Steve Davis new cue?

[bonoman1970]

the man is a true sporting legend, how many players has he outstayed....even Hendry, and he still keeps coming back.
Playing well again,really hope the cue has helped him and he keeps up some fine form,
snooker needs him.

[cazmac1]

the man is a true sporting legend, how many players has he outstayed....even Hendry, and he still keeps coming back.
Playing well again,really hope the cue has helped him and he keeps up some fine form,
snooker needs him.

Well said, if he loves playing and he is beating ppl half his age well fair play to him. Golf legends don't get slated the why are snooker legends do.

[narl]

Depends really how well they can compete imo, i think when it gets to the stage that people say "oh you should have seen him 20 years ago" or words to that effect then they probably have stayed around too long. Personally i think Jimmy White is a prime example of that, Steve Davis seems to make the TV stages much more than White does, and on the odd occasion that White is on tv he's stated nerves as a reason for not playing well, and before that when he was dropping down the rankings he used to say "im playing well in practice, i just cant produce it on the match table".

White said numerous times years ago he didn't want to play after he hit 40, he's 50 now and still playing, not sure if its out of necessity or not these days though.

[mist again]

In Saturdays Mirror, there was a lil' snippet about the Davis, Burden match. Davis was quoted saying something like having 'a new cue', calls it 'The Beast', 'loads of power' and 'it being best cue he's ever had'?
Any developments on exactly what he's swinging? :

[Inoffthered]

http://www.thesnookerforum.com/board...362#post549362

http://www.thesnookerforum.com/board...368#post549368

So apparently you were critical of his cues in front of him no less

Hes said before he doesnt import cue shafts, its just a rumor doing the rounds that has probably been thrown at most cue makers at one point or another.

What a diff. a year makes aye..

( Just sayin' )

[Inoffthered]

In Saturdays Mirror, there was a lil' snippet about the Davis, Burden match. Davis was quoted saying something like having 'a new cue', calls it 'The Beast', 'loads of power' and 'it being best cue he's ever had'?
Any developments on exactly what he's swinging? :

Don't you mean smokin' :P

[Inoffthered]

just watched some of this ....the refs heavy breathing was really annoying! ha!

No m8. Peter's a good ref. Glad he's still going.. just a shame the WSA don't give him more exposure in the tv stages.

[ferret]

I contacted John Parris about this and here is his reply;

Steve picked it up two weeks ago and is really getting on well with it, says it’s the best cue he has ever played with. His previous cues had quite a slim shafts, this one has our standard taper and is a bit heavier than his last cue about 20oz. That’s why he has nicknamed it The Beast.

[mattyshinobi22]

wonder if it is a 'standard cue' and not an ultimate? or standard badge but specifically selected shaft etc

[willtyson]

Thanks for that Ferret!