Snooker cues

[kumonuirons]

why has the snooker cue got a flat on the handle

[trakcab]

cue`s once had a curley bit on the end and was held the other way round. the flat piece was were it it ran on the table. then someone turned the cue around used the thin end and his other hand as a bridge, latter the curley bit was cut off. hope you get idea

[Loosehead]

The flat bit was used on the table when a shot could not be reached, so the thin end would be held and the shot played with the thick end. This was and still is the way in the absence of a rest. The cue was allways used as now for reachable shots.

[spinchimp]

Wrong. Its got a flat on the end so that the player has got somewhere to stay after a particularly long snooker session and he's missed his last bus.

[ugly_bob]

not all of them do.
Useful for knowing which way up your cue is though. Since the tip will never be completely symetrical or centrally placed on the end of the cue, it means you can use the cue the same way up all the time and your tip will behave the same.