Titanium ferrules

[rich123]

Morning everyone,
Hope we are all tuned in to the opening session of the WC.
Anyway on with my query.
What would you say the main benefits of a titanium ferrule be over the standard brass type ?

[Nifty50]

Haven’t tried one but people say less deflection.
Guessing that titanium is a stronger metal so doesn’t wear away like brass does with constant polishing. Also Titanium may retain its shine as opposed to getting very dull like brass.
I’m not a expert.

[vmax]

Morning everyone,
Hope we are all tuned in to the opening session of the WC.
Anyway on with my query.
What would you say the main benefits of a titanium ferrule be over the standard brass type ?

Absolutely none. The ferrule is there to prevent the end of the cue getting damaged, that's its job, that's what it does. Buy a new cue with a titanium ferrule by all means but do not have one fitted to your present cue as that entails a lot of work to remove the current ferrule, then cut a new tenon as the one left will be too small for the new ferrule, so the cue is then a ferrules length shorter, shaft will need to be re-tapered a tiny bit and maybe the cue lengthened as well if you don't want it to be shorter, and all for no benefit.

[itsnoteasy]

It stays shiny.

[rich123]

Thanks for your replies, I wasn’t thinking of having one fitted to my cue as I’ve had it around 8 years now and now how it feels even when fitting a new tip (it’s because of the new tip that I keep missing etc, etc), so can’t imagine what “major surgery” would do subconsciously !.
Just interested in what thoughts others have on the subject

[vmax]

Thanks for your replies, I wasn’t thinking of having one fitted to my cue as I’ve had it around 8 years now and now how it feels even when fitting a new tip (it’s because of the new tip that I keep missing etc, etc), so can’t imagine what “major surgery” would do subconsciously !.
Just interested in what thoughts others have on the subject

It looks like the Parris badge on Robertsons cue now sits higher up the butt than it did or where Parris usually places it, that shows the cue has been lengthened a tad to make up for cutting it down to fit that titanium ferrule, so it also must have been shaved down slightly so that the shaft doesn't sit pround of the edge of the ferrule. Robertson is having trouble with side spin shots because the flex characteristics of the shaft has changed so the deflection of the cue ball is different.
Once he gets used to that he'll be back to normal but in the meantime needs to play some Eddie Charlton centre ball striking snooker if he wants to go further in this years worlds.