Elkmaster chalk impregnated?

macguy said:
You are exactly right. I just got off the phone with Skip of Tweeten and the tips are tumbled in chalk dust. They are not impregnated and it can be wiped off but chalk is what it is.

He said they started doing it many years ago because there was a popular tip called a Blue Knight and they wanted a tip that had a similar appearance to compete with it. That is all there is to it.

He also told me that one of the most crazy things he hears is the preflag chalk myth. He said there is no difference in the chalk. After 911 they just changed the label to reflect a certain patriotism.

All of a sudden this myth was going around that they had changed the formula. He said every-time he hears this myth or gets a call about it it makes his head spin.
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I think you and I just busted two of the biggest myths on AzB and pool in general. :woot: :dance: :woot: :dance:
 
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DAVE_M said:
I think you and I just busted two of the biggest myths on AzB and pool in general. :woot: :dance: :woot: :dance:
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I have to make a correction in my post. I spoke Skip not Rick. I am sorry for that error.
 
And the tumbling process destroys the abrasives in the chalk so all it does it turn the tip blue in the end.....
 
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4thHorseman said:
Compete with? Aren't Blue Knights a Tweeten product in the first place?

Notice the product description.
http://www.cuestik.com/store/product.asp?ITEM_ID=6247

Better yet...
http://www.tweeten.us/cuetips.html
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I just wrote what he said. He is a very nice guy and seems to have no problem with talking to people about their products. Give him a call or email him just go to
http://www.tweeten.us/

As far as Atlas using the term "Impregnated", I think it is a harmless misuse of the term considering some chalk dust probably does find its way below the surface since the tips are porous.
 
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