" Yes,
PLEASE,
Send me 500 of the JUMBO/INDUSTRIAL SPOOLS,
" I can provide shipping by plane or tugboat,
thanks :grin-square:
Sooo....half a million bucks?
You paying by check?
Too bad we can't have a post, that clowns have to be a part of. This was a service offered by a quality Custom Cue Maker that happened upon some needed materials...
A picture should be posted, otherwise he doesn't have Cortland
A picture should be posted, otherwise he doesn't have Cortland
I called him about it today he leaves Monday and won't be back for awhile, going to tournaments. I asked him if it was the old orginal number 9. He said it was old.
He calls me back 10 min later asking me what number 9 means.
I really think we need proof this is Cortland #9.
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Hey folks, you won't find a more honest person than Guido Orlandi. Plus he's a very good cue maker. This stuff is new to him, I'm the one that posted the possibility of it being available. I believe it was sold to him as being Cortland Linen, so we'll get the information off the spools & make sure. He measured the line & it is .025 in diameter. In the picture above , the spooled linen is spelled Cortline, The real stuff is spelled Cortland, it was 27 lb test line & "9" was the number of strands in the woven line.
QUOTE Cortland being the largest manufacturer of fishing line at the time was the most popular choice, it came in black, dark green, tan and white with green specks.
The line was braided from X number of strands depending on the pound test rating.
Cortland 9 strand was rated at 27 lb test (3 lb per strand) and measures about .025" in diameter, this diameter became the most popular choice. I've seen cues with thinner diameter, probably 7 strand.
Cortland stopped production in 1976 and Penn continued making it for a few more years - Gus Szamboti used Penn after Cortland stopped production.
These braided lines were also made and used by cuemakers in dacron, nylon and silk.
The advantage to fishing line is its consistency in diameter and uniformity of the green specks. It had to be perfect as they made it by the mile and spooled it on spools from 50 yards and up. It couldn't be 27 lb test at one point and a lesser rating at another point. UNQUOTE
I called him about it today he leaves Monday and won't be back for awhile, going to tournaments. I asked him if it was the old orginal number 9. He said it was old.
He calls me back 10 min later asking me what number 9 means.
He also gave me 2 different prices first was 175 to do it, then we talk for a few and then he says well let's see where we're at
he starts adding it all up and now he goes up 100 on it wants 300 or 325. Which is fine if he really sure he has Courtland but then he tells me he's leaving for a week or maybe 3 or 4 he's not sure.
Sorry but can't mail out my cue if he's not home I told him, he said that's fine he call me when he gets back but he told me he lives in a small town and my cue be safe at the post office that they hold it for him. Lol
I told him couple horror stories of people from AZ losing cues from post office and that the no way I let it sit their.
All in all seems like nice guy but I don't know if he even knows if he has Cortland 9 plus he's not ready for any cues.
I just called guido
He wont sell the linen alone unless you send him a cue for him to put the wrap on
At least thats what he told me when i asked for just the linen
I just called guido
He wont sell the linen alone unless you send him a cue for him to put the wrap on
At least thats what he told me when i asked for just the linen