Adventures in Linen - (Cortland 9-27)

[Michael Webb]

I never posted the final outcome of my search…….the initial 15-20 yards on the spool of Cortland Linen #9 was in acceptable condition but then the remainder of the spool was unusable. The spool had been errantly stored apparently because the remainder was dried out to the point that the line snapped apart when pulled taut. I could have used CL#9
Instead but it just didn’t fit the design I gave my cue maker to follow. So I went back to Martin asking for suggestions and he had a great one. With the blue veneers on my cue, I decided to use a neutral like gray which was impossible since there wasn’t any linen wrap to use of decent quality versus Cortland. So I choose leather and Martin happened to
have a dark gray elephant belly leather wrap that I substituted. This thread is 9 years old andCortland was becoming hard to find back then. I even offered a $100 bounty for referring me to someone that would sell 50 yards of Cortland #12 but no one ever came forth. Yeah, I’m a sucker for Cortland Linen as a pool cue wrap. It’s the best linen wrap ever.

The recent post on this Forum by Idealogist, was very Educational.

 

[Bavafongoul]

The recent post on this Forum by Idealogist, was very Educational.

Thanks but I haven’t seen nor read it. I put him on Ignore because we don’t like each other.
Despite not having any notion whatever he composed, if he was explaining something, or
anything, about Cortland Linen, it’s likely more spot on than not because he does know a lot.

 

[Michael Webb]

Thanks but I haven’t seen nor read it. I put him on Ignore because we don’t like each other.
Despite not having any notion whatever he composed, if he was explaining something, or
anything, about Cortland Linen, it’s likely more spot on than not because he does know a lot.

Well that's to bad. It really was educational but I understand more than you know.