For over 80 years, Longoni has represented Italian excellence in billiards. Founded in Mariano Comense, near Milan, Longoni is a family-owned company known worldwide for precision, craftsmanship, design, and reliability. Longoni cues are still produced entirely in Italy under the supervision of the Longoni family and are trusted by many top international players.
Environmental attention, workers’ protection, and a deeply Italian management style give the Longoni brand reliability and prestige. Collaborations with many world champions also ensure constant technical and sporting updates across the product range.
The Leather Strips version is the most sought-after model in the Black Mamba II series. Its unique handle design features genuine leather strips accented by turquoise stitching, creating a distinctive appearance while providing a secure and comfortable grip. The combination of premium materials and meticulous craftsmanship gives this cue a refined look that stands out both on and off the table.
The handle incorporates Longoni's Double Core construction, enhancing structural stability and helping maintain consistent performance over time.
Ural is Longoni’s own branded wood material, made from European hornbeam, a light-colored, hard, sustainable European wood known for stability, durability, and medium-to-high density. Longoni applies an innovative deep staining treatment using alternating pressurization and depressurization techniques, allowing a black ebony-like stain to penetrate deeply into the wood. This process highlights the natural grain and gives the cue a rich, almost black appearance with depth and character.
The cue is equipped with Longoni's precision VP2-S stainless steel joint, engineered to provide a firm and secure connection, efficient energy transfer, excellent durability, and precise shaft alignment.
This cue also features Longoni’s HEXA-CORE technology, the latest evolution in the construction technique of Longoni butts. HEXA-CORE combines the silence of the X-CORE metal system and the harmony of the XYLOCORE system, and is mainly used for pool and carom cues.
The component that joins the two parts of the butt is made individually with numerical control from Ergal aluminum and is equipped with grooves to calibrate elasticity and fix the piece mechanically as well as chemically. It is installed more precisely than traditional systems and helps guarantee a long life of the cue.
This version is supplied with the Longoni S20 12.8 mm shaft, part of Longoni’s Stratos laminated shaft line. The S20 shaft is made from 20 highly selected Quebec / Canadian hard rock maple slices, creating an advanced laminated structure designed for a natural, easy, and highly controlled playing experience.
Longoni describes the S20 as the first shaft in the world with a 20-slice Quebec hard rock maple structure. This innovative construction is designed to greatly reduce deflection, improve consistency, and provide excellent balance through its internal laminated design.
The S20 shaft features Longoni’s JBR2 ferrule with high-density G10 support and proprietary low-deflection technology. This front-end construction is designed to reduce cue ball deflection while improving the sound and feel of the hit.
To further improve shaft performance, Longoni utilizes Vibes-Foam technology near the joint section of its laminated shafts. A specially formulated foam is injected into an internal chamber to help equalize density, dampen excess vibrations, optimize balance characteristics, and deliver cleaner feedback with enhanced acoustic properties
Longoni Stratos shafts are produced entirely in Italy. The wood is carefully selected, dried, stabilized, laminated, and individually checked before final labeling. Each Stratos shaft is uniquely numbered for traceability and labeled with product specifications, including code, name, diameter, and exact weight.
Product Features:
- Genuine Longoni Black Mamba II Leather Strips pool cue with Longoni S20 Stratos shaft
- Made in Italy by Longoni, a family-owned company with over 80 years of cue-making tradition
- Evolution of one of Longoni’s most popular pool cue designs
- Most sought-after Black Mamba II version
- Genuine leather strips with turquoise stitching
- Black Ural construction with white and turquoise Juma inlays
- Ural wood is based on European hornbeam and treated for a deep ebony-like appearance with natural depth and character
- Double-core handle construction for increased stability and consistency
- Precision VP2-S joint provides exceptional fit and stability, efficient energy transfer, excellent resistance to humidity and wear, and precise butt-to-shaft alignment
- HEXA-CORE butt construction combines the silence of the X-CORE metal system with the harmony of the XYLOCORE system, using a CNC-machined Ergal aluminum internal component with elasticity-calibrating grooves, fixed both mechanically and chemically for durability and long cue life
- 3Lobite-installed system allows compatibility with original Longoni extensions
- Includes Longoni S20 29" American VP2 12.8 laminated Stratos shaft
- Longoni S20 Stratos shaft made from 20 highly selected Quebec / Canadian hard rock maple slices, with American pool shaft profile, 12.8 mm tip diameter, Kamui OEM tip, and Imago ring
- Innovative 20-slice laminated construction designed for easy, natural play, excellent balance, and extremely low deflection
- Advanced front-end and vibration-control technology including JBR2 ferrule with high-density G10 support, Longoni proprietary low-deflection technology, and Vibes-Foam near the joint area to absorb vibration, improve balance, and enhance acoustics.
- Made entirely in Italy and individually quality checked, with careful wood selection, drying, stabilizing, lamination, final quality control, unique production numbering, and a shaft label showing code, name, diameter, and exact weight
- Forward-balanced feel commonly associated with Longoni VP2 joint cues
- Designed for long-term consistency and performance
- Includes Longoni complementary accessories
Product Specifications:
- Brand: Longoni
- Model: Black Mamba II Leather Strips
- Cue Type: Pool cue
- Cue length: 58" (147,3 cm)
- Shaft Included: Longoni S20 29" - American VP2 12.8 mm
- Shaft Line: Longoni Stratos
- Shaft Type: Laminated wood shaft
- Shaft Structure: 20 highly selected Quebec / Canadian hard rock maple slices
- Discipline: Pool
- Shaft Profile: American
- Shaft Length: 29"
- Tip Diameter: 12.8 mm
- Ring: Imago
- Tip: Kamui OEM
- Ferrule Technology: JBR2 ferrule with G10 support
- Shaft Technology: Low-deflection construction, Vibes-Foam
- Shaft Traceability: Uniquely numbered and labeled
- Butt Wood: Ural wood, maple
- Inlays / Decorative Material: White and turquoise decorative inlays
- Joint: VP2-S
- Butt Technology: HEXA-CORE
- Internal Component: CNC-machined Ergal aluminum
- Butt Joint Collar Diameter: 21.3 mm
- Butt Lower Collar Diameter: 31 mm
- Butt Length: 735 mm / 29”
- Butt Profile: Two conicity / dual taper profile
- Cue Weight: Choose the weight; standard weight is approx. 19 oz / 540 g
- Extension System: 3Lobite-installed
- Wrap: Genuine Leather Strips with Turquoise Stitching
- Limited Edition: No
- Pro Player Model: No
- Serial Number: No
- First Production Year: 2025
- Country of Manufacture: Italy
Included Accessories
- Longoni NEO neoprene bag
- Joint protectors
- Tip protector
- Longoni cues brochure
- Longoni accessories brochure
- Longoni certificate
Please note: the 3Lobite-installed system means the cue is prepared for the Longoni 3Lobite extension system. Extension is not included unless specifically stated in the listing.
Why Players Choose the Black Mamba II Leather Strips with S20 Shaft
The Black Mamba II Leather Strips combines bold Italian styling with advanced Longoni technology. Its genuine leather strip handle with turquoise stitching, Double Core construction, and Hexa-Core structure provide exceptional stability, comfort, and visual appeal. Paired with the Longoni S20 Stratos shaft, featuring a sophisticated 20-slice hard rock maple construction, the cue delivers outstanding consistency, enhanced balance, reduced cue ball deflection, and excellent cue ball control. Manufactured entirely in Italy, it is an ideal choice for players seeking professional-level performance combined with distinctive Longoni craftsmanship.
