I go to Vegas with no intention of spending $25.00 on a cube of chalk. I play with a Kamui medium tip on my cue. I see the Kamui setup and they have a 5 person challenge for $5.00 a person and the winner gets a cube of Kamui. I want to try the chalk so I talk 3 of my teamates into risking $5.00 for a cube. I score the highest so lucky me I can win if I put up another $5.00 to insure I get the chalk. The chalk is like paste and goes on smooth. When I shoot it feels like the cue tip stays on the cue ball longer. I am no where close to the league of Efren, but I can impart english like never before. The chalk imparts so much english I quit using it in the tournament because I wasn't use to it and would miss my shape. I am at home now and practicing with the chalk, it is consistant and reliable. I can shoot 20 shots with extreme english before I need to chalk. I never miscue unless I try to shoot 40 shots with extreme english. Before when I would use Masters I would sometimes have the cue ball squirt off the tip of the cue. This doesn't seem to happen with Kamui chalk. You will have to learn to only chalk once a game or it sticks to the cue ball. I do believe that it is rediculous to pay $25.00 for a cube of chalk, but if it lasts for 1 year and you never miscue. Guess you need to decide for yourself.
Kamui chalk review!!!
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I tried it very briefly but I am a total weirdo with chalk, I do not care what brand but if it has that "pasty" feel to it then I cannot use it, the chalk has to a certain way for me to use it. I just use an old piece of Masters or Blue Diamond, chalk up regularly and I am good.
I picked up a cube of Kamui chalk from Guerra a few days ago,
happy to say I like the feel of the chalk, not sure if it affects the amount of spin or miscue's.........but I do like the feel.
Hope it lasts around double the blue diamond, if it does I will continue to use it.
happy to say I like the feel of the chalk, not sure if it affects the amount of spin or miscue's.........but I do like the feel.
Hope it lasts around double the blue diamond, if it does I will continue to use it.
Even if it is just as good but no better than any other chalk, I am very interested in it. Even in a short session, chalk builds up quickly and gets all over everything and changes how the balls react and how the table plays. This chalk would fix all of that.
Don't let that $25 scare you. Some enterprising individual will find a way to produce this chalk and sell it at a profit for under $.25 a cube ($36 a gross).
This is a good thing, particularly for Three Cushion Billiards and the maintenance of billiard rooms. I will tell you right now, if the price was right, all other chalk would be prohibited in my place.
Don't let that $25 scare you. Some enterprising individual will find a way to produce this chalk and sell it at a profit for under $.25 a cube ($36 a gross).
This is a good thing, particularly for Three Cushion Billiards and the maintenance of billiard rooms. I will tell you right now, if the price was right, all other chalk would be prohibited in my place.
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Good Point!
When I switched exclusively to the Kamui chalk, Thats the first thing I noticed at the end of the day. No chalk all over everything. Hands were clean, shaft was clean. Table was clean.
Now if I could figure out how to NOT lose it!
Ray
(more on order) hurry John!
My first impressions upon using this chalk are similar. I only have to chalk up once a rack. You have to break the habit of reaching for the chalk between shots. It's just not necessary when you use this chalk. Once applied, it stays on your tip. How long you can go without re-chalking I'm not sure. I'm still in the experimental stage with it.
Try this!!
Scuff the tip of your cue and remove all chalk. Re-chalk your cue with any chalk, use exteme english and see how many shots it takes to miscue I am guessing less than 5. Then do the same with Kamui, you will be surprised. Also, try hitting thin cuts with extreme english. They go in easier and you can get the position you need. If you plan on chalking every shot, this chalk isn't for you. With this chalk you can chalk at the start of a game and then the start of the next game. I do have two pool tables in my house, so I do play almost every day. I still think it will last a year. Kamui has been sponsering the streams, so I will support them. Yes, I have supported TAR PPV, OB Cues, and others.
Scuff the tip of your cue and remove all chalk. Re-chalk your cue with any chalk, use exteme english and see how many shots it takes to miscue I am guessing less than 5. Then do the same with Kamui, you will be surprised. Also, try hitting thin cuts with extreme english. They go in easier and you can get the position you need. If you plan on chalking every shot, this chalk isn't for you. With this chalk you can chalk at the start of a game and then the start of the next game. I do have two pool tables in my house, so I do play almost every day. I still think it will last a year. Kamui has been sponsering the streams, so I will support them. Yes, I have supported TAR PPV, OB Cues, and others.
Lenny, you are the perfect person for a demonstration!
Kamui, will owe me for life. Lenny, you have the camera equipment and access to Scott Frost. I watched your streams and was amazed at how Scott could put english on the cue ball. Set up some shots and let him use his chalk and then Kamui and lets see what happens. Kamui, if this happens, please give me a few cubes before you raise the price.
Kamui, will owe me for life. Lenny, you have the camera equipment and access to Scott Frost. I watched your streams and was amazed at how Scott could put english on the cue ball. Set up some shots and let him use his chalk and then Kamui and lets see what happens. Kamui, if this happens, please give me a few cubes before you raise the price.
This is what I am talking about, people who have actually used the kamui chalk and talking it up. I better put in my order for a cube.
With the better camera,s and camera work on the streams now you can see the brand of chalk a player is using. I have not seen one top teir pro using the $25 chalk yet. Most pros will use any cue you give them or pay them to use if he/she can put whatever tip on it that they like. Cases and tip tools...same thing. Will they use a different brand of chalk you give them that is better than what their using in tournaments? Of course. Will they use a brand of tip or chalk that is not as good or better than what they use (in their judgement) in tournaments and money matches? Nope. It's their livelyhood. Johnnyt
I like what everybody is saying about the Kamui chalk. I'd love to try it, but for me it would be very difficult to break up my pre shot routine of chalking every shot.
I like that it keeps everything clean though, I come home some nights feeling like I've shook hands with all of the blue man group lol
I like that it keeps everything clean though, I come home some nights feeling like I've shook hands with all of the blue man group lol
I'm with you, I chalk after every shot need it or not. So I'm thinking if I used kamui I'd wind up with a clump of paste on my tip. Also if I miscue it was my stroke not my chalk.
I'm curious if any pros are using kamui chalk.
Don't take my post the wrong way,I'm not bad mouthing kamui chalk in anyway if you like it use it.
I have nothing against Kamui either, I just cannot use pasty type chalk, for some reason I feel like its not going on well, totally mental I guess. I will give it another go perhaps sometime. I do use Kamui black mediums on my cues, great tips.
I've bad mouthed the price. I can't see myself paying that much for a piece of chalk, altho I'm not shy about spending money on cues, tools or doo dads.
I'm sure the chalk works as intended. I use Pre Flag and BD.
I don't see myself not chalking before every shot and I doubt I would be able to get my head around not doing it. So just for that, it would be a waste of money as I'm sure it would be gone in no time.
I'll probably break down eventually and give it a try.
That and everyone at the hall will want to try it if they find out I have a piece so either way, it will be gone quick.
Maybe I can charge a buck a swipe and recoup my cost.
That might work, I could be Chalk Boy.
I'm sure the chalk works as intended. I use Pre Flag and BD.
I don't see myself not chalking before every shot and I doubt I would be able to get my head around not doing it. So just for that, it would be a waste of money as I'm sure it would be gone in no time.
I'll probably break down eventually and give it a try.
That and everyone at the hall will want to try it if they find out I have a piece so either way, it will be gone quick.
Maybe I can charge a buck a swipe and recoup my cost.
That might work, I could be Chalk Boy.
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Blue Hog:
I'd have to agree. I play mostly straight pool, and I'm a rhythm player -- pre-shot routine (PSR) includes a standard chalking sequence that I don't even think about. I carry my Magic Chalk in a very small el-cheapo cell phone carrying case that latches onto my belt (this el-cheapo cell phone case opens longitudinally -- the long way, so it's easy to reach into -- and has a magnetic latch). I don't even think about it; while contemplating the shot, I just pop the latch, reach in, grab the cube, chalk, put it back, get down and shoot. It even has a rhythm to it -- click! scratch-scratch-scratch click! ... and then the sound of the shot.
I'd wonder what would happen if I threw a cube of Kamui in there, what would happen? If I chalked after every shot like this, does it build on the tip like icing layers on a cake? (Not good, obviously.) Would I have to break my PSR and screw-up my game for several weeks, teaching myself to "keep count" of the number of shots in-between each chalk application? I honestly don't know.
I do like the reports of how this chalk performs, but I'm not sure I like the "you don't need to chalk after every shot -- and it might even have some consequences if you do" aspect.
Thoughts?
-Sean
9ballkid...I'm glad you like the Kamui chalk, but it does not do the things you think it does. Chalk has no bearing on how long the tip is in contact with the CB (1/1000 of a second). Chalk does not "impart" english on the CB. That's done with an accurate stroke, and the kind of chalk makes no difference. Squirt has to do with cuesticks, and how you deliver your stroke...nothing to do with what kind of chalk you use. Just wanted to clear up a few facts. Obviously you like it, and it works well for you. That's good, but don't confuse having an accurate and repeatable stroke, with using a "better" chalk. Miscues occur 95% of the time because of a poor stroke. I'm sure Kamui stays on the tip well, because of the consistency. You will still miscue, even with that chalk, if you have a poor stroke.
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Same, its a rhythm. I am watching the table as my opponent shoots and
I'm chalking while I walk around and look at my options.
To take my eyes off the table to look at my tip would mess up my routine.
And chalking while walking is relaxing and sets the mood for the PSR.
I'm chalking while I walk around and look at my options.
To take my eyes off the table to look at my tip would mess up my routine.
And chalking while walking is relaxing and sets the mood for the PSR.
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I bought a few cubes of the Kamui Chalk to try out. It sticks on the tip very very well. One of my friends played 18 or 19 games of 9 ball before miscueing. I have a lifetime supply of chalk, so I will not be buying more of the Kamui, but it is a very good chalk.