puckdaddy said:Its true that all cues perform the same function but to me its all a numbers game. Cuemakers pour over tons of shaft wood just to have small useable stock. Also some guys spend upwards of a year seasoning and making cuts on those shafts. Now compare that to production cue which use most any piece of wood they get and the little amount of time spent on shafts and its easy to see that custom cues are superior. With that in mind would you rather have a cue from a guy that makes 50-60 cues a year or a company that makes 100,000 a year?
Try 10 years or more for shafts from some makers.