Remind me not to have emergency surgery in your country.....
You can't be that ignorant to post that comment now, can you?

Remind me not to have emergency surgery in your country.....
LOL!!! What if we have a deadly car accident on the way to dinner?
What if the same happens on the way back?
What if Kamui chalk sticks in your lungs blocking your airways?
See my drift here? I don't argue over assumptions. My dinner with my family actually happened, unlike Mr. Schmidt's or your winning the hypothetical tournament. Show some of the data you claim exist. Show somebody won a tournament because they used the Kamui chalk.
G'night to you :thumbup:
Good for you. So this means that the available money you would have had to purchase a cube of Kamui chalk is now gone? You would like to claim that you literally made a conscious and deliberate choice to either buy a cube of chalk or take your family to dinner and now chalk is off the table forever or until you earn enough money to again put it to a choice?
I apologize that I haven't been able to make my point clear enough to you using hypotheticals and I congratulate you on choosing family time over an equipment purchase. I am pleased to hear that your choice resulted in happiness and I sincerely hope that it pays you happiness dividends long into the future.
A lot has been said in this thread, but i'm convinced there are two general ways of thinking here:
1) You are one who believes that money can improve your game. The more I spend, the better I will play. We see it in every sport.
2) You believe that hard work and dedication to you sport is how to improve. You don't believe there are any short cuts, and you're ready to get in there and do the work.
Having said that, I don't think there is anything wrong with people buying the chalk. If you enjoy it, the more power to ya, really. Lastly, if this stuff really outperforms chalk, well, it's probably not even chalk!
If 1 cube of $25 kamui chalk lasts as long as $10 worth of blue diamond, why not go with the blue diamond and save the money?
If it stays on the tip better, doesn't that mean that it stays off the cue ball better? If both players were using it, wouldn't there be far fewer skids?
The argument is that B is better than A and therefore it is POSSIBLE that C is better than B.
Actually no one has tested Sportcraft chalk that I know of. I am assuming that most good players though are familiar with it enough to know that it sucks.
The point being that unlike the conclusive statements not based on fact or experience that some have made that it's all hype with no substance there does exist a current example of two brands which most good players know have a vast performance gulf.
If the variance between two top players is very close though then any increase in performance of one over the other is magnified.
I can solve the Great Kamui Chalk Debate very simply:
It is chalk that costs $25.
You don't have to buy it, but you can if you want to.
You might like it, you might not.
The end.
Go ahead and argue with that! :grin:
I bought a couple of pieces of Kamui chalk today, and am looking forward to trying it out.
I bought them for two reasons: 1. $50 doesn't mean THAT much to me and 2. I felt like it.
Maybe I will think it was worth it, maybe I won't. Why some people feel the need to criticize other's spending habits, or perceived gullibility, is beyond me, much like people feeling the need to defend why they buy what they do (which I suppose I just did above.)You earned it, you earned the right to do whatever you want with it, other people's opinions be damned.
And I sincerely hope you win a tournament someday using Kamui chalk!![]()
Considering that I have about two miscues in each race to nine which generally cost me the game I certainly have a personal statistic to use for comparison. I am certainty that I will win money and tournaments using Kamui chalk. How much the chalk will help me remains to be seen.
This is exceptional and the review is very detailed.
I have a few questions regarding the information and mean no disrespect by asking as I believe every product review is very important regardless of playing ability.
You mentioned you were a "B" player -
What would you rate your ability on a scale of 1-10 to consistently apply extreme english to any sector of the cue ball?
When playing your sets or practicing, did you notice excessive residual chalk left on the cloth or cue ball?
What would you say you noticed as a difference between Master's blue and Blue diamond when you used them?
I am sure it will help a lot, all these positive comments about kamui chalk cannot all be that far from the truth.
My point was that there is also a group of people that is doing good enough without a $25 chalk. I support those that believe in this chalk, it's just that I don't see myself spending that much when I think I could spend it in better ways (IMO)...
Equipment does not replace hard work, it enhances it.
Right, you need to work on your game if you are miscuing. Not buy some new chalk.