Chalk Wars Photography - Photos of Battle Damage. Post Up!

[Cardigan Kid]

IMO the is something absolutely cool about a heavily used piece of Chalk - there is a history involved in just the image and one can think of all the times it was slammed on the rail of a pool table over a missed shot or horrific final roll of the cue ball to miss position. If that Chalk could talk - the stories it could tell would be fun.

Over the last few years I have grown attached to my chalk. A single piece becomes my wing-man, my fellow soldier-at-arms whom I take into battle with. Does anyone else also work a single piece right down to the base?

I always thought one of the greatest parts of "the Color of Money" was the fact that it opens with a smoke filled shot of a worn-out cube of chalk.





A used piece of chalk is a badge of honor - like a dyed blue shaft - you only get one by putting in the time, work, and efforts.

So why not have a thread dedicated to all those pieces of Chalk that have been through war? Does anyone else have any battle damaged, labels peeled, chipped, on-it's-last-legs cubes of chalk lying around?

Post up some photos of appreciation - for they are a symbol of how hard you have worked at the table.






Happy Memorial Day to all. Remember the Fallen.

USS Indianapolis
CA-35
30 July 1945

 

[Dan White]

You're a weird dude...

Not exactly what you are looking for, but a neat cube of chalk anyway:

 

[Danimal]

OP, how did you even get the chalk to wear down that way? I've never seen chalk worn in that pattern before.

 

[Shannon.spronk]

Your chalk wears down just like mine

 

[Cardigan Kid]

You're a weird dude...

Not exactly what you are looking for, but a neat cube of chalk anyway:

That is a GREAT photo and addition to the Chalk war photography collection.
That piece of chalk is old and salty.
The human equivalent to that piece of chalk would be Quint from "Jaws" :thumbup:

 

[pt109]

OP, how did you even get the chalk to wear down that way? I've never seen chalk worn in that pattern before.

That's how I chalk.
The 'drillers' put a hole in the center....and tend to have blue ferrules.

 

[Cardigan Kid]

OP, how did you even get the chalk to wear down that way? I've never seen chalk worn in that pattern before.

It must be the brand of chalk- it's an interesting consistency, part soft, part grit.
Sang Lee just forms that way from my usual two or three swipes while rotating the cube with my left hand. I really don't chalk any different than before. Here's a photo of past cubes of Kamui, Magic Chalk and Sang Lee.

 

[grindz]

too funny

That's how I chalk.
The 'drillers' put a hole in the center....and tend to have blue ferrules.

Me too.... I didn't know anyone else wore chalk down this way until I saw the pic. :smile:

td

 

[Barnabus McDoug]

Cool thread.

 

[Cornerman]

Any guesses?

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[peppersauce]

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[Colonel]

I guess I'm a wasteful so & so. I get a cube halfway gone & I'll toss it in the ball tray at the hall & break out a fresh cube. As far as I'm concerned the cost of chalk is negligible.

 

[TX Poolnut]

Amateurs. Pffft. :thumbup:

 

[Allen Brown]

Any guesses?

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I have a couple of pieces of this. I won't ruin it. It is some good stuff.

 

[Cardigan Kid]

Any guesses?

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I'm stumped cornerman. Blue diamond has the red stripe on top but not that far down where you have the label whittled down to.

 

[Cardigan Kid]

This is my last piece of Magic Chalk. No wrapper left. It finally bit the dust when I missed a ball and slapped on the rail. I need to order more.

This is the first cube of chalk I've liked enough to keep this long, lol.

That is fantastic! The broken piece and the story behind it. A true advertisement for magic chalk. RJ will be proud.

When I switch to a new cube, I will at first not enjoy it because it's so new and unused. But after some time, I start to get to that sweet spot-the middle third of the cube and the feel, attachment, and familiarity is heightened. The final part of the cube is the lamenting that the inevitable is at hand and the process must start once again but still holding on. The circle of chalk life.

 

[Superiorduper]

Here's my current cube of blue diamond, I don't know it's hours but it's probably 3 months old

 

[Johnny Rosato]

That looks to me like Blue Diamond Cornerman. Best chalk in the solar system !!!

 

[mortuarymike-nv]

Your first photo

I like the first photo, not to sure about the ( hat ) almost looks like a witches hat ?
Only saying that because my wife has a hat exactly like that one ......

Cool photo ,,,

Some needs to invent chalk that has a hour meter on it .

 

[9andout]

I love the idea of "the stories it could tell"
But it's cheap so I only wear it down about half way.