What do you think of an ASH break cue?

[fxskater]

I was breaking with my Dufferin Anniversary the other day and i really really liked it. I think it has to do with the Ash used. Has anyone every tried breaking with an ash cue? Does anyone think that ash might break better than a maple cue?
Here is what i am thinking of for a break cue.

13.5 - 14mm tip
straight european taper
Straight ash butt with 2 ebony splices
Wood to wood joint, or phenolic
Phenolic Break tip, (Maybe, im thinking of looksing for an alternative, somewhere between an extremely hard leather and Phenolic)

What do you guys think, a recipe for 100MPH break shots?

 

[bruin70]

get a metal joint. you want everything in a break cue to be hard.

i played with a friend's schmenke or whatever the name. she has an awesome break cue with a BIG BIG BIG-*SSED" brass collar at the joint. it packs a wallop!!!!

aegis ferrule is the hardest, but those fiber ferrules they use on house cues are the most durable.

 

[ceebee]

Does anyone think that ash might break better than a maple cue? Here is what i am thinking of for a break cue.

13.5 - 14mm tip
straight european taper
Straight ash butt with 2 ebony splices
Wood to wood joint, or phenolic
Phenolic Break tip

What do you guys think, a recipe for 100MPH break shots?

Auerbach Custom Cues have made "ASH KICKERS", for a couple of years. The 13.5 to 14.0 mm Tip diameter, with a Break Cue Taper, gives the shaft some genuine "Column Strength" (i.e., it won't buckle under a load). You can really feel the difference.

Ash wood is graded as 40-45 in density. Maple wood is graded as 38-44. Ash is graded as a slightly harder wood. Ash is grainier, so players shy away from that wood.

Auerbach Custom Cues ( www.auerbachcustomcues.com ) also makes Break Cues with laminated shafts (flat & radial) & large diameter hard rock maple shafts. There are lots of options for a break cue or a play cue or a jump cue, "it's the old, old chocolate or vanilla syndrome".

I would suggest making the tool for a specific job & not a universal application.