Veteran Cue People/Owners

[jasonlaus]

I prefer Ivory Ferrules. I have not killed a single Elephant.

 

[RiverCity]

Listen, I'm sorry for how I came off in my last post. Honestly, I hate reading my posts and seeing how snarky I can be.

Here's my opinion. I love pool and its history and I'm proud to say I play seriously. Our industry has done a great deal for the world and I'd like to see that continue. Did you know, pool provided the incentive to invent plastic? When the elephant ban went into effect, Brunswick offered cash to the person that could invent a suitable material to replace ivory. Plastic's first use-case was pool.

When someone posts to this forum, asking about ivory, it needs to be politely dismissed. We need to talk about other materials that are of equal or higher quality both in terms of aesthetics and strength and there are plenty. We need to look at it as an opportunity to show we're the good guys and we're not going to contribute to serious problems outside our industry.

I don't own any ivory nor will I ever own a cue with ivory. To me, a cue is sports equipment, not art. I know many here feel otherwise but I think a great deal has been done in the cue industry that doesn't include ivory. If you want people to support pool, you should respect the people outside of pool looking for our support. We should be a part of the solution and support discussions about alternative products whenever possible.

Jude, even snarky, you are still polite brother..... :thumbup:

Just an FYI on cowhide, pig , water buffalo etc etc etc. Most of those leathers are byproducts of the meat packing industry. Tanneries buy from the meat processing plants, tan it, mark it up and sell it.

To this day Ive never understood the whole special animal hide or bone/ivory thing. Ive got cues with ivory, but I could care less if it was white plastic, makes no difference to me. I would actually prefer white plastic. Knowing that it is that somehow magical material ivory, only raises the price, it does nothing else. I dont know, Ive just never been the type to get caught up in trying to impress other people. And I think thats where a lot of that comes from. Status. Look at what I own...... Same reason guys travel thousands of miles to kill and animal and hang their head on the wall. Status.

 

[hang-the-9]

Maple vs laminated shafts are a bit like when people want to ask about LCD vs LED monitors or TVs, they are both the same thing, but slightly different.

I don't know of any laminated shafts that are not also maple, just like all LED monitors are LCD with LED used for the backlight.

As far as ivory, don't like the hit much, had an ivory ferrule / ivory joint Arthur cue, great look, great build, the hit was a bid dull I think, a bit too stiff for me. Always wanted an ivory joint/ferrule cue so got it, but traded it less than a year later.