Can a pool cue convert to a snooker cue?

Question

Is it possible to convert a pool cue to a snooker cue? Is it possible to just change the tip?

Answer 1

In a bar fight ................Yes

Answer 2

No you can not just change the tip because the shaft is thicker on billiard cues than on snooker cues. And I would not recommend trying to physically change a cue shaft to fit a different tip this way.

However it is possible to have one interchangeable cue for both size balls. Its not really a conversion of a cue as such but YES, you can purchase both a snooker shaft and a billiard shaft to fit on the same butt handle.

An example is Predator Cues have the 3/14-shaft that is suited to billiard size balls and they also have the Z-shaft with a finer taper to a smaller tip that is suitable for Snooker size balls. Both shafts have the same joints that connect the shaft to the butt.

Answer 3

Snooker cues are shorter and lighter.  Although the smaller tip does have influence as to how it plays, these other dimensions also will yield differences.  On the whole, I find snooker cues to be much stiffer than pool cues.  If money isn't the issue, I would get a new cue for snooker and use the pool cue for pool.