Picone White Diamond Cue Tips ULTRA
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Just bought one. Will post a quik review as soon as i get it installed.
Funny you ask. Just getting ready to post. I love it. I put mine on myself sans lathe. I used a REALLLY sharp kiradashi knife to trim excess then various sandpapers to finish. This thing really amp'd up the ball speed. Had a hard leather on before and this WDU is much better. Easy to chalk(a lot better than phenolic or g10) and breaks with pretty good control. Does have a sorta plastic/metallic sound but not as bad as a phenolic. So far(about a week) i'm diggin' it. BTW, where do you play in T-Town? If you're at Magoos when i'm around you can try this out.
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I have a Kai with the original White Diamond.. they're the nuts.
Why don't you like the Sonic? Brian.
Hey Brian, after talking to via pm I actually picked up a Mezz Kai which I love and actually just picked up a second one for my son. But anyway, I love the Sonic tip but it is beating up my cue ball pretty badly. Havent actually had this problem with any of the other break tips I have tried. Is this something you have noticed with the Sonic tip?
Sent you a PM. I've never paid much attention to it, thought they were a Plastic, I'll have to do some research. I know the G10's were destroying my Red Circles to the point I had to not let people use them. I have a measle ball, that at 3 months of play, looks like someone took a half round chisel and hammered on it for a week. Brian.
Mezz Kai Sonic tip
Brian, I don't care for the Sonic tip because it is really hard (glazed over) and the chalk won't stick, causing me to miscue a lot on the break. Me and a couple others have scuffed it up a few times, but it pretty much stays glazed over.
Garczar, thanks for your review on the WDU tip. When are you typically at Magoo's? I will be at Magoo's on Sunday at 1:00 PM for BCA league. I would love to try the WDU tip out -- thanks for the offer.
I've been using my Sonic tip / Mezz break cue with a red circle cue ball, and I really don't see any damage it's doing to the ball - red circles easily have the most durable surface of the quality cue balls I've used.
I also feel the Sonic tip just feels too hard and doesn't hold chalk well, although I've never miscued when breaking with it. I'm thinking of trying either an Outsville Hammerhead tip or a Samsara break tip. I have two break shafts, so I think I may try one on each, and see which I like better. Any opinions as to a preference between the two for those that have tried both?
If you don't like the Sonics chalk holding ability, you'll deff not like the Hammerhead, they hold zero chalk. Love the Samsara, holds chalk, breaks hard, good control, jumps well. Brian.
Can you pls. share where you bought yours?
Are Sonic White Diamonds the same as Picone?
Off Amazon. Can't remember the vendor.
Sonic is the Mezz tip. WD's are the Picone tips.
Thanks. I am looking for the best leather break tip (not jump). I tried Samsara and it was ok, but what else is out there? No phenolic though.