Curious why snooker cues use brass ferrels, and pool doesn't?

Question

just curious why i only see them on snooker cues, and not pool cues, and the opposite? does either have strengths the others doesn't have? do they glue on like pool cues? do all snooker players use brass?

Answer 1

Im new here and need the two points so could be the ash they are made from needs more than plastic so they use brass to make them stronger

Answer 2

A snooker cue is considerably narrower than a conventional cue. The impact of breaking or shooting hard with a snooker puts a tremendous amount of stress at the joint and can lead to a bad split or breaking the joint completely. So brass is used to join the halves together. And brass is used to some degree for balancing the cue.

Answer 3

They do make brass and titanium ferrules for regular cues. Most come with the traditional plastic, but can be upgraded.  They are glued like normal.  

Just like regular cues, snooker cues can have metal or plastic ferrules.  The only major differences are length and weight.  They typically weight less and are longer by about six inches.

Answer 4

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe in pool cues they use softer materials to allow the ferrule to bend at impact, which facilitates the application of english and reduces squirt. Since brass is harder, it would not bend and may promote a more accurate cue ball path when hitting center-ball.

EDIT: Life, snooker players don't hit the ball hard when breaking and rarely if ever hit the ball hard in the course of a game, so cracking the ferrule or snapping the joint shouldn't ever be a problem. It actually sounds like you're talking about the joint, not the ferrule in your answer. Brass joint pins are pretty common in pool cues.

And Walt, snooker cues (about 57") are typically shorter than pool cues (usually 58"). I don't know why so many snooker players seem to think pool cues are shorter, unless cues built for UK Pool are extremely short, or everyone in Europe plays pool with carom cues.

Answer 5

Those 2 answers and pure $ Ivory was hardly ever used for cues in Europe It would be almost like making them out of gold  ivory was just to exp for john public to afford

I will prob get called a Bloody Yank over this but to this day there is no real quality in a Snooker stick I have a John Paris And I just dont see it

If it was reproduced in Maple & exotic woods with the joints that cue makers over here use it would be 6 times more exp.

But with the light touch of Snooker you really dont need a war lance anyway

I have never really noticed what pro Snooker players use

One thing I did notice the hit with a S. cue just doesnt feel right to me almost like a Predator in some shots I have never used it to break