Would any of you cuemakers do this?

[CocoboloCowboy]

Convert a 50+ y/o Titlist to be a Jump Break? Ever do one?

 

[CamposCues]

Convert a 50+ y/o Titlist to be a Jump Break? Ever do one?

I thought I saw one in the cue gallery once. I think this is the one I was thinking of. Just a jump though....
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=101223&highlight=titlist

 

[Sheldon]

Convert a 50+ y/o Titlist to be a Jump Break? Ever do one?

Nope, I think jump/break cues are a bad idea.
If a customer insisted though, I would do it for them.

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

Nope, I think jump/break cues are a bad idea.

All Jump Breaks, or Titlist Conversions?

 

[macguy]

Convert a 50+ y/o Titlist to be a Jump Break? Ever do one?

The nose part may have been the only salvageable part of the cue. These were after all just house cues and if old may have gone through a beating over the years. You see them with cracked and chipped butts. The maker may have figured as long as it was not going to be a true full spliced cue anyway, just make it into something more unusual. Don't assume he cut up a good cue.

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

Thanks for your answer!

 

[rhncue]

I would never in life even consider it. These cues are antiques, when they are gone - they are gone. I don't even like converting one to a playing cue. The only thing that the Titlist has going for it is that it is a full splice cue. Why would any one cut a full splice cue in half to make a jump break? With the shape that most old Titlist are in, it would be probably be easier and just as cheap to build a fore arm with the same veneers so that they would be perfect instead of dried out, loose and filled veneers and points. and you would still have a piece of history in your collection.

Dick

 

[manwon]

Convert a 50+ y/o Titlist to be a Jump Break? Ever do one?

Not a Titlist, however, I have converted a 80 year old Brunswick 26 1/2 to a jump / break cue. In fact I am about to start another one in a month or so, but why the question?

 

[Sheldon]

All Jump Breaks, or Titlist Conversions?

In my opinion, the best properties of a break cue and the best properties of a jump cue conflict.
When you try to combine the two, one or both of the intended uses will suffer.
Tool analogy:
break cue + jump cue = Snap-on socket set
break/jump cue = crescent wrench
Some people are happy to carry the crescent. I want the best tool for the job!