Whyte Carbon Shafts

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Pamela83

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Looking for information on the new Whyte Carbon Shafts. Does anyone know who makes them? If you play with this shaft, please tell us more about the shaft.
 
I haven’t heard of them. But they look like decent shafts depending on the price. I’d like to hear some more on them.
 
AFAIK they're making the inserts(OB uses them) but i don't think shafts are on sale yet. I emailed them. See what happens.
 
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The new OB Raven does not use the interch. joint inserts. Uses a threaded phenolic insert.
 
buckshotshoey said:
They now have 3 versions of CF.

The original Fusion. $400
The OB Carbon... $424
And the New Raven. $325

The price for the Raven is excellent. If it plays well.
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Not 100% here but i think the interch. joints version is being discont. UD: just checked and interch. original version will still be made. OB said Raven has a little firmer hit in their opinion. Also is 30".
 
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THam said:
I haven’t heard of them. But they look like decent shafts depending on the price. I’d like to hear some more on them.
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I believe they retail for $500 and come with 1 joint adapter. Additional adapters are $70.
 
rharm said:
I believe they retail for $500 and come with 1 joint adapter. Additional adapters are $70.
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Who sells Whyte? I've tried contacting a couple times and no answer. I asked some buddies with insider connections and they all say the shafts aren't out yet. Can't find one listed for sale anywhere.
 
When I was at the APA in Vegas a few months ago, the same guy (John Bertone) that was running the Kamui booth was running the Whyte Carbon booth.
 
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Lee Brett is the connect. He was running some auctions from Vegas. I have one of the shafts, (I won an auction). I am waiting to get the insert for a radial pin.
 
I checked them out at the APA. They look sweet. White, off white, black and an Ash one that really looks like ash wood.
 
skogstokig said:
dunno. is it possible to achieve a color other than black/dark grey with just cf?

any coating of paint would add weight and be subject to wear off. i think.
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I'm not a mechanical engineer or cue maker - but there is a variety of methods and technologies to coat/bond CF, high quality paint processes, nanocrystal-bonding, ceramics - used in a wide variety of applications from automotive, aviation, industrial, performance bicycle parts - easy to google articles. I imagine the biggest barrier for pool is materials/process product R&D costs vs market size, but over time economies-of-scale trickle down factor from other industries is probably changing things. In scuba diving world same issues exist - the small niche of technical cave diving was like 10 years late to the party on high quality focusable LED lights for deep underwater civilian/non-commercial applications - but now there is good quality, low cost stuff widely available. Personally, I like the matt black mainstream CF stuff & don't really like the idea of moving parts in the shaft - but it's cool to see the emerging innovation, customization, and new vendors showing up in pool equipment world.
 
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