Yesterday someone said to me..

[Snapshot9]

Andrew

You really like that 13.25mm shaft and tip they produce them with? I think the low end Joss's hit like a steel rod (kind of like normal break cues) without any feel/feedback to them.

I remember the Joss's from the mid 70's being quite different, and much higher ended.

 

[nick serdula]

Come on now

I saw a man break and run 6 racks in a row on Scotty Townsend with a beat-up, half warped Joss sneaky pete in Ft. Walton Beach, FL.

That was the manchild Red Rocket. That was a while ago. David has played with a Rick Howard cue for years now. Way before he came in 4th a couple years ago in the U.S. open. I think he still has the Joss sneakie.
Nick

 

[cubswin]

You really like that 13.25mm shaft and tip they produce them with? I think the low end Joss's hit like a steel rod (kind of like normal break cues) without any feel/feedback to them.

I remember the Joss's from the mid 70's being quite different, and much higher ended.

don't know about the 70's cues, but I've owned a couple 10 of the 80's gold letters, the 90's cues and a couple in this decade. Hit across the board has been fairly good, the older cues were a little stiffer imho. I've got a 90's shaft I play with when I pick up a joss now. Didn't notice much difference between the 80's cues and the 90's cues when I owned both this year and with their respective shafts. I'm wondering if some of the hit differences weren't in the quality of the tips, and the use of layered tips by most these days. I can remember having the old champions then, and when I had a 80's joss and a 90's joss with the same tips on them last year there really wasn't much difference.

Schon and joss are most certainly not the same company, though they both make nice affordable cues.