Chalk Ring on Ferrule

Tom In Cincy

Tom In Cincy

AKA SactownTom
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I was amased while at the US Open of the number of Professional players that had the BLUE ring and lots of BLUE residue on their ferrules.

Worst of all was Earl Strickland. And he also had some sort of 'golf style grip' wrap on his playing cue.

Just my personal preference. I hate to see that chalk circle on any cue.
 
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Just goes to show that even the greatest players don't know how brush the chalk on instead of grind it .
 
Michael Webb said:
Just goes to show that even the greatest players don't know how brush the chalk on instead of grind it .
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MW,
Just a plea for tolerance for those of us who aren't as careful. It IS DEFINITELY possible to brush your tip properly and still leave a chalk ring. As the chalk wears, you must tilt it if you want to use the raised edge areas for chalking - this often results in the opposite side of the cube touching the ferrule (at least for me). I have never "ground" with the chalk, but I often end up with some blue on the ferrule (fortunately I don't really care, but take some abuse from a local pro who can't figure out why my ferrule is blue when I am still chalking correctly). JMO
 
That blue ring on Earls cue ferrel has got to be the ugliest I've ever seen.My cue is spit spot clean.Too bad I couldn't make Earl a deal. My cue and my game for his cue and his game...LOL.RJ
 
The solution is really simple --- do NOT use worn chalk... Duh... :)

Troy
Williebetmore said:
MW,
Just a plea for tolerance for those of us who aren't as careful. It IS DEFINITELY possible to brush your tip properly and still leave a chalk ring. As the chalk wears, you must tilt it if you want to use the raised edge areas for chalking - this often results in the opposite side of the cube touching the ferrule (at least for me). I have never "ground" with the chalk, but I often end up with some blue on the ferrule (fortunately I don't really care, but take some abuse from a local pro who can't figure out why my ferrule is blue when I am still chalking correctly). JMO
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Troy said:
The solution is really simple --- do NOT use worn chalk... Duh... :)

Troy
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Troy,
Are you implying that I'm cheap, just because I use the chalk until it crumbles out of the paper?? If so, you could be right. This has been pointed out to me before on this forum - I just can't get motivated to change cubes when I'm in the middle of practicing or competing (I actually have a gross of it laying around). Oh well, I'm going to get around to curing this procrastination problem someday.
 
Troy said:
The solution is really simple --- do NOT use worn chalk
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I prefer the worn stuff, peeling the paper all around the crater to about half way down the four sides, chalking using the top edge of the crater only.

BTW, chalk scuffers/painters/daubers need to keep the paper peeled down, away from the business face of the cube. This prevents the chalk that was just applied from being rubbed off on the same swipe by the paper on the edge of the chalking face.
 
Couple of solutions: don't use worn chalk, or you can take a steel file and get rid of the crater "walls".

I've noticed that many snooker players have the ring on their pool cues. I think snooker players tend to apply the chalk in a tilted position. I don't like the blue ring either, usually it's not just blue, the ferrule might be scratched as well, sometimes the chalk edges are quite sharp...

Btw, I've noticed that my tip gets more round if the base of the chalk crater gets round. When I use a new chalk, the tip holds it's shape much better than with a worn chalk. Have any of you noticed this happening ?
 
Maybe there is a reason for the Blue Chalk Ring on the Pros Cues is.



They don’t care.

They are too busy playing the game.

They get equipment for free, and need not worry about it, or how much it cost or is worth.

They get repairs for free, so repair cost in not a factor.

Maybe a few more reasons, maybe all the reasons above, or a few of the reasons above.







Has a friend who was a Pro-mountain Bike Racer, got Free Bikes, Free you name it, Oakley Sunglass for Free. So he never too care of them. If the got damaged, lost, etc. Oakley just send another DOZEN Pair to him. :confused:
 
Tom In Cincy said:
I was amased while at the US Open of the number of Professional players that had the BLUE ring and lots of BLUE residue on their ferrules.

Worst of all was Earl Strickland. And he also had some sort of 'golf style grip' wrap on his playing cue.

Just my personal preference. I hate to see that chalk circle on any cue.
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I seen early use one of those rubber slip-on (actually roll-on) grips that billiards players put on their cues. I expect what you saw was that again. I assume he also was wearing his silly "lights" glasses.
 
catscradle said:
I seen early use one of those rubber slip-on (actually roll-on) grips that billiards players put on their cues. I expect what you saw was that again. I assume he also was wearing his silly "lights" glasses.
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Earl was not wearing 'the' glasses. Seems his vision was not a problem in this event.

BTW, Earl appolgized to all concerned in the verbal triade with the Inside Pool Staff.
 
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