Wow, very stiff!!!
I played some with this Duke cue last night and got reminded why not to gamble with a 'new' cue or a new tip I'm not familiar with! First, the shaft on that cue is very nice and super stiff so I got what I wanted there! The downfall is that it was hard to draw the cueball for me, but probably because I had a med. talisman tip installed. BAD CHOICE IN TIP FOR A STIFF SHAFT! I'm gonna wait a lil while but most likely have a med. moori installed instead, as I love my other one. I just got hammered last night, and what WAS my fault was about 60% of it, so lesson learned (again) LOL Thanks for the suggestions guys, but I have my stiff shaft I was looking for without knowing it!
Very sharp hit, right!
Older house cues will have them occasionally because 1...they're old, and 2,,,lots of people think it's throw-away wood. The way to spot them from afar is that they're really old, dark, and chalk ridden from use. The newer house cues don't usually have them.
Find a cuemaker and describe the wood. Have him make a shaft for you. chances are, a good cuemaker will have them stacked because, as i said, customers like the clean bland stuff. It looks prettier. Personally, I think the chatoyance looks prettier.
I played some with this Duke cue last night and got reminded why not to gamble with a 'new' cue or a new tip I'm not familiar with! First, the shaft on that cue is very nice and super stiff so I got what I wanted there! The downfall is that it was hard to draw the cueball for me, but probably because I had a med. talisman tip installed. BAD CHOICE IN TIP FOR A STIFF SHAFT! I'm gonna wait a lil while but most likely have a med. moori installed instead, as I love my other one. I just got hammered last night, and what WAS my fault was about 60% of it, so lesson learned (again) LOL Thanks for the suggestions guys, but I have my stiff shaft I was looking for without knowing it!