Twocylndr
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I don't use a glove...but I have used cue chalk on my bridge fingers when needed.
How come people don't use cue sleeves instead of gloves
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Bad_influence
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I didn't like gloves so i tried a sleeve. It's working fine for some shots and a closed bridge, but for open bridges and in some close situations it is a bit fiddly and kind of in the way so i pushed it back for quite a few shots. I'm OK with a glove with closed finger tips now, the open tip ones always slipped back so i touched the cue with my finger tips again.
I can't imagine playing without a glove now. I always had a hard time keeping my hands dry enough and the shaft nice and clean. Now i clean the shaft every couple of weeks and put some wax on the wood. Getting used to the glove was worth it.
I can't imagine playing without a glove now. I always had a hard time keeping my hands dry enough and the shaft nice and clean. Now i clean the shaft every couple of weeks and put some wax on the wood. Getting used to the glove was worth it.
Never used Cue Sleeve, or Pool Glove, my hand are clean, and I use Cue Wax on Wood Shafts.
I was at the pool hall yesterday. Dude comes up and asks if I want to play. I said sure. He asked who else I was playing with, because he saw all my cues. I said I was just taking pictures, I collect, I don't really play anymore.
So he begins unpacking his equipment while saying "so you like wood"...?
"I have an old Meucci with a red dot..." He says...waiting for my reaction...but I had none.
He has with him a CF playing cue, and a CF break cue...and some kind of glove with a logo I don't recognize. He had a bunch of other gear too, bobbles for propping up his cues, some kind of chalk holder...and some other bits I mostly ignored.
He was wearing short sleeves and so was I, no sleeves involved.
So he has a look at several Joss cues including my block letter. They are wood...and I have no glove. I think he thought I was some kind of strange animal.
So, 11 racks later I lost 2. Notice I didn't say he won 2.
I have a notion he thinks there is something wrong with his glove as he seemed a bit disappointed with it.
The Crazy Redhead did show up but did not participate in the jousting. She provided background decoration and got me a Bacardi and Coke.
She did not wear a glove and was also sleeveless.
Iam not sure about sleeves and gloves. I admit I remain relatively ignorant.
So he begins unpacking his equipment while saying "so you like wood"...?
"I have an old Meucci with a red dot..." He says...waiting for my reaction...but I had none.
He has with him a CF playing cue, and a CF break cue...and some kind of glove with a logo I don't recognize. He had a bunch of other gear too, bobbles for propping up his cues, some kind of chalk holder...and some other bits I mostly ignored.
He was wearing short sleeves and so was I, no sleeves involved.
So he has a look at several Joss cues including my block letter. They are wood...and I have no glove. I think he thought I was some kind of strange animal.
So, 11 racks later I lost 2. Notice I didn't say he won 2.
I have a notion he thinks there is something wrong with his glove as he seemed a bit disappointed with it.
The Crazy Redhead did show up but did not participate in the jousting. She provided background decoration and got me a Bacardi and Coke.
She did not wear a glove and was also sleeveless.
Iam not sure about sleeves and gloves. I admit I remain relatively ignorant.
KINGSCOURT905
New member
I'm in the glove camp, but I get the logic of the question. I tried a sleeve a while back, borrowed one at league, and like boogieman said, it was too tight on my shaft and bunched up when I tried a longer bridge. A glove just stays out of the way for me, especially on humid nights here in Hamilton when my bridge hand starts sticking. I can see a sleeve working if you mostly play with a short, closed bridge and don't move your hand much, but for me the glove is simpler: it covers exactly where the shaft slides and nothing else. I'll stick with that unless someone makes a sleeve that actually stays put.