long straight
bridge section<that would be the 'lack of taper' part> before the start of the taper - giving a firmer, more accurate bridge..."

FWIW the 'pro taper' was originaly developed for carom players, esp
balkline, but was popular among the 14.1 pool players

Dale
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I'm not the authority on Rambow or 3Cushion, but Rambow AFAIK was the cuemaker for Brunswick. And Ray Schuler said Rambow came up with the pro taper (I certainly could have misunderstood this).

But, again, I think it was simply misleading or misunderstanding (I'm speculating here, nothing more) about this "long straight bridge section. I'm speculating from Ray Schuler and his knowledge of Rambow and the pro taper. There was growth, never a cylindrical taper in Rambow's pro taper, according to Schuler.

Fred
 
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Cornerman said:
I'm not the authority on Rambow or 3Cushion, but Rambow AFAIK was the cuemaker for Brunswick. And Ray Schuler said Rambow came up with the pro taper (I certainly could have misunderstood this).

But, again, I think it was simply misleading or misunderstanding (I'm speculating here, nothing more) about this "long straight bridge section. I'm speculating from Ray Schuler and his knowledge of Rambow and the pro taper. There was growth, never a cylindrical taper in Rambow's pro taper, according to Schuler.

Fred
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"The taper, or profile, of the shaft is probably the single most important determinant of a cue’s performance. The term pro or professional taper has come to define a shaft that, instead of being tapered, is cylindrical from the ferrule back for 10 to 14 inches, sometimes more. This type of shaft taper is more or less standard on modern pool cues. As an engineer, I consider it a serious design flaw.

"Herman Rambow is credited with inventing the pro taper. But I visited Herman’s shop many times and knew him well, and I know that he never made a shaft that wasn’t tapered along its entire length. The taper was so minor in many cases, however, that you couldn’t feel it. Consequently, when cuemakers came along who wanted to imitate Herman’s cues, they mistakenly thought his shafts were cylindrical for some distance back from the tip. Hence the ‘modern’ pro taper."


Good Rolls,
Rasta
 
Rasta said:
"The taper, or profile, of the shaft is probably the single most important determinant of a cue’s performance. The term pro or professional taper has come to define a shaft that, instead of being tapered, is cylindrical from the ferrule back for 10 to 14 inches, sometimes more. This type of shaft taper is more or less standard on modern pool cues. As an engineer, I consider it a serious design flaw.

"Herman Rambow is credited with inventing the pro taper. But I visited Herman’s shop many times and knew him well, and I know that he never made a shaft that wasn’t tapered along its entire length. The taper was so minor in many cases, however, that you couldn’t feel it. Consequently, when cuemakers came along who wanted to imitate Herman’s cues, they mistakenly thought his shafts were cylindrical for some distance back from the tip. Hence the ‘modern’ pro taper."


Good Rolls,
Rasta
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I knew I read this somewhere online. Thanks.

Fred
 
a parabolic taper is "poolese" for describing something which they cannot describe. it sounds much better than "it's a curve that's not like a pro taper". although in some cases they may actually be describing a pro taper but using "parabolic taper" as a marketing tool........and that's why it's all so "poolese".
 
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I have a Black Boar that Tony made for me with his version of a parabolic taper.
It is like a normal cue, but when you get about 10 inches from the bottom of the butt of the cue, it starts to get thinner again till the butt cap.

It has a cigar type shape to it. Not dramatic, but noticable if you look carefully.

It is impossible to slip stroke with it, but on the other hand, it puts some SUPER special sauce on the ball with very minimal effort. More so then my other 2 Black Boars and i have no idea as to why.
 
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