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Kamui black M
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other than tryin the browns, sounds like you might like a blu elf, its a cheap tip but i have one on a bar cue i fixed and it doesnt play bad at all really. Its a med/ soft hit although they say its hard it isnt. It holds chalk amazingly also. Just a thought. They are only 3$ at atlas billiards. But dont pay attention to charts they are rarely accurate. But def try a brown. Just my 2 cents.
other than tryin the browns, sounds like you might like a blu elf, its a cheap tip but i have one on a bar cue i fixed and it doesnt play bad at all really. Its a med/ soft hit although they say its hard it isnt. It holds chalk amazingly also. Just a thought. They are only 3$ at atlas billiards. But dont pay attention to charts they are rarely accurate. But def try a brown. Just my 2 cents.
Kamui Black Onyx (medium)
Kamui Black (medium).....plays superbly........lite sanding of the tip is needed but hardly as often as others have suggested.
First of all, you have to shape the tip, i.e., nickel or dime. I play using a nickel shape tip of my cues and it definitely doesn't not harden/shine like a dime shape. I attribute that to the surface area having less of a dome configuration than if I played with a dime shape tip.
Based upon my observation of other pool players, it's amazing how many people do not chalk properly. Typically, I make one piece of Blue Diamond last about 6-7 months and when the chalk is ready to be tossed, my piece of chalk never has any drilling hole. I lightly brush the chalk across the Kamui Black (medium) and make sure to also apply chalk to the tip using the corners of the chalk cube. This allows the chalk to evenly wear and there's only a slight indentation in the center of my chalk, not some circular hole. You see players grinding and squeaking chalk onto their cue tips all the time. Then these bozos shoot at pool balls and all around the table you can find flakes of chalk that fell off their cue tips when they stroked the cue ball. And those flakes "DO" affect the roll of the pool balls.
If you do not apply chalk properly, then you are going to have more issues with your cue tips. If I play pool 3-4 hrs, I'd probably use a small piece of 600 grit sandpaper, which I carry in a Master Cue Leather Chalk Pouch on my belt, once.....twice would be unusual. Be even twice, so what.....my tip resists mushrooming really well, it doesn't sand down to nothing like a soft tip does, and the tip will last for years. By the way, it also plays great which is what one would hope for in their cue tips. There's a variety of tips available just like there are cues and cue-makers. What's right for you may not be right for the next guy. As far as Kamui tips go, I believe most complaints originate from inexperienced pool players. They may shoot really well and have an overall great game but they are babes in the woods when it comes to pool cue maintenance or even the correct way to apply chalk.
You see applying chalk to a cue tip isn't really a debate.....apply it any way you like....let it cake up on your cue tip, flake off on the pool table.....by the way, please don't apply chalk with your cue tip over the table surface area. But do it wrong and you will needlessly cause your cue shafts to get chalk blue stains. Your ferrules should never get blued. You simply use toothpaste on the ferrules to keep them perfectly white when you see any chalk lines start to appear. However, keep in mind you impede your game performance with misapplied chalk on your cue tips.........chalk flakes on a pool table interfere and will definitely affect an object or cue ball's roll.
Anyway, back to Kamui.....it is not as hard as some tips but it is harder than some. It does not require frequent scuffing unless you're chalking improperly and do not maintain your cue tips condition. It plays really well using a nickel shape. I can't comment about dime shapes because I only use that shape on a really thin (12.3mm) shaft I only use when I play 3 cushion billiards. The game of 3 cushion requires spinning your cue ball with extreme english on the outside perimeter of the cue ball frequently so you can cover a 5' x10' table striking 3 rails minimum and often having to hit 4-5 rails to make a billiard. A dime shape is definitely needed to play 3 cushion but for pocket billiards, a nickel shape is my preference.....offers better center ball control, especially for tangent lines position play.
Kamui isn't for everyone but if you're an advanced player, you owe it to yourself to try playing with Kamui Black (medium). If you use someone else's cue, remember it's not your cue but do make sure the tip shape is what you'd normally play with. If you aspire to be a better player, then start using better equipment.....it really does help........KAMUI ROCKS!
p.s. I originally meant to write I never tried the Onyx tip and somehow just went brainfart and mentioned it in my post....oops, some foot in mouthwash needed....thank you for asking.
Kamui Black (medium).....plays superbly........lite sanding of the tip is needed but hardly as often as others have suggested.
First of all, you have to shape the tip, i.e., nickel or dime. I play using a nickel shape tip of my cues and it definitely doesn't not harden/shine like a dime shape. I attribute that to the surface area having less of a dome configuration than if I played with a dime shape tip.
Based upon my observation of other pool players, it's amazing how many people do not chalk properly. Typically, I make one piece of Blue Diamond last about 6-7 months and when the chalk is ready to be tossed, my piece of chalk never has any drilling hole. I lightly brush the chalk across the Kamui Black (medium) and make sure to also apply chalk to the tip using the corners of the chalk cube. This allows the chalk to evenly wear and there's only a slight indentation in the center of my chalk, not some circular hole. You see players grinding and squeaking chalk onto their cue tips all the time. Then these bozos shoot at pool balls and all around the table you can find flakes of chalk that fell off their cue tips when they stroked the cue ball. And those flakes "DO" affect the roll of the pool balls.
If you do not apply chalk properly, then you are going to have more issues with your cue tips. If I play pool 3-4 hrs, I'd probably use a small piece of 600 grit sandpaper, which I carry in a Master Cue Leather Chalk Pouch on my belt, once.....twice would be unusual. Be even twice, so what.....my tip resists mushrooming really well, it doesn't sand down to nothing like a soft tip does, and the tip will last for years. By the way, it also plays great which is what one would hope for in their cue tips. There's a variety of tips available just like there are cues and cue-makers. What's right for you may not be right for the next guy. As far as Kamui tips go, I believe most complaints originate from inexperienced pool players. They may shoot really well and have an overall great game but they are babes in the woods when it comes to pool cue maintenance or even the correct way to apply chalk.
You see applying chalk to a cue tip isn't really a debate.....apply it any way you like....let it cake up on your cue tip, flake off on the pool table.....by the way, please don't apply chalk with your cue tip over the table surface area. But do it wrong and you will needlessly cause your cue shafts to get chalk blue stains. Your ferrules should never get blued. You simply use toothpaste on the ferrules to keep them perfectly white when you see any chalk lines start to appear. However, keep in mind you impede your game performance with misapplied chalk on your cue tips.........chalk flakes on a pool table interfere and will definitely affect an object or cue ball's roll.
Anyway, back to Kamui.....it is not as hard as some tips but it is harder than some. It does not require frequent scuffing unless you're chalking improperly and do not maintain your cue tips condition. It plays really well using a nickel shape. I can't comment about dime shapes because I only use that shape on a really thin (12.3mm) shaft I only use when I play 3 cushion billiards. The game of 3 cushion requires spinning your cue ball with extreme english on the outside perimeter of the cue ball frequently so you can cover a 5' x10' table striking 3 rails minimum and often having to hit 4-5 rails to make a billiard. A dime shape is definitely needed to play 3 cushion but for pocket billiards, a nickel shape is my preference.....offers better center ball control, especially for tangent lines position play.
Kamui isn't for everyone but if you're an advanced player, you owe it to yourself to try playing with Kamui Black (medium). If you use someone else's cue, remember it's not your cue but do make sure the tip shape is what you'd normally play with. If you aspire to be a better player, then start using better equipment.....it really does help........KAMUI ROCKS!
p.s. I originally meant to write I never tried the Onyx tip and somehow just went brainfart and mentioned it in my post....oops, some foot in mouthwash needed....thank you for asking.
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Pathetic Shark
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Are you on about Tiger Onyx or Kamui Blacks? Never tried the former and will never use another of the latter. I clearly cannot chalk a tip properly
KAMUI (CHALK) ROCKS!
KAMUI (TIPS) GLAZE!
Thank you for my hastily typed oops
Thanks for pointing our my mistaken reference.....my post was typed very hastily.
Thanks for pointing our my mistaken reference.....my post was typed very hastily.