Snooker cues

[Cuebuddy]

I am wondering if the majority are wrapped or wrap-less, and if they are usually jointed in the middle or are most offset jointed with the shaft being longer then the butt section?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Scaramouche]

Snooker cues are made of wood, not elephant. :grin:

Higher end cues are usually 3/4.
Toss in a mini butt and an extension, you fill a case.
Some players like one piece but they are a pain to transport.
Dennis Taylor was playing in Canada back in the 1970s, took home a novelty- a half joint cue. He had never seen one before.

More cue comments
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=239320

 

[Wity]

Nearest thing you'll see to a wrap on a snooker cue is cork. Not on a modern cue but theres a few around probably from pre 50's.

3/4 jointed cues have been the norm for a good few years now but the one piece has made a big comeback with many a cuemaker saying the demand is almost equal even amongst the pros who ar on planes all the time, which is the only real pain transport wise. 50-50 jointed cues have gone the way of the dodo the feedback one gets from them is bloody aweful.

 

[Cuebuddy]

Thanks guys! I make miniture pool cues and have a request for a mini snooker cue. A Scottish player who now lives in Austrailia wants one.
It will be Ebony and Ash with a brass joint, I have many pics to work from but I apreciate your help:thumbup:

 

[West Point 1987]

I noticed Hendry was using a maple shaft (instead of ash) on his for a while, anyway...have they caught on, or faded away? I like ash, understand the appeal, but always preferred maple (I'm a pool player, after all!).

 

[Wity]

I noticed Hendry was using a maple shaft (instead of ash) on his for a while, anyway...have they caught on, or faded away? I like ash, understand the appeal, but always preferred maple (I'm a pool player, after all!).

Hendry's always used Maple. Won everything with a rex williams connissour cue that commentators joked was cheap and warped Yet they were not cheap at all at £75 when he started.

Not really much between the two some will say ones stiffer and the others whippier but they never agree on which.

 

[Cuebuddy]

One more question. Do the majority of Snooker cues have the pin in the shaft or the Butt section? I have seen both from the pics I am looking at.

Thanks again.

PS> I will post pics of this cue when I finish, It should be about ten inchs long when completed.

 

[Wity]

The male (pin) joint is almost exclusively found in the shaft and the female (hole) in the butt.
Strange one that though, it makes more sense if it's the other way round as it gives more length options with extensions.

 

[Cuebuddy]

Well it did not turn out the way I wanted

The customer ordered it and gave me untill mid October to finish and then called me up two weeks ago and said he needed it ASAP.
This mini was going to have a bevel on the butt and a ivory dot in the bevel. I tried to give the cue a English polish rather then a high gloss finish and the little brass plates on the joint were a pain in the A$$.

Thanks again for the help.