Why Maple woods for Pool cues while Ash woods for Snooker cues?

This came up in a forum one time and a cuemaker answered that it is mostly just because of availability. Pool is more of an American sport where maple is a much more readily available type of wood, and snooker is more of a British/European sport where ash is more readily available. That's why these types of woods were used many years ago, at this point it's just as much about tradition. There is also an argument that ash is a bit harder wood, which is better for snooker cues which typically have slimmer diameters than pool cues and snooker players tend to use less english (side spin) that pool players. The softer, more flexible maple shafts are a little better when using english.

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Well, if you happen to learn my reply you would see there's relatively a enormous change among pool cues and snooker cues. Almost everybody who published mentioned that snooker cues have been longer and regularly the equal as pool cues, that's honestly the designated reverse of truth. Most individuals don't seem to be cue connoisseurs so I don't count on them to grasp what is proper, however I'm nonetheless going to supply everybody who posts an wrong reply a thumbs down.

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