Wrapless Cues?

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I play with a sneaky pete so I'm not saying I think cues without a wrap are bad in anyway. But do yall think they look better? I see a ton of these things now. I would much rather buy (when buying a cue with bells and whistles) a cue with a nice wrap. Linen, leather, lizard, elephant. To me it makes them look better. What do yall think?
 
Very subjective, vulnerable to personal taste

gpeezy said:
I play with a sneaky pete so I'm not saying I think cues without a wrap are bad in anyway. But do yall think they look better? I see a ton of these things now. I would much rather buy (when buying a cue with bells and whistles) a cue with a nice wrap. Linen, leather, lizard, elephant. To me it makes them look better. What do yall think?
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gpeezy:

I think this question is highly subjective, and vulnerable to personal taste. IMHO, the question of "to wrap or not to wrap" is more for functionality than aesthetics. It's no coincidence that the wrap just happens to be in the area where you normally grip the cue -- there's a reason why it's located there. Some folks (like myself) prefer the touch, grip, and feel of no wrap, vs., say, Irish Linen, which I find too slippery. Failing no wrap, a nice leather or stingray wrap is very comfortable, offers a nice grip, and looks great. I don't subscribe to elephant for my own personal "what do they do with the rest of the elephant" anti-poaching concerns, but again, that's just personal bias.

Hope this is helpful!
-Sean
 
I think a nice wrap looks better but wrapless feels better. So I only use leather. Kinda a nice in between.
 
gpeezy said:
I play with a sneaky pete so I'm not saying I think cues without a wrap are bad in anyway. But do yall think they look better? I see a ton of these things now. I would much rather buy (when buying a cue with bells and whistles) a cue with a nice wrap. Linen, leather, lizard, elephant. To me it makes them look better. What do yall think?
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I prefer the looks of a wrapless cue. Someone on here is selling a wrapless fullsplice Blackcreek and it is gorgeous. I like leather wraps also but if I could choose the exact same cue with leather or wrapless I would choose wrapless.
 
If you like inlays (and many cueists do), then the added space on the butt sans wrap is the place for more of them. I have a Jacoby D-11 as my main player. It has a stacked-leather wrap, but if it didn't have that wrap it would sure look nice with a butt-ful (pun intended) more of those nice wood inlays! I can't remember what year it was that Corey Deuel won his first U.S. Open, but that wrapless Viking he used surely caught my eye. My next cue, if there is going to be one (yeah, right :rolleyes:) is going to be a wrapless with a lot of inlays.

Maniac
 
I prefer wrapless myself. I just sold a really nice full splice cue with a linen wrap because I just couldn't get used to it. Besides my playing preference, I agree with poster above who said that there is nothing more beautiful than a nice piece of wood.
 
I am fortunate to own several of each type ... There is something to be said for wrapless cues when the woods and combinations thereof are crafted to perfection ...
 
I love the look of a wrapless cue, and chose my Gilbert on the basis of the way the segmented handle looked- that said, I do play a lot with my leather-wrapped Zac.:cool:
 
I've always liked irish linen but if its the right piece of wood then the wood totally looks better. Just prefer the feel of linen
 
gpeezy said:
I play with a sneaky pete so I'm not saying I think cues without a wrap are bad in anyway. But do yall think they look better? I see a ton of these things now. I would much rather buy (when buying a cue with bells and whistles) a cue with a nice wrap. Linen, leather, lizard, elephant. To me it makes them look better. What do yall think?
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In the world of expensive high end cues, the wrapless handle is the canvas on which the cue maker creates art. Most of the really high end cues are wrapless. Behold the art of Bill Schick and the amazing Dave Barenbrugge.
 

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wrapless gives you the option to show off pretty wood (maybe even more inlays). I think the speckly little lines of irish linen also kind of look bad. It always seems to get dirty and look stained, and I don't understand why some people do this wild ugly contrast of light (white, cream, tan) wrap on a medium or darker colored cue.

I think a well done leather wrap looks pretty good. But I vote for wrapless because it looks at least as good and feels best.
 
Wrapless Cues play better because-

pool requires a(non stick, loose grip) stroke, and the best stroke is produced using wrapless cues. I have an eel skin wrap thats slippery. Just ake Efrens advice. mark
 
A nice wrapless cue gives the cue maker more room to show his artistry. I don't own a wrapless cue right now and I wish I did, because i've played my best pool with a wrapless cue and like a dummy I sold it. I have 2 cues with irish linen, 1 with leather, and 1 with a lizard wrap and I wish I had a nice wrapless cue for my small collection.

If I hit the lottery here's my next cue:

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=144484

James
 
I feel 10x more confident with a wrapless cue, big bonus if it's slim handled and finished glossy.

The only explaination I could have is that it feels the same in various stroking positions and throughout the shot from beginning to end. Linen has the ability to slip or stick, or feel gritty or uneven--I'm easily tempted to "grip" the cue when it's linen wrapped. That can make it difficult for me to decipher the hit, especially when I'm trying so hard not to overthink any particular shot.

But, you know what, I'm working on not letting things like that get in my head. Cortland wraps are super duper pretty, and when double pressed and broken in, they develop a nice tackiness that resembles a good wrapless finish has that can really juice up a cueball.
 
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I'm not saying so much that I like the play more of a wrapped cue. Mostly just the look. The cues posted in the pick above do look amazing however. I've seen quite a few though with just a chunk of birdseye in the handle. Not to appealing. Lots of POVs though.
 
less than 1% of my cues have a wrap

in appx 8 years, of the 275 cues i have made, 2 have had a wrap.
imo most of the time all a wrap does is hide a ugly piece of wood.
m2cts chuck
 
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