Does anyone still do 3 tone wrap today?

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I have not come across any in recent years of any new cue with that. Is there a reason behind that?
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MasterClass said:
I have not come across any in recent years of any new cue with that. Is there a reason behind that?
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That was done years ago using nylon or rayon wrap. Used to be some real weird combinations of colors on the same spool. As you wrapped it might alternate about every inch or so between black and yellow and so forth. Not much call for that look now a days.

Dick
 
MasterClass said:
I have not come across any in recent years of any new cue with that. Is there a reason behind that?
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I have done it for a customer. I used Black linen for 4 inches in the front, Burgundy for 4 inches in the center, and Black for 4 inches up to the cues butt. It took a few times to get exactly right but it worked, the customer was happy and I happy to be done!!!!:D :D The only thing I wish, is that I still had photo's of the finished product so that I could post them, but they were lost in a computer crash last year.

Have a good day!!!!
 
like this?

Scot sherbine did this one for me, But said he was not doing them any more. The two brunswicks have the original cortland on them.
 
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I do those every once in a while on some older repair jobs. It not a big deal. I usually charge an extra $5 for every time I change colors. $45 to do the cue you posted.
 
MasterClass said:
I have not come across any in recent years of any new cue with that. Is there a reason behind that?
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Two tone actually.

I can't tell for sure in your pics - but certainly that style of wrap,
'invented' by Paradise and popularized by Palmer - was done with
Dacron that rolled off the spool that way.

In those days<60s> Irish linen was considered an overpriced
luxury unless you were a top player.
And to be fair, Dacron was not a bad wrap at all,
soft and supple, nothing like the barbed-wire nylon
of later cues. Besides, this was the era of 'real' irish linen wraps.
Before slick, pressed linen wraps were developed.

Anyway, Sherm has/had some of the bumble-bee stuff Dickie mentioned.
I haven't seen the two tone in 30 years.
It also is a type of fishing line, but even if you could find it today,
I would expect it to be hard as wire

Dale
 
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If you want a fantastic Paradise / Palmer style wrap, Paul Rubino. Uses the same material and he even uses the under loop, (no drill holes) and he is damn good at it.

JV
 
jayman said:
Scot sherbine did this one for me, But said he was not doing them any more. The two brunswicks have the original cortland on them.
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Those are awesome cues Jayman. Thanx for sharing.
 
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