Who makes the best shafts...

Robert. There is no correct answer to your question. You may get a better response if you list what you are looking for in one. taper, deflection, ferrule type ect... or what you want the shaft for. breaking, jumping, playing, combo ect... Chris.
 
Eric Crisp of Sugartree cues has some of the best shaft wood stock around...in fact, he has some of the best woods period.

-Roger
 
Searing, Diekman, Eric Crisp, and Szamboti have all been praised for the quality of their shaft wood.
 
fullsplicefiend said:
Searing, Diekman, Eric Crisp, and Szamboti have all been praised for the quality of their shaft wood.
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I've heard incredibly good things about Dieckman as well.
 
MattRDavis said:
I've heard incredibly good things about Dieckman as well.
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Cue makers talk about taking a cut and letting it rest..........
I know for a fact Dieckman has shafts in his shop that about as old as him!
Well , maybe not quite that old but he has some stuff that he takes maybe .100 off the total diameter a year and they're still .650 on the biz end.
 
I Have Played With Many Different Shafts In My Day But I Would Have To Say Dennis Searing Makes The Best Cue Out There......and Shaft......his Work Is Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!JEFF HUGHES
 
Very carefully chosen, very old growth, naturally dried and aged, straight-as-arrow spines, hits a ton. :p
 
Eviltuner said:
So far the best shaft in my opinion is the predator 314 shaft.
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The question was what cue maker makes the shafts. Predator Products is not a cue maker, their PRODUCTS are made in CHINA.

Have a nice Day

Manwon
 
rayjay said:
Very carefully chosen, very old growth, naturally dried and aged, straight-as-arrow spines, hits a ton. :p
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When you say old growth, how many growth rings would a shaft have to have to be considered as old growth?

Have a nice night

Manwon
 
manwon said:
When you say old growth, how many growth rings would a shaft have to have to be considered as old growth?

Have a nice night

Manwon
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Good question...............Myself, I think the term is one of those over used to define something terms.
To me....."old growth" is something that was cut out of a log sometime a century ago. A log that has laid on the bottom of the lake since it was cut in the late 1800 or early 1900's. Or at least cut from a tree that was a mature piece of shade before my time came along.[1955] Old growth is something I think of as a tree that has been growing out in the northern woods so deep that if a tree fell over it wouldn't make any noise because no one would be around to hear it fall.
That's what I think of when I hear the term "old growth"............
 
Back in the day....

..in 1975 God needed a shaft and summoned the best shaft maker around.. George Balabushka. No other endorsements necessary. :p

JV
 
topdog_34 said:
I Have Played With Many Different Shafts In My Day But I Would Have To Say Dennis Searing Makes The Best Cue Out There......and Shaft......his Work Is Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!JEFF HUGHES
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Jeff Hughes, How can you say that? You play with a predator 314 screwed to that Buddy Hall Bludworth of yours.:D
You know I'm just messing with you. Dennis does have the best taper and doesn't rush the cuts on the shafts. I spend a lot of time at his shop and no one puts as much care or knowledge into a cue as Dennis Searing does.
 
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BarenbruggeCues said:
Good question...............Myself, I think the term is one of those over used to define something terms.
To me....."old growth" is something that was cut out of a log sometime a century ago. A log that has laid on the bottom of the lake since it was cut in the late 1800 or early 1900's. Or at least cut from a tree that was a mature piece of shade before my time came along.[1955] Old growth is something I think of as a tree that has been growing out in the northern woods so deep that if a tree fell over it wouldn't make any noise because no one would be around to hear it fall.
That's what I think of when I hear the term "old growth"............
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The reason I asked that poster that question, is because I do not think the poster understands what old growth really means.

I recently purchased 40 Brunswick Balk Collender one peice house cues. The cues all had the original decals on the bottom, which can be dated with some accurace.

About 29 of these cues had the standard, non red clear boarder decal which means that they were made in the late 1800's or the early 1900's.

Out of those cues, 18 were still completely straight. To date I have made 5of these cues into conversion cues. I re-used and re-tapered the shafts that were cut from the lower section that was used as a conversion cue.

The maple in those 5 shafts had from 40 to 58 growth rings that were counted at the location where they were cut from the butt.

This is Old Growth, and in my opinion any shaft wood without a minimum of 30 growth lines or rings can not be considered such.

Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year,

manwon
 
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