scruggs cues and cortland wrap
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Yeah, not necessarily....but if it's a vintage one and has the original wrap, then there's a decent chance.
Here you can see the green strand of linen is in a continuous distance from each of it's winds as it wraps around the white strands.
And as poolrod pointed out, modern linen is very random with specks of color, and not a solid colored single stand.
Now on solid colors say tan, you just have to look at how it is wound, but in person feeling and seeing the two, there really is no mistaking it really.
And as poolrod pointed out, modern linen is very random with specks of color, and not a solid colored single stand.
Now on solid colors say tan, you just have to look at how it is wound, but in person feeling and seeing the two, there really is no mistaking it really.
Here you can see the green strand of linen is in a continuous distance from each of it's winds as it wraps around the white strands.
And as poolrod pointed out, modern linen is very random with specks of color, and not a solid colored single stand.
Now on solid colors say tan, you just have to look at how it is wound, but in person feeling and seeing the two, there really is no mistaking it really.
Yes, most Cortland feels rougher than linen.
Don't be too sure just by the look. It can be deceiving, and the more modern light geen speck linen can look like Cortland.
The first two pictures are modern light green speck linen, not Cortland.
The third picture is Cortland.
In the fourth picture, the ebony cue (top) is the modern light green speck linen, and the rosewood cue (bottom) is Cortland.
Still think you can tell by the look? Also, I guess it's subjective, but to me, pressed Cortland feels smoother to me than other linen, but that can vary depending on technique and age.
Tim had some Cortland in the 1980s when he did some cues for me, and by the 1990s, he was using the more modern for my later cues. I'm not exactly sure when he ran out of Cortland, but I know his supply in the 80s was not very plentiful, as he showed me the only spool he had at the time. Though he could have attained more, I think the era of your cue gives you more of a hint as to whether it's Cortland, presuming it has the right look in the first place.
The first two pictures are modern light green speck linen, not Cortland.
The third picture is Cortland.
In the fourth picture, the ebony cue (top) is the modern light green speck linen, and the rosewood cue (bottom) is Cortland.
Still think you can tell by the look? Also, I guess it's subjective, but to me, pressed Cortland feels smoother to me than other linen, but that can vary depending on technique and age.
Tim had some Cortland in the 1980s when he did some cues for me, and by the 1990s, he was using the more modern for my later cues. I'm not exactly sure when he ran out of Cortland, but I know his supply in the 80s was not very plentiful, as he showed me the only spool he had at the time. Though he could have attained more, I think the era of your cue gives you more of a hint as to whether it's Cortland, presuming it has the right look in the first place.
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No bottoms to go with those tops! As you say by the time I was buying the old less durable stuff was long gone.
Nick
No bottoms to go with those tops! As you say by the time I was buying the old less durable stuff was long gone.
Nick
Looking at the best pic showing the wrap I do not think so. The green is to random.
In Cortland line, the green is not a color specked on to the linen, it is one green strand wound with other white strands of linen. In person, it is pretty easy to tell though. Harder to tell in pics (especially any taken without a macro lens and very clear).
But to be on the safe side, just show it to someone who knows the stuff in person the next time you get a chance. They will be able to better tell.
In Cortland line, the green is not a color specked on to the linen, it is one green strand wound with other white strands of linen. In person, it is pretty easy to tell though. Harder to tell in pics (especially any taken without a macro lens and very clear).
But to be on the safe side, just show it to someone who knows the stuff in person the next time you get a chance. They will be able to better tell.
Agree with Flyvirginiaguy for the reasons he stated; it doesn't look like Cortland. Also, the green specks are not the right color or lightness for Cortland. Also, Tim didn't do this style of cue in the time period that he had the Cortland linen, so I'm pretty sure it's a different linen.
If you have Cortland and its rough and its number 9, then they didn't press it right. The only rough linen, Cortland, I have ever felt is 12. It has to do with the strand diameters and pressing. If you have ever had Pete Tascarella do a Cortland, its pure perfection.
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JV
Probably not.
Looks like it needs a little wax. Beau Castle went up by the way.
Nick
Looks like it needs a little wax. Beau Castle went up by the way.
Nick