Professional Players and Their Cues

[narl]

on Robbo's cue I am sure I saw a normal flat (not a round butt) and the badge was just above the flat.

for all the years (since 80's?) of a butt-joint and a badge in the flat in close proximity (thickness of wood between) - not heard much about this being a major issue

on round butt I have seen that they do tend to use a Perspex-type badge which are thicker and need deeper routing but still in the usual position

The parris round butts the badge is generally higher, i'm not sure if the reason i gave is accurate or not but it seems to make sense.

You can see it on these round butts on ebay, it's around 2 inches or so from the base, that would be roughly give or take the length of the sd joint pin.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/John-Parr...sid=m570.l1313

[Dave Walton]

I'm wrong, Hawkins cue apparently is a Parris Classic that had olive wood splices added around 2010.

[Dave Walton]

50% of the top 16 don’t use Parris cues. Them days are long gone!

Current top 16:
Mark Selby - Stamford
Ronnie O'Sullivan - John Parris
Mark Williams - John Parris
John Higgins - Exquisite
Judd Trump - John Parris
Ding Junhui - Stamford
Barry Hawkins - John Parris
Shaun Murphy - John Parris
Kyren Wilson - John Parris
Neil Robertson - John Parris
Ali Carter - John Parris
Mark Allen - John Parris
Stuart Bingham - McDermott
Anthony McGill - Maximus
Luca Brecel - Maximus
Ryan Day - Ton Praram

to my calculation that is 9/16 = 56.25%

of course a player may have changed cue over the break - please let me know if you have information of any change


now if Maguire had gone though to the final of the Riga he would have made the top 16 (even top 10 maybe ) and a GBL could have been in there

Pretty sure Barry Hawkins doesn't use a Parris, not sure who made it but positive it's not a Parris.

[DeanH]

on Robbo's cue I am sure I saw a normal flat (not a round butt) and the badge was just above the flat.

for all the years (since 80's?) of a butt-joint and a badge in the flat in close proximity (thickness of wood between) - not heard much about this being a major issue

on round butt I have seen that they do tend to use a Perspex-type badge which are thicker and need deeper routing but still in the usual position

[narl]

Lol Jimmy White’s Parris badge was almost at the 3/4 joint after all the work done on it lmao

I'm near sure they place the badge higher up on round butts because the badge seems to be set deeper into the wood, and if the cue has an SD joint there's a possibility that both holes could meet and cause damage. They seem to position the badge slightly higher up than the length of an SD socket pin would be.

[DeanH]

Fair play. Never seen a Parris with a badge that high up the cue before.

that is what caught my eye back on Friday and initially thought he had a micro-extension on at that time

[marriott]

Fair play. Never seen a Parris with a badge that high up the cue before.

Lol Jimmy White’s Parris badge was almost at the 3/4 joint after all the work done on it lmao

[DeanH]

https://mobile.twitter.com/nr147/sta...42680330457088

cheers Marriott
can you keep any eye out for any details

[travisbickle]

https://twitter.com/ParrisCues/statu...04724724314112

Fair play. Never seen a Parris with a badge that high up the cue before.

[marriott]

https://mobile.twitter.com/nr147/sta...42680330457088

[narl]

Robertson’s new cue looks like a Stamford to me. Its definitely not a Parris from the positioning of the badge.
Back to 50%

https://twitter.com/ParrisCues/statu...04724724314112

[marriott]

yes I have noticed the last couple of days the unusual badge position and possibly some new splicing, not found any info yet on this work
if this now not a Parris then that brings it to 53% for the top 16 - and if Selby IS using a Parris then back to 56%

Robertson’s new cue is 100% a Parris, Selby is Stamford

[DeanH]

Michael B - see why list don't last

[DeanH]

Robertson’s new cue looks like a Stamford to me. Its definitely not a Parris from the positioning of the badge.
Back to 50%

yes I have noticed the last couple of days the unusual badge position and possibly some new splicing, not found any info yet on this work
if this now not a Parris then that brings it to 53% for the top 16 - and if Selby IS using a Parris then back to 56%

[marriott]

yep, heard that - not sure if the replica was before or after when Stanford refurbed his cue in 2016; or whether he has used it in a match, you got any info?

Would have been before 2016, 2014/15 I think. I know Mark enough to chat with him, played together at Willie Thorne’s as juniors. He let me play a couple of shots with his Stamford in nuneaton a few months back and wow it’s a skinny taper and 8.75mm tip! He sights using the arrows which are very prominent and also said the Parris is a lot stiffer than his cue, plays differently