{"product_id":"engage-118","title":"Engage 11.8 mm Shaft","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePure full carbon shaft experience\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEngage has been designed to offer the players a pure full carbon experience, starting from the taper, passing through the sound and arriving at its surface finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was born with these objectives, and after years of research and development, starting from the already excellent Prime M and using our experience in composite fiber world, we managed to get what we wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Engage shaft is made entirely of \u003cstrong\u003eunidirectional carbon fiber\u003c\/strong\u003e, with several suitably sized and oriented layers coupled together to enhance as much as possible the positive characteristics of carbon in relation to the game of billiards. The lamination used, combined with the \u003cstrong\u003e18” pro taper\u003c\/strong\u003e and the famous\u003cstrong\u003e patented front end technology AURORA\u003c\/strong\u003e, offers very \u003cstrong\u003egreat rigidity\u003c\/strong\u003e and a \u003cstrong\u003egreat reaction speed\u003c\/strong\u003e to external mechanical stresses while remaining very light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis results in \u003cstrong\u003every\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003elow deflection\u003c\/strong\u003e, the ability to transfer great effect to the cue ball even at low speeds and great control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn order to enhance the material as much as possible, we opted for a \u003cstrong\u003elight soundproofing\u003c\/strong\u003e, preserving the acute, metallic and almost harmonic notes of the carbon fiber, dampening and rounding off those that are too high, jagged and annoying.\u003cbr\u003ePure carbon also for the finish, made pleasant to the touch, clean and smooth thanks to a careful work of sanding and polishing that makes the perceived comfort on the fingers lasting over time without the need for great maintenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Engage shaft is not proposed as an evolution of the Prime, but as its alternative. It offers completely different features, more technical, more aggressive, designed and built not to be a copy of something else, but to be the \u003cstrong\u003ehighest expression of carbon fiber \u003c\/strong\u003ein cue sports according to Becue's interpretation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe offer two types of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eferrules in two colors\u003c\/strong\u003e, transparent and white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewhite ferrule\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e grants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003egreater focus\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eon the aim while doing the pre-shot routine. It is useful to the player because it can lead\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ean immediate feedback on the perspective\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof the aiming direction. In fact, it gives more confidence on the certainty of the aiming line. That’s because, ideally, the white ferrule creates a white line in the brain that helps to materialize the line of the future direction of the ball.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, there's our famous and classic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003etransparent ferrule\u003c\/strong\u003e. It has always been our main choice. We thought that, since our cues are for the most part black, the contrast between the ferrule and the shaft may be disturbing to some. 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