Cue grip wrap; Irish linen, natural wood, other?
- Thread starter JackOfNoTrades
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Thanks, your link really didn’t give me the answer I was looking for, after some digging I found the below. I appreciate the effort though.
https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=99647
Leather first, then wood.
Glad I could help. It was the first time I had heard of the term or noticed the term.
Up until this point I just thought linen was wrapped tightly around the butt, I didn’t realize how much work and detail went into it.
I prefer a no-wrap wood grip, then leather. Linen seems a little slick to me. Forget guys like At Large. He could have been helpful but his response seems needlessly snotty to me, and since the last poll was 3 years ago the occasional review doesn't hurt anything. I'm willing to bet the first time he used this site he didn't think to use the "search" function. I know I didn't. Jerks like him could be welcoming but they can't help themselves. I'm relatively new to the sport and have learned a lot on this site but I've also seen a lot of guys that are nasty and sarcastic, and many of them don't even know what they're talking about. Welcome to A-Z
my hands sweat a lot when I play, so I prefer Irish linen on my cue. I am not a fan of those lizard skin wraps either, they look nice but I just can't get used to them.
When I shot pistol competitions we used skateboard tape on our grips because of sweaty hands. I’d think that any type of sand tape would be to rough for a pool cue.
I regret that you have so easily deemed me to be a jerk who made a snotty response (and possibly also someone who is nasty, sarcastic, and ignorant).
If you were to review my posting history, you might feel otherwise. I try to be helpful to new (and veteran) members frequently. I hope that in time you will feel that what you said above was just an unwarranted snap judgment.
In this thread, I was pretty sure that the OP would receive many responses by members giving their own personal preferences. So I decided to offer help in a different way. I remembered that polls had been done on this topic quite a few times, so I decided to list links to some of those polls so the OP could see how members have responded to this topic in the past. I was not trying to stifle anyone from saying whatever they would like to say on the topic currently.
Also, I wanted to develop a numerical answer to the OP's question (you might find that I do a lot of stuff with numbers here) by determining the percentage of members' prior poll votes that expressed a preference for wrapless cues. For that, I wanted quite a few polls, not just one or two. Stats are often better when they are based on bigger numbers. I posted that answer (post #7) not long after I posted the list of polls that formed the basis for the answer.
I see you were new to the sport and to this website just a couple years ago. I offer you a belated "welcome aboard." I'm pleased that you feel you have already learned a lot here, and I hope to see you participating in many threads in the future.
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Have there ever been custom cues made with hand cut checkering? Not the sharp, tight diamond point found on many firearms, but a less aggressive pattern that would provide some texture, allow the figure of the wood to remain uncovered and offer an artistic design unlike the norm?
I for one, appreciate the effort AtLarge went through to come up with the number's that show that the long term answer is wrapless. I too prefer wrapless, sadly because my most expensive cue has Irish linen wrap and ivory. It sits unused in a case.
I understand that some manufactures such as Schon, because of design and construction use a wrap. But their BW models epoxy coat the linen wrap, causing them to be wrapless. Seems to me that this should be useful information to expand sales in cues. Maybe even expanding to a sales line to include true four prong production.
I understand that some manufactures such as Schon, because of design and construction use a wrap. But their BW models epoxy coat the linen wrap, causing them to be wrapless. Seems to me that this should be useful information to expand sales in cues. Maybe even expanding to a sales line to include true four prong production.
Hey there AtLarge,
I know this isn’t directed at me, but I want to chime in and say that your exhaustive list was quite helpful and gave me some very informative and interesting reading. I took no umbrage, but did pause to think that I should have searched for ‘wrap’ instead of ‘grip’!
To be fair I think ddg45 and Tom observed a certain ‘sterility’ in your post, and being equitable to them I can see where it, standing by itself, could be interpreted as a bit ‘cold’. NOT that you meant it that way. As you know, text is devoid of emotion, so I’m guessing two things:
1) You were genuinely being helpful to me, not an ounce of inherent ‘Ill will’ intended whatsoever on your part. I can very easily see and understand that.
2) Ddg45 and Tom want to make sure that I feel welcome here and that I didn’t come away feeling like I’d had my pants pulled down unwittingly in front of the forum and thus would be embarrassed to participate in the future. I can very easily see and understand this also.
So, all things taken into what I feel is civil and courteous consideration to all parties, I’d like to propose that everyone go on as if there were a legitimate misunderstanding, and that everyone: you, ddg45, and “Call_Me_Tom” had the best of intentions as they saw it.
Then, everyone forgive and forget! In a pool hall, all of us gathered around a table playing and talking, had a similar exchange take place, I believe it wouldn’t have been an issue whatsoever.
Your friend,
Nicholas (JackOfNoTrades)
Hey there AtLarge,
I know this isn’t directed at me, but I want to chime in and say that your exhaustive list was quite helpful and gave me some very informative and interesting reading. I took no umbrage, but did pause to think that I should have searched for ‘wrap’ instead of ‘grip’!
To be fair I think ddg45 and Tom observed a certain ‘sterility’ in your post, and being equitable to them I can see where it, standing by itself, could be interpreted as a bit ‘cold’. NOT that you meant it that way. As you know, text is devoid of emotion, so I’m guessing two things:
1) You were genuinely being helpful to me, not an ounce of inherent ‘Ill will’ intended whatsoever on your part. I can very easily see and understand that.
2) Ddg45 and Tom want to make sure that I feel welcome here and that I didn’t come away feeling like I’d had my pants pulled down unwittingly in front of the forum and thus would be embarrassed to participate in the future. I can very easily see and understand this also.
So, all things taken into what I feel is civil and courteous consideration to all parties, I’d like to propose that everyone go on as if there were a legitimate misunderstanding, and that everyone: you, ddg45, and “Call_Me_Tom” had the best of intentions as they saw it.
Then, everyone forgive and forget! In a pool hall, all of us gathered around a table playing and talking, had a similar exchange take place, I believe it wouldn’t have been an issue whatsoever.
Your friend,
Nicholas (JackOfNoTrades)
Classy post. Greenies sent.
Maniac
Good post, Nicholas; thanks.
Good post IMO