FS: Blue Pre-Flag Master Chalk

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EJmagnum186 said:

Ok I will ask an ignorant question....what is the big deal w/ the chalk being pre flag?

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EDIT: In the mid to late "90's, the company that makes the chalk changed the formula. The old formula is better. It adheres to the tip better, less miscues, more spin, stays on the tip longer, less cast off, cleaner tables, cleaner balls, cleaner shafts, cleaner hands. This is my opinion and this opinion is shared by many folks on this forum.

In all fairness, there are also people who say they can't tell the difference. Also it should be noted that the company states that there was never a formula change. Therefore the topic is somewhat controversial. But, as stated, many people are very confident that the older chalk is different. END OF EDIT

There is no correlation as to why the flag was added to the label and the formula change. The timing of the formula change and the label change was close enough that people started to associate the two events and now it is called "pre-flag" (even though the difference in timing could be like five years or so). You can get the newer formula without the flag if you're not careful, which might have something to do with why some people say they can't tell the difference.

Here's one good thread about it. You can also do a search for "flag Master chalk" to find many other threads.

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=126352

I used to be a lurker on this forum for a long time. I was not a member, but I knew all the hype about pre-flag. One day I stumbled on a five gross case of this stuff and bought it at the retail price. I knew I couldn't lose. I could always sell what I didn't want. I tried it for the first time and loved it. But I needed the money, so I signed up as a member and used "Pre-Flag Master" as my user name because my only agenda at the time was to sell the chalk. I thought that it was a clever play on words. I sold all of the chalk, but ended up regretting that I didn't keep at least a couple dozen cubes for myself. Since then I have lucked across more pre-flag and now have all I will ever need.

Now I only wish I didn't select such a moronic user name.

Fatz

BTW, even at $19 for one dozen the price beats all the "designer" chalks on the market today and it's better than all of them in my opinion (I haven't tried Kamui, but that's a horse of a different color anyway because of the price).

Fatz

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At $96 for 8 doz you are paying exactly $1 per cube for really good chalk.

Added Value Package Deal

I also have a box of a dozen cubes of Kieckhefer Triangle chalk for sale.

Buy all 96 cubes of the pre-flag and I'll throw in the Kieckhefer Triangle chalk for free. (I'm asking $25 for the Kieckhefer Triangle separately.)

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=290844

Fatz

EJmagnum186 said:

Ok I will ask an ignorant question....what is the big deal w/ the chalk being pre flag?

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Here's a better explanation rather than just posting the link earlier...

In the mid to late "90's, the company that makes the chalk changed the formula. The old formula is better. It adheres to the tip better, less miscues, more spin, stays on the tip longer, less cast off, cleaner tables, cleaner balls, cleaner shafts, cleaner hands. This is my opinion and this opinion is shared by many folks on this forum.

In all fairness, there are also people who say they can't tell the difference. Also it should be noted that the company states that there was never a formula change. Therefore the topic is somewhat controversial. But, as stated, many people are very confident that the older chalk is different.

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Sold one. Yoo, hoo!

7 dozen left.

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This chalk has most assuredly been sold

Six dozen sold.

Two dozen have sale pending.

So that's it, unless the sale falls through.

All gone.....