What does the term "Double Shaved" mean? I didn't know, so I asked the experts .....
From:
Stuart Gardiner
Senior Sales Manager
Milliken & Company
The term “Double Shaved” to the best of my knowledge was a marketing phrase/slogan from the early 1980s. It refers to the fact that Strachan #10 Championship cloth was given up to double the nap shearing than the standard snooker cloths of the time got. This resulted in a very uniformed nap height and an extremely true and predictable playing surface.
In the 1980s a standard snooker cloth would get 8-12 cuts on the shearing machine which had 8 blades on a revolving cylinder. The #10 cloths were given over 20 cuts making it the finest playing surface available.
The modern shearing machines have twice as many blades and the cylinder revolves many times faster making the nap far more consistent and even than the cloths produced 30 years ago. The nap height is also far better controlled by computers that measure to within 1000th of a mm.
All modern cloths are sheared until they are perfect. The Strachan #10 Championship has been used by World Snooker now since 1980 for all ranking events and qualifiers. During this time it has evolved from a 34oz cloth to a 30oz cloth as the game has changed and become more fast and attacking. Control and speed is now ultimately important and the Strachan #10 Championship is the only cloth available that meets this requirement
From:
Stuart Gardiner
Senior Sales Manager
Milliken & Company
The term “Double Shaved” to the best of my knowledge was a marketing phrase/slogan from the early 1980s. It refers to the fact that Strachan #10 Championship cloth was given up to double the nap shearing than the standard snooker cloths of the time got. This resulted in a very uniformed nap height and an extremely true and predictable playing surface.
In the 1980s a standard snooker cloth would get 8-12 cuts on the shearing machine which had 8 blades on a revolving cylinder. The #10 cloths were given over 20 cuts making it the finest playing surface available.
The modern shearing machines have twice as many blades and the cylinder revolves many times faster making the nap far more consistent and even than the cloths produced 30 years ago. The nap height is also far better controlled by computers that measure to within 1000th of a mm.
All modern cloths are sheared until they are perfect. The Strachan #10 Championship has been used by World Snooker now since 1980 for all ranking events and qualifiers. During this time it has evolved from a 34oz cloth to a 30oz cloth as the game has changed and become more fast and attacking. Control and speed is now ultimately important and the Strachan #10 Championship is the only cloth available that meets this requirement
