Rubber Wrap?

[junksecret]

As a long time 3-Cushion player I, as well as many other players both european and american including Cuelmans,Blomdahl and others used a surgical rubber style wrap on the butts of their cues, which were usually wrapless. They wore out over time, but you could just roll them off and replace them with a new one, no glue or anything required. I am trying to find wraps of this style which used to be available in the few pool rooms that were true billiard haunts (i.e. 8 or more billiard tables) but fewer and fewer of those rooms exist and the few I know no longer seem to have them. Does anyone know where I might find that style of wrap?

 

[poolplayer2093]

As a long time 3-Cushion player I, as well as many other players both european and american including Cuelmans,Blomdahl and others used a surgical rubber style wrap on the butts of their cues, which were usually wrapless. They wore out over time, but you could just roll them off and replace them with a new one, no glue or anything required. I am trying to find wraps of this style which used to be available in the few pool rooms that were true billiard haunts (i.e. 8 or more billiard tables) but fewer and fewer of those rooms exist and the few I know no longer seem to have them. Does anyone know where I might find that style of wrap?

http://www.seyberts.com/catalog/Rubber_Cue_Grips-76-1.html

i found them in black somewhere but i couldn 't find them again

 

[JuanAntonio]

Enter www.dsbillar.com or contact with them at d.s.billar@gmail.com .
It's the shop of Daniel Sanchez, and if they havent it , they can find it for you.
I hope they can help you.

 

[McChen]

this place has them too:
http://pc-billiards.com/

 

[junksecret]

I Love Az

thanks to all....I found several great places for the wraps thanks to all your posts.

 

[eze123]

do they make them ribbed?

 

[iralee]

As a long time 3-Cushion player I, as well as many other players both european and american including Cuelmans,Blomdahl and others used a surgical rubber style wrap on the butts of their cues, which were usually wrapless. They wore out over time, but you could just roll them off and replace them with a new one, no glue or anything required. I am trying to find wraps of this style which used to be available in the few pool rooms that were true billiard haunts (i.e. 8 or more billiard tables) but fewer and fewer of those rooms exist and the few I know no longer seem to have them. Does anyone know where I might find that style of wrap?

The Sang Lee ultralight black power grips from the 3cushioncues.com store are really great. Very light and extremely durable. Many good NY players use them.

-Ira

 

[junksecret]

The Sang Lee ultralight black power grips from the 3cushioncues.com store are really great. Very light and extremely durable. Many good NY players use them.

-Ira

Ira,

Thanks, those look excellent. Does Sang still have his room back there?

Joe

 

[wildwilly]

Why don't they make 3 cushion cues with irish linen or leather wraps? I've been looking for one and they just don't seem to exist (besides custom ones i guess)

 

[junksecret]

Why don't they make 3 cushion cues with irish linen or leather wraps? I've been looking for one and they just don't seem to exist (besides custom ones i guess)

I'm not certain of the answer but I do know as a long time pool player who had a slipstroke forever, when I began to play 3c I found it very hard to break the habit and in 3c the "check" stroke is MUCH more useful than anything else and the rubber grips make it easier to check the ball...very useful.

Just an opinion, btw...NOW I'm playin' pool again and havin' trouble gettin' the slipstroke back...guess it's sorta that grass is always greener thing....

 

[Bob Jewett]

Why don't they make 3 cushion cues with irish linen or leather wraps? I've been looking for one and they just don't seem to exist (besides custom ones i guess)

Because top carom players almost universally use rubber wraps. There is an excellent practical reason for this. I think linen -- unless you use a slip stroke -- is a mistake. The wrap is not about comfort; it is about utility.

 

[iralee]

Ira,

Thanks, those look excellent. Does Sang still have his room back there?

Joe

The late Sang Lee's NY room, Carom Cafe continues to thrive and is a hotbed for 3-cushion in the US. If you have interest in world-class 3-cushion billiards you don't want to miss the 2008 Sang Lee International Open this July 20-27. It is the biggest state-side annual 3-cushion event.

-Ira

 

[gulfportdoc]

I'm not certain of the answer but I do know as a long time pool player who had a slipstroke forever, when I began to play 3c I found it very hard to break the habit and in 3c the "check" stroke is MUCH more useful than anything else and the rubber grips make it easier to check the ball...very useful.

Just an opinion, btw...NOW I'm playin' pool again and havin' trouble gettin' the slipstroke back...guess it's sorta that grass is always greener thing....

One of the great American 3C players, Allen Gilbert (Gold), used a slipstroke. I copied it and loved it. But for some reason, when I used it in pool, it hurt my accuracy; so I ditched it years ago.

Doc

 

[Jerseychris]

One of the great American 3C players, Allen Gilbert (Gold), used a slipstroke. I copied it and loved it. But for some reason, when I used it in pool, it hurt my accuracy; so I ditched it years ago.

Doc

So did Ed Lee, (you can google him) an all time great and winner of the world amateur 3-c championship held in Brussels in 1938. Also the UMB championship in 1936, the only American and probably the only amateur ever to do so. He used a leather wrap.

 

[downtown]

boston shorty had a slip stroke too,and used a stick with irish linen rap.