The standard butt length is 29

Back in the early days of custom cues many were 56 inches and since then it has become 58 inches with longer cues these days. But in my opinion 58 is the common standard.

As others have stated correctly the pin is not counted as it is just a device which attaches the butt and shaft to make it like the cues many of us grew up using. One piece cues that hung on racks in the pool rooms.
 
Quesports said:
Back in the early days of custom cues many were 56 inches and since then it has become 58 inches with longer cues these days. But in my opinion 58 is the common standard.

As others have stated correctly the pin is not counted as it is just a device which attaches the butt and shaft to make it like the cues many of us grew up using. One piece cues that hung on racks in the pool rooms.
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57" was the standard for years. Mid 80's-ish the 58's started becoming standard. Referring to pool cues here and not snooker/carom.
 
garczar said:
57" was the standard for years. Mid 80's-ish the 58's started becoming standard. Referring to pool cues here and not snooker/carom.
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Joe Gold built me his first cue over 57 inches. He made it as a favor and got the three shafts from Joel Hercek for it. All Joes shafts were cut for 57 inch cues which is why he got them from Joel.

The cue was an ebony and Birds Eye Merry Widow 58 1/2 inches long with three shafts.

Sailor cues were all 57 inches when Frank started out. Then he went to longer cues and nearing the end of his cue making he was building mostly 59 inch cues.

Like many things it is an evolution of playing styles, not saying the longer cues are a must to play better,. It is the direction we are going at this time, similar to the new carbon fiber cues.
 
Just do not include the joint pin or the rubber bumper in your measurement of a cue butt length - that simple
 
Agree with a couple others: From the joint face to the end of the butt cap. No pin. No rubber bumper. The shaft is from the end of the ferrule to the joint face. No leather tip.
 
thanks all, but if I don't include pin nor bumper doesn't this make all butts which are said to be 29 inch standard, to be 28.5 inches instead? Check your butt, measure it without the pin and butt bumper, you'll see its 28.5 inches, even though company states its a 29 inch butt.

I think we must include the bumper at least, but yea no pin
 
I would guess that as we move away from 14.1 popularity bridge lengths are increasing and people over 6' like myself get tired of having a couple of fingers wrapped around the rear edge of the butt cap so they can appreciate a longer cue. I had a 2 1/2" mid cue extension made because that got my fingers fully on the butt yet my cue is not ridicuously long. I have seen a number of people that shoot with cues that are longer than they are tall, their butt hand lands towards the front of the wrap, maybe they don't understand why some use longer cues.
 
smoochie said:
thanks all, but if I don't include pin nor bumper doesn't this make all butts which are said to be 29 inch standard, to be 28.5 inches instead? Check your butt, measure it without the pin and butt bumper, you'll see its 28.5 inches, even though company states its a 29 inch butt.

I think we must include the bumper at least, but yea no pin
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i just chek'd three cues and all were 29" from bottom of buttcap to joint face. shafts are measured from joint face to end of ferrule.
 
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