Blue Diamond chalk/Euro pocket chalker

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Last week I decided to order up some pool stuff. As per the norm I look at how much I need to order to get free shipping and I usually go over that by a little bit. On this order I got the book Cornbread Red, a Euro leather pocket chalker, Blue Diamond chalk, a Kamui tan medium tip and another leather burnisher.

First the Euro pocket chalker. I have been in search of a pocket chalker that I liked and have finally found one. I don't know why I am so picky on something so trivial, but I am. This one looks nice, holds the chalk very snugly and sits in your pocket where it's not a bother to you and chalk doesn't get on you.

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Next up is Blue Diamond chalk. Yes I have finally bought into this special chalk craze and decided to try some out. I figured I might as well bite the bullet and get something to put in that pocket chalker I got. I will admit that this stuff is better than Master chalk. It holds to the tip much better, spreads on easy and well darnit I think that color of blue is pretty. Considering that this is in my pocket chalker that means that I will be the only one using it which makes the price of it pretty trivial. I will say that I flat out refuse to pay $25 for Kamui chalk unless someone lets me use it and I have some sort of out of body billiards experience using it.

For anyone wondering about the book about Cornbread Red I will say that I cracked it open when I got home this morning and read 50 some odd pages before heading to the pool hall. So far the book is great and is written in a way that makes you feel like you are watching a movie. For anyone interested in stories about The Rack in Detroit this book covers it.
 
I love blue diamond chalk too,

If I can find a cube of Kamui chalk I will try one out...............even though I have 50 cubes of blue diamond on my shelf :)
 
cuejo said:
I love blue diamond chalk too,

If I can find a cube of Kamui chalk I will try one out...............even though I have 50 cubes of blue diamond on my shelf :)
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I just went and got 2 cubes of it figuring if I didn't like it ooooh well it got my total purchase over $49 so I sort of got it for free since I didn't pay for shipping because I bought it. I figure that I may very well still have those two cubes after a year, but I will say that I most likely will throw away the first cube once it is 2/3 used up.

I went and practiced today using the blue diamond again. I can honestly say that you can break and run a rack of 9 ball using this stuff without having to chalk your cue. I won't say that the tip would be fresh, but it wouldn't be glazed over like with Master chalk either. I tried it out today just to see and I was pretty impressed. Outside of that little experiment I chalk after every shot just because it slows me down a little.
 
Yeah I gotta say Blue Diamond is worth the hype and the extra cash for a cube. It goes on alot smoother, it is finer grained and goes on in a thicker layer that adheres better to the tip. With a perfectly picked tip and proper humidity masters chalk can do the job on all but the extreme english shots, but if your tip is glazed, is losing porosity at the surface, or is getting too dry the blue diamond will still stick to it like glue and assure that the chalk is there when you are trying to go for more extreme juice to get the cueball to go somewhere, like a table length draw shot.

One cube of $4 Blue Diamond chalk can save alot of your $30 morri tip as you will spend less time sanding and picking. And over the course of a cube you will probably get at least one less miscue on a more extreme english shot, and that shot has the chance to cost you alot more then that $4 you paid for the cube of chalk.
 
Celtic said:
Yeah I gotta say Blue Diamond is worth the hype and the extra cash for a cube. It goes on alot smoother, it is finer grained and goes on in a thicker layer that adheres better to the tip. With a perfectly picked tip and proper humidity masters chalk can do the job on all but the extreme english shots, but if your tip is glazed, is losing porosity at the surface, or is getting too dry the blue diamond will still stick to it like glue and assure that the chalk is there when you are trying to go for more extreme juice to get the cueball to go somewhere, like a table length draw shot.

One cube of $4 Blue Diamond chalk can save alot of your $30 morri tip as you will spend less time sanding and picking. And over the course of a cube you will probably get at least one less miscue on a more extreme english shot, and that shot has the chance to cost you alot more then that $4 you paid for the cube of chalk.
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I've noticed this a lot the last couple weeks. I also used a Sandman tip tool on the phenolic tip of my break cue which scuffed it up awesome and then put the chalk on it. Doing this made probably the biggest difference in my break that I have ever seen. The CB hopped straight back and squatted dead center of the table time after time.
 
after reading some good reviews about this chalk from the forums here, I managed to get a piece of Blue Diamond chalk and I went to the pool hall to try the chalk as well as a newly arrived cue.

I was chalking the same cue with Blue Diamond for a while and switched to a Triangle just to compare the difference.

As compared to Triangl, this chalk really sticks onto the cue tip better even when my play cue was getting a bit smooth and needed some scuffing.

Although it is much expensive than a piece of Masters, I think it is still worth the price. :)
 
skip said:
Corn Bread Red is a great read. Great pick. :thumbup:
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It is no doubt in my top 3 pool books right now along with Pool Wars and Kid Delicious. That book could easily be made into a movie.
 
i chalk a lot, so how long it stays on the tip isn't as important. However, i shoot righty, but chalk with my left hand. This means that when i'm using masters my shaft starts to get gunked up and blue quickly. I've noticed that with the blue diamond the chalk stays off my hands CONSIDERABLY and therefore stays off my shaft. also, the blue diamond does coat a lot thicker on the tip which does give me more confidence on the more drastic english shots... my 2 cents
 
For The past Two Years

I bought a carton (25 boxes or 50 pieces) of Blue Diamond two years ago on e-bay for $75 shipped. I've given some boxes away to my buddies and I probably still have 18 boxes left. I typically get one piece of chalk to last 7-8 months and that's incredible.

As far as leather pouches go, I've tried them all and the very best is, if you can find one but the shipping will cost more than the pouch, is made by "Master Cue" in England, The second best also happens to be made by another billiard company in England called "Peradon". The Master Cue pouch comes in a variety of colors and both brands make high quality leather pouches made of very soft leather so the chalk just nicely drops into the pouch and is easily removed when you want to chalk your cue.

All of the leather pouches made in the USA seemed to be poorly sewn and stitched, uneven, unlined and the clip was shoddy. It's exactly the opposite with these two pouches made by Master Cue and Peradon. It's absolutely true quality costs more but it's definitely worth it when it comes to your chalk holder. Either one of these brands will last you a lifetime and so that's a bargain in anyone's book.
 
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i finally tried out some blue diamond and i found it a lil messy not quite as creamy as i thaught. however it grips very well and its my new chalk of choice.
 
Kamui chalk is awful. I bought a cube and used it for about to hours. At the end of the two hours there as chalk everywhere. It gets all over everything and is definetly not worth the high price. I gave it away shortly after. Blue diamond is the best ive found so far. I am experimenting with predator 1080 to see how it stacks up.
 
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