I had dinner with John Bertone and his partners from Japan last week. They are the manufacturers (the Japanese guys) and distributors (John) of Kamui tips. John has done an amazing job of getting Kamui tips on the market and letting the pool world know about them. He is a hard working guy to say the least. And Masato is a very conscientious manufacturer who is earnestly trying to make the best tips possible. Whatever they are doing it seems to be working, as many top players swear by these tips. And Mika seems to have done all right playing with them!
But that's not what I wanted to share with you. John showed me this new product from Kamui called the Gator Grip. It's a very cool, super slim little box that is held together with magnets. Think credit card holder size. You slide the two pieces apart and voila there it is, the Gator Grip. What it is, is just about the coolest tip tool of all time! A flat surface of maybe a thousand or so little points made of carbon steel. Like a Tip Pik, but in a vastly improved version. Larger, easier to use and a very effective tool. Best of all, IT WORKS! Rub your tip across it and just like that, you've roughed it up perfectly. Fast, efficient and once again, EFFECTIVE!
I like this tool and no one is paying me to say this. I did get a free dinner at George's Greek Cafe in Long Beach and that's about it.
I wouldn't tell you about this new tip tool if I didn't really like it so much. I am a big fan of Willard's tip tool, but this may be even better. The points are finer and I love the way it roughs your tip so perfectly to take the chalk. You just have to see it and try it for yourself. I see so many new products in pool, it's not often I see something worth raving about. Well I just did.
But that's not what I wanted to share with you. John showed me this new product from Kamui called the Gator Grip. It's a very cool, super slim little box that is held together with magnets. Think credit card holder size. You slide the two pieces apart and voila there it is, the Gator Grip. What it is, is just about the coolest tip tool of all time! A flat surface of maybe a thousand or so little points made of carbon steel. Like a Tip Pik, but in a vastly improved version. Larger, easier to use and a very effective tool. Best of all, IT WORKS! Rub your tip across it and just like that, you've roughed it up perfectly. Fast, efficient and once again, EFFECTIVE!
I like this tool and no one is paying me to say this. I did get a free dinner at George's Greek Cafe in Long Beach and that's about it.
I wouldn't tell you about this new tip tool if I didn't really like it so much. I am a big fan of Willard's tip tool, but this may be even better. The points are finer and I love the way it roughs your tip so perfectly to take the chalk. You just have to see it and try it for yourself. I see so many new products in pool, it's not often I see something worth raving about. Well I just did.
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