People who "claim" the ability to feel inlays

Gregg

Gregg

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I've seen some people claim that they can feel a cue that has too many large, detailed inlays or splices, on the hit of a cue. Even on quality cues.

What gives?
 
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I call BS. Cover up a few regular cues and on with inlays and let them tell you which one it is. While you are at it ask them what their favorite domestic beer is and which one they hate. Buy a draw of each and see if they can taste which is which.
 
CamposCues said:
I call BS. Cover up a few regular cues and on with inlays and let them tell you which one it is. While you are at it ask them what their favorite domestic beer is and which one they hate. Buy a draw of each and see if they can taste which is which.
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Hey i played that game before!!! Careful, you wake up with regrets. It's either a win or lose situation, and well, don't lose.
 
While there may be people who can "feel" the difference and tell you what it is over a variety of cues I would say that 99.9% of the people who play pool can't tell anything about the construction of the cue just by the hit.

John McChesney did an experiment where he taped up the joints and invited a lot of good players to tell him which were stainless steel and which were otherwise. IIRC no one was able to do it.

John
 
Are they saying that they can tell that a cue has inlays by shooting with it? I think they are full of it.

I believe them if they say they can feel the inlays in a cue by running their hand or finger over them. Sometimes they pop out or shrink down into the wood.
 
Gregg said:
I've seen some people claim that they can feel a cue that has too many large, detailed inlays or splices, on the hit of a cue. Even on quality cues.
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My BS meter is pegged.
 
I also call BS on that one...

I applaud the people that take the time to do the simple blind tests. ie: covering up the joints, comparing multiple cues with and without inlays (but hiding the cues).
 
Hey not always...

I have a cue in stock that I can feel the inlays...I think it was made by a 6 yr old chinese girl in a village that didnt have glue. I can even take some of the inlays out and hold them! So sometimes you CAN feel the inlays.
 
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cueandcushion said:
I have a cue in stock that I can feel the inlays...I think it was made by a 6 yr old chinese girl in a village that didnt have glue. I can even take some of the inlays out and hold them! So sometimes you CAN feel the inlays.
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Oh, yeah, I've seen cues that I could feel the inlays with my fingers because of shabby workmanship. I just doubt one can tell if a cue has inlays by the hit.
 
Gregg said:
I've seen some people claim that they can feel a cue that has too many large, detailed inlays or splices, on the hit of a cue. Even on quality cues.

What gives?
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I believe if you took someone's playing cue they have owned a long time and cut out enough pockets and inlayed some other material they could tell the difference blind.

I have nice long ebony points in the forearm of my cue, if long floating point pockets were cut out of the cue and inlayed with holly wood replacing the ebony points, holly windows were milled in the ebony sleeve, I believe I could tell something was different. If not the hit, the balance, something.

Can a person be given two taped up cues he does not know that are roughly the same construction and tell which one has inlays and which one doesn't? No, I don't believe that.
Kelly
 
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