 OB Pool Cues, Break Cues & High Performance Shafts |
OB Pool Cue Series - All Cues are available with your choice of OB Cue Shaft |
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| OB-121 Cocobolo and Maple Sneaky Pete | $335.75 |
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| OB-122 Black Stained Maple, No Wrap | $357.00 |
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| OB-123 Black Stained Maple, Irish Linen Wrap | $378.25 |
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| OB-124 Birdseye Maple, No Wrap | $391.00 |
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| OB-125 Birdseye Maple, Irish Linen Wrap | $412.25 |
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| OB-126 Burgundy Stained Birdseye Maple, No Wrap | $395.25 |
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| OB-127 Burgundy Stained Birdseye Maple, Irish Linen Wrap | $416.50 |
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| OB-128 Bocote and Birdseye, No Wrap | $420.75 |
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| OB-129 Cocobolo and Birdseye, No Wrap | $420.75 |
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| OB-130 Pool Cue - 8 of Diamonds | $463.25 |
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| OB-131 Pool Cue - Diablo | $505.75 |
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NEW OB Break Cues - UNBELIEVABLE PERFORMANCE!
OB Cues - OB Break Cue w/ OB
Break Shaft - Click Here
You should play with the
OB-1 because it is the best shaft on the market. The OB-1 shaft has
the best combination of the four primary characteristics affecting
shaft performance:
Low cue ball
deflection
Why Should I Play With the OB
Cues and Shafts?
"Cue ball deflection" is the phenomenon that
occurs when the cue shaft contacts the cue ball left or right of center
("English"). Instead of traveling along the center line of the cue
stick, the cue ball will travel down the table at an angle to the line
on which the cue is pointing.
When using side english, "Cue ball deflection" must be compensated for
in your aim. The more you have to compensate, the more likely you are to
miss. Since side english is often necessary to play position on the next
ball, "Cue ball deflection" is something we all have to deal with.
"Cue ball deflection" is affected by the weight difference between the
tip end of the cue and the cue ball. Obviously, we can't change the
weight of the cue ball, so we focused on the tip end of the shaft. By
reducing the weight of the tip end of the shaft, we have reduced "Cue
ball deflection". The OB-1 tests virtually equivalent to the lowest
deflection conventional taper shaft on the market.
Combine low "Cue ball deflection" with the other benefits of the OB-1,
and you have the best shaft on the market.
Good overall shaft feel
By far, the comment we
get most often when people hit with the OB-1 is how good it feels.
Recently, a highly respected BCA certified instructor said, "It feels
like a single piece cue." Comments about the feel are even more common
than comments about deflection.
"Exceptional feel" is not an accident. To start with, the tip end of our
shaft is solid wood, including the ferrule. Secondly, the central core
of the OB-1 is composed of vibration and sound dampening material, which
contributes to the excellent feel. Finally, the construction and taper
and radial consistency of the OB-1 add to this exceptional feel and
provide an extremely consistent hit.
Good performance and good feel are no longer mutually exclusive.
Combine this "exceptional feel" with the other benefits of the OB-1, and
you have the best shaft on the market.
Exceptional playing consistency
The patent
pending design of the OB-1 provides for an extremely consistent cue
shaft. When the cue shaft performs the same every time, a player becomes
more confident.
The OB-1 shaft is constructed using six "stress relieved" segments. Each
of the six segments is made of laminated hard rock maple and is machined
in a manner that removes the internal stress. "Stress relieved" segments
means the shaft stays straighter and is more stable.
The very nature of wood grain causes solid shafts used by competitors to
have more stiffness in one direction than another. All flat laminated
shafts are stiffer in the same manner. The OB-1's radial construction
provides for consistent stiffness in all directions.
Straighter and more stable shafts play very consistently, which leads to
confidence, and confidence helps everyone play better.
Combine this "consistency" with the other benefits of the OB-1 and you
have the best "Over All" shaft on the market.
Efficient cue ball spin
The unique
construction of the OB-1 combined with the long taper makes it easier to
apply spin to the cue ball. Being able to spin the cue ball more gives a
player confidence.
The unique patent pending construction of the OB-1 allows the use of a
longer taper. Long tapers used with solid shafts typically play
inconsistently, but with the added stiffness of the OB-1, the long taper
gives increased cue ball spin without the loss of control or
consistency.
As an added bonus, the increase in spin means less cue ball deflection.
The same amount of spin is achieved by hitting closer to the center of
the cue ball, which naturally deflects it less.
Combine this "added spin" with the other benefits of the OB-1, and you
have the best shaft on the market.
We all want to win more games. In order to win more games, we must miss less often. Playing with the OB-1 instills a strong feeling of confidence, and this is what is required to make more shots and win more games.
How does it do this? The thing that most players talk about is how good it feels, and how confident they are playing with it. When you play with equipment you trust to help you make more shots and get better position, you are more confident and win more games.
With the OB-1, Low Deflection is Just Part of the StoryThe fact that, when playing with the OB-1, you don’t need to worry about deflection is just part of the story. The entire construction has deviated from the conventional path.
Straightness
Unlike A "Pie piece" laminated
shafts, our shaft is made up from six “stress relievedâ€Â
segments. Each of these segments is made from straight grained laminated
maple and machined in a manner that removes the internal stress to help
insure the shaft is straight and stable. These six segments are then
assembled into the shaft “blank†that is the start of the
OB-1.
Radial Uniformity
Due to the unique construction of the
OB-1, the shaft has extremely consistent stiffness no matter how you
rotate it. Any Flat Laminated shaft is always stiffer in one direction
than the other depending on how it is rotated. What this means for you
is that you don't need to rotate the cue to put a mark on the top before
you shoot.
Control
The taper on the OB-1 is longer than
most cues. In a normal shaft, this leads to inconsistent cue ball
control. Due to the stiffness of the unique construction of the OB-1,
there is no whippy or inconsistent feel. Actually, the longer taper
combined with this stiffness gives you the benefit of increased cue ball
spin when you need it.
Feel
By far the most common
comment we get when someone hits with the OB-1 is how good it feels.
Good performance and good feel are no longer mutually exclusive.
With the OB-1, you get the performance of low deflection combined with a
shaft that feels like a real shaft should feel. Part of that comes from
the fact that our shaft is not hollow on the end. The final 4 inches of
our shaft is all wood, including the ferrule. The other part of it comes
from the use of a high density, vibration dampening foam in the core of
the shaft.
You haven't felt "solid" until you have hit with the OB-1 cue shaft.
Building the OB-1 cue shaft is a unique process in its own. Obviously, the shaft differs from other shafts out there so the construction methods are also different.The OB-1 starts as flat laminated "Hard Rock Maple" boards. These boards
are then cut into strips, six of which will be used for each shaft. Two of these strips are shown below.
These
"Strips" are then turned between centers in order to "stress
relieve"them. This step helps to ensure the shaft is straight, and stays straight.
The strips are then machined to allow them to be joined
together into a bundle of six pieces.
The bundle is glued up and put
in a clamp to ensure complete glue coverage and no voids or gaps.
The "Blank" comes out of the
clamp ready to be made into a shaft.
The
ferrule is made from flat laminated "Hard Rock Maple". The
laminations are arranged so that the grain is "clocked" 45 degrees
with each layer. The ferrules are made in a block that is then
machined into the individual ferrules.
After installing the sound dampening foam
core, its mostly common shaft construction steps from this point.
