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Yes definitely just mostly nylon monofilament and dacron braid https://www.cortlandline.com/?srsltid=AU7gw4Wu1aCtVeZZ8WhFauQiGKhJp9I3opxnRJMd6LkMJFUexvTpe290

Age of manufacture I really don't know but Cortland quit the linen for synthetics in the 70s. I bought this one about 20 years ago form someone in England even though it labeled in Abercrombie and Fitch New York. It was new old stock condition and still is. You juat have to keep it in dry...

What you show is a spool of #24 54lb test rope twist style cuttyhunk instead of the braid type line that Cortland used. This is how it was braided also keep in mind all Cortland was not labeled Cortland as they would also due contract manufacturing under other brand names like most...

It's not 9lb Cortland but is #9 or 9 thread Cortland with a 27lb test.

You can buy them on Amazon

Actually the term should be 'with bated breath'

I just hope I don't get to where I have to carry my own set of balls to be able to play a competitive game. What do you do about playing on different brands of tables? They don't play the same either.

Any game used for gambling can be manipulated for an advantage either adjusting the game otcome or developement of skills to control the outcome. This is why the casinos require the dice to bounce off the pyramid board in craps. I watched Weeniebeanie and Cornbread Red take on all comers at...

Playing and training at straight pool will help a lot with maintaining your intensity and concentration level. It's difficult to stay concentrated when you are simply shooting easy shots and that's why you miss those shots that are so easy you should make them with your eyes closed. You somply...

There is at least one Balabushka in the movie, Jimmy Mataya was playing with his. That cue is currently in the Phil Windham collection in Chattanooga, TN.

Here's a good part of it

Like this

Actually there are three genders, male, female and confused.

I have some of both the blister pack and my old ones and have played with both. Personally I prefer the old ones in medium.

These are first generation Moori's brought back from Japan in the mid 90s. I bought 3 or 4 hundred of them in the different hardnesses of them.