How Can You Tell the Difference Between Cortland and Standard Linen Wraps?

Hunter

Hunter

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Hi all,

What are the tell tale identifiers between Cortland, Penn, and other linen wraps? I was always under the impression that the old wraps that had a "waxy" appearance (and were pretty smooth) were Cortland, but in talking with a cue collector the other day, he said that he always loved the wrap on his old Bushka because he loved the "coarse feel of the Cortland wrap". Am I just comparing waxed to unwaxed or Cortland to Penn?

Thanks for your help!

Steve
 
The only thing I've been able to tell about Cortland is that the flecks of green seem to be completely UN-uniform, as if randomly woven in to the original cord linen at different lengths.

I think with the newer machining qualities of the present day linen, the weaving process seems to reflect this.

However, this is just a hunch based on the cues I've seen listed with Cortland--a great visual example would be the Tad Kohara "tribute" series cues from various makers in comparison to the Original. I'll try and post pics later.
 
cortland had the original patten for his braiding machines.the blue and green lines were for fresh and salt water. if you look at the wrap real close you can tell if it is braided.
 
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