Need an education on leather cue wraps

PocketChalker

PocketChalker

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I have some questions on leather cue wraps. First let me say, I know nothing about making a cue, nothing. So if this is a ridiculous question, please be kind :D

I know that there are several different kinds of leather wraps and most high end cues use exotic animals for quality leather wraps, my question is...

Is there a market for pig skin leather as a wrap? I just came upon access to literally 'tons' of pig skin leather ranging from 1-1.5mm thick. Is there a market for this type of leather in a cue wrap?

If so I would love to get one of you pros on the phone to chat about it. If there is some interest in talking about this shoot me a pm with a phone number and a good time to call. I'm 6-9hrs ahead of US time so please let me know a time including your time zone.

Cheers
Doug
 
I'd suggest looking around at what is currently offered by leather wrap suppliers. A lot of wraps are printed hides of various types. 1mm is too thick and would have to be split to a more reasonable size- .022-.024" (around .5mm.) Having them split accurately is important.
 
ELBeau said:
I'd suggest looking around at what is currently offered by leather wrap suppliers. A lot of wraps are printed hides of various types. 1mm is too thick and would have to be split to a more reasonable size- .022-.024" (around .5mm.) Having them split accurately is important.
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^^^ What he said ^^^
 
Thank you for the input...

By trade I'm an English teacher, by night I make chalkers. Coincidentally I recently started teaching for a large company (1000+ employees) who make leather furniture. 200+ leather sofa sets and 300+ leather chairs a day. They have a warehouse with literally 20+ tons of leather at any given time and part of it houses about 2-3 tons of 'scrap' leather. I saw it today and was totally shocked.

Although the main thickness they use is 1-1.5 mm and I need 2.25.2.5 they do have hundreds of meters I can use for my products.

I go back on Friday and I'll see if they have thinner leather available.

Thanks again
 
Making that much leather furniture, you might hope that they have a way of skiving the hides.

Many wraps have a print on them also. Just a thought but I think the entire wrap making process might be a little more involved than one would imagine.

I guess thats why you are inquiring. An enterprising person such as yourself
might make layered tips as well.

But with all that scrap laying around, you definitely could soon become King of the leather shaft burnishers.
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
Making that much leather furniture, you might hope that they have a way of skiving the hides.

Many wraps have a print on them also. Just a thought but I think the entire wrap making process might be a little more involved than one would imagine.

I guess thats why you are inquiring. An enterprising person such as yourself
might make layered tips as well.

But with all that scrap laying around, you definitely could soon become King of the leather shaft burnishers.
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Tips, a little more then what I'm up for but the burnishers... FOD (Fruck O Dear) You are now officially my friend :) Why didn't "I" think of that!

I'm looking into embossing machines as we speak (not printed of course but pressed). As soon as I get it all put together I will be offering a burnisher with all my Chalkers. DAMN....This is a GREAT Idea!
 
As far as burnishers go,
Natural leather is best.
If you get some nice natural pieces post up some pics and you can sell a lot for a little :)
 
cuejo said:
As far as burnishers go,
Natural leather is best.
If you get some nice natural pieces post up some pics and you can sell a lot for a little :)
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Yeah. I would think it unlikely that those upholstery leathers would make good burnishers.

I think it's also not terribly likely it would make good wrap material, but stranger things have happened. Worth looking into anyway.

An accurate and even split is needed for wraps. About 0.5 to 0.7 mm should do it. Then it comes down to whether it looks nice, feels nice, and works nice as a cue wrap.



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Chop, the furniture leather after it is skived is probably too thin but with all that scrap laying around before it is processed.

I keep one in my case and its something that I think just about everyone should have.

I use em in the shop too.

If they are embossed with an eight or nine ball.
 
shaft burnishers

Blue Hog ridr said:
Making that much leather furniture, you might hope that they have a way of skiving the hides.

Many wraps have a print on them also. Just a thought but I think the entire wrap making process might be a little more involved than one would imagine.

I guess thats why you are inquiring. An enterprising person such as yourself
might make layered tips as well.

But with all that scrap laying around, you definitely could soon become King of the leather shaft burnishers.
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I'll take a few.
 
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