handles and joint collars?

[Zims Rack]

What do you prefer on your cue, a wrapless handle or pressed irish linen or another type of linen?

I have played with both and own both a wooden wrapless handle and pressed irish linen wrap. The first cue I bought had linen wrap and I was obviously used to it rather quickly (I didn't know there were wrapless cues). I later bought a wrapless Prather custom cue and had a hard time adjusting to it. I couldn't find my grip point comfortably enough. After a few weeks of playign with the wrapless cue I liked it better. IMO I think it's easier to maintain and keep clean (duh) and it has a better, more natural feel to it. I love wood in cues, not really into to many inlays of stones, plastics, etc. Ivory, turquoise and malichite are my famorite inlay materials. I collect ebony and curly maple cues (like most of you didn't know that already) and just love the way they look together.

What do you prefer to use for the joint collar?

I really like the natural (brown/tan) linen joint material. I think it looks beautiful with darker woods like ebony, cocabola, and bocote. I also like the multi-polymer (MP) material. (That is the artificial ivory, correct?)

Thanks,
Zim

 

[locki]

i use both..actually, both of my cues has linen material...but the other one is varnished/laminated so it feels like you are still holding a wooden cue...
but i prefer the one where i can hold the linen...i dunno but i perform better when i use it...

 

[bruin70]

the natural(reddish brown) goes with just about anything but ebony and a very light fiddleback/tiger maple,imo. but also, if you have rings at A,B,C,D the rings will have to match with the joint linen as well as everything at b,c,and d.