Gloves

iusedtoberich said:
Thanks for this thread. I've played without a glove my whole life (except for 1 year 25 years ago) and now I find myself in the same situation. Some places I go to now my hand is sticking and it's definitely affecting my stroke. I'm going to try the unglove one. That one looked appealing to me.

Also I can't confirm, but I'm thinking the CF shafts need a glove more than wood shafts when it becomes humid. I never recall having as much of an issue as I do now that I switched to CF one year ago.
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I'm actually more suprised longtime player hadn't come into the situation sooner. I grew up in Massachusetts. Played in a Student Union at UMass Amherst (same as poolbum and VIProfessor), and it didn't have windows and certainly no air conditioning. When it got humid in there or any bar, I couldn't get my stick through my hands consistently unless I constantly cleaned and sanded my shaft. I didn't want to waste my shaft to nothing, so the day I found out that there was such a thing as a billiard glove, I got one. That was in the late 1980's.
 
Cornerman said:
I'm actually more suprised longtime player hadn't come into the situation sooner. I grew up in Massachusetts. Played in a Student Union at UMass Amherst (same as poolbum and VIProfessor), and it didn't have windows and certainly no air conditioning. When it got humid in there or any bar, I couldn't get my stick through my hands consistently unless I constantly cleaned and sanded my shaft. I didn't want to waste my shaft to nothing, so the day I found out that there was such a thing as a billiard glove, I got one. That was in the late 1980's.
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I remember now why I bought a glove initially when I was I'm guessing late teens (mid to late 90's). I could not make a closed bridge (it kept sticking). All the good players then played with one I recall about exclusively. I miscued one night with an open bridge, and right then and there bought a glove so I could make a closed bridge. It worked, and I played with a closed bridge from then on. Fast forward a couple years, I took the glove off and my closed bridge still worked. I guess in hindsight I just needed more experience. I think I played mostly closed bridge, no glove, for the next 10-15 years. Then the last 10 years, I switched to mostly open bridge every shot. I don't remember why, I think it just felt more relaxed.

Today with my Revo shaft and humid conditions, my fingers are sticking to the shaft with even an open bridge.
 
j2pac said:
Lou, I remember trying these, and thinking that they weren't completely awful.
Best of luck with your search.
😎
Lot of 6 Champion Sport Black Pool Glove Left Handed (6 Gloves Per Package) https://a.co/d/cmKVdoE
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I just don't know j2.

I tried cutting off the fingers off an IBS and that helped some with feeling the chalk but overall it still felt too thick.

I think that after so many decades I may remain gloveless.

Lou Figueroa
powder everywhere :-o
 
My first glove was a silk glove liner that I found a pair of at the army surplus store in Tacoma in the mid '80s. I just cut the tips off the fingers.
The compression gloves I found at Walgreens work good for me now.
Walgreens compression gloves
 
In my league match this week, I wore the Amazon cheapy that I recently purchased. (We were in the room in town with the high humidity.) It worked out well enough, I didn't have to mess with chalk or such.

(I still lost, but it wasn't cuz of a sticky cue ;) )
 
I've been using the longoni sultan 2.0 for a quite a few years now. They last much longer than any others I've tried way back to the sir Joseph's. Still, $40 is ouch even if I can get 3 years out of them. (Edit: I just checked my Amazon account... My current one was ordered 11/2021, but its time is up. As a reference a predator will last me 3-4 months).

But I just ordered the mesh IBS, maybe I can wean myself from the expensive stuff.
 
jtaylor996 said:
I've been using the longoni sultan 2.0 for a quite a few years now. They last much longer than any others I've tried way back to the sir Joseph's. Still, $40 is ouch even if I can get 3 years out of them. (Edit: I just checked my Amazon account... My current one was ordered 11/2021, but its time is up. As a reference a predator will last me 3-4 months).

But I just ordered the mesh IBS, maybe I can wean myself from the expensive stuff.
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I forgot all about the good ol sir Joseph’s lol. I wore out a lot of those gloves
 
lfigueroa said:
I just don't know j2.

I tried cutting off the fingers off an IBS and that helped some with feeling the chalk but overall it still felt too thick.

I think that after so many decades I may remain gloveless.

Lou Figueroa
powder everywhere :-o
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Lou, can I ask if the mesh IBS gloves were any better? I've been wearing the regular IBS gloves for years when my hands get sticky, but still feel there a little thick but cheap and as good as anything else I've used.
 
MTfish said:
Lou, can I ask if the mesh IBS gloves were any better? I've been wearing the regular IBS gloves for years when my hands get sticky, but still feel there a little thick but cheap and as good as anything else I've used.
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I think they're a bit better so if you like the base IBS you'll probably like the mesh even more -- YMMV.

Lou Figueroa
 
I just got these and am pleasantly surprised.

Nice, wrist a little loose and I have little girly wrists and ankles..

Civaner 8 Pcs 3 Fingers Pool Gloves Billiards Left Hand Shooters Snooker Cue Sport Glove Show Gloves for Women Men Billiard Shooters Carom Sports Accessories https://a.co/d/fSx9wmb
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