boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
Gotta get that pewter holder bud. It won't roll if it has some weight. Etsy is your friend. Just don't let your wife know about the site or broke city.
Taom Chalk
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boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
Anything to keep you from thinking is worth the dough.
I'm still amazed at how clean my home table is staying after switching to this new chalk. My ferrule on my cues are spotless and my hands are so clean that there is no need to wash them afters hours and hours of play. I cleaned my table a number of times to make sure all the grit from the old chalk wasn't showing up on my hands and evident from just going over the table rubbing my hands on the cloth. Yep this is much better for my home use. Is the chalk as good as masters? In my opinion it is. The newer chalk takes some time to become use too , but I like it, again my opinion.
If your playing on a table that hasn't been thoroughly cleaned to eliminate traces of the old chalk you would probably see no benefit to the product. There are traces of the new chalk that are on the cloth, but it's not showing up on my hands and I can now clean the table in a couple of minutes. Instead of sweating a cloud of blue dust flying up in the air when using the horse hair brush to clean the table, now the siminous x1 dohicky is a breeze and gets the table looking great in no time. Yep this chalk isn't a fix all for everyone, but just like everyone else I still have
my opinion,,2 Cents Issued
If your playing on a table that hasn't been thoroughly cleaned to eliminate traces of the old chalk you would probably see no benefit to the product. There are traces of the new chalk that are on the cloth, but it's not showing up on my hands and I can now clean the table in a couple of minutes. Instead of sweating a cloud of blue dust flying up in the air when using the horse hair brush to clean the table, now the siminous x1 dohicky is a breeze and gets the table looking great in no time. Yep this chalk isn't a fix all for everyone, but just like everyone else I still have
my opinion,,2 Cents Issued
Well my Cylinder arrived of V - 10, I will use for few days, and post WHAT I THINK OF IT.
JMHO
JMHO
I prefer Taom on my home table. It's not really better or worse than Masters (or anything else), but it is definitely cleaner. I used to vacuum every other session, but now, maybe once every week or two. Cue ball has fewer marks as well. I never got a lot of kicks, but maybe lack of residue is a good point for others.
I have a few extras of both kinds if anyone wants to try it (3x pyro / 7x V10). $25 shipped USPS CONUS.
-td
I have a few extras of both kinds if anyone wants to try it (3x pyro / 7x V10). $25 shipped USPS CONUS.
-td
So I got Round or Circle Shaped piece of Toam V-10 Chalk the other day, maybe used it for maybe 8- 10 hours of One Pocket/Practice. I will lists my impressions as simple as I can effectually communicate my impressions to make it easy understand. My Impressions are from this 8 - 10 hours use session.
As I previously stated I did have opportunity to TRY Toam V - 10 impression was positive enough that I purchased only (1) Piece.
First: Green Master is what was my go to Chalk, this Toam Green is a Darker Green then Master Light Green.
Second: This Toam Chalk feels & looks to my eye to be what I will say small Chalk particles then Master. As you put it on Tip you hear less grinding sound. So that is why I made comment about particle or grit size. Do not have ability like microscope to check surfaces of both brands for particles size.
Three: After 8- 10 hours of using the Toam, it looked BRAND NEW like it was not ever used. I am sure I remove some material from Circle or Cylinder of Chalk, but was not easily seen. Will be interesting to see how long the V- 10 Round or Circle Shaped piece lasts. A Cube of Master Green last me 6 months plus.
Four: Was able to get C/B to Draw the C/B better, and also Draw in reverses direction off Center, to Left & Right. This is a big deal, wahoo. So I would say me personally can Draw better with V-10, v/s Master Green.
Five: Side Spin was a breeze, and keep Cue Tip on C/B longer seem to be another wahoo. Again this is what I personally experienced.
Six: I started with Clean C/B Amaranth with “ss” Logo, never saw any Green on C/B, guy I was playing with the other day uses Blue Diamond, and there were blue chalk smudges on C/B.
Seven: Stuff is Clean, not like the Kamui I tried years ago that was yuck, messy, and difficult to wash off. Personally never had much mess with Master, so this is same cleanliness, but I do not clean table were I play, they have people who do that.
Eight: Toam is expensive, it is pricey, not cheap so any way you say. NOT AS CHEAP as Master, Silver Cup, Triangle. A Piece of Toam V-10 cost about the same as THREE BEERS, in BAR, or SPORTS BAR. Don’t do the Bar thing often, so I had the money to buy a piece of Toam.
Nine: If you buy V-10, keep you eye on the Round or Circle Shaped piece, as I have vision of it growing legs, and walking off.
Just my $0.02 on the subject.
As I previously stated I did have opportunity to TRY Toam V - 10 impression was positive enough that I purchased only (1) Piece.
First: Green Master is what was my go to Chalk, this Toam Green is a Darker Green then Master Light Green.
Second: This Toam Chalk feels & looks to my eye to be what I will say small Chalk particles then Master. As you put it on Tip you hear less grinding sound. So that is why I made comment about particle or grit size. Do not have ability like microscope to check surfaces of both brands for particles size.
Three: After 8- 10 hours of using the Toam, it looked BRAND NEW like it was not ever used. I am sure I remove some material from Circle or Cylinder of Chalk, but was not easily seen. Will be interesting to see how long the V- 10 Round or Circle Shaped piece lasts. A Cube of Master Green last me 6 months plus.
Four: Was able to get C/B to Draw the C/B better, and also Draw in reverses direction off Center, to Left & Right. This is a big deal, wahoo. So I would say me personally can Draw better with V-10, v/s Master Green.
Five: Side Spin was a breeze, and keep Cue Tip on C/B longer seem to be another wahoo. Again this is what I personally experienced.
Six: I started with Clean C/B Amaranth with “ss” Logo, never saw any Green on C/B, guy I was playing with the other day uses Blue Diamond, and there were blue chalk smudges on C/B.
Seven: Stuff is Clean, not like the Kamui I tried years ago that was yuck, messy, and difficult to wash off. Personally never had much mess with Master, so this is same cleanliness, but I do not clean table were I play, they have people who do that.
Eight: Toam is expensive, it is pricey, not cheap so any way you say. NOT AS CHEAP as Master, Silver Cup, Triangle. A Piece of Toam V-10 cost about the same as THREE BEERS, in BAR, or SPORTS BAR. Don’t do the Bar thing often, so I had the money to buy a piece of Toam.
Nine: If you buy V-10, keep you eye on the Round or Circle Shaped piece, as I have vision of it growing legs, and walking off.
Just my $0.02 on the subject.
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I saw the cleanliness of the chalk playing pool but didn’t realize the performance until I played 3 cushion. I really noticed the difference in masses also. I have some cues with super hard tips that masses are impossible to shoot that I shoot now with ease multiple times without miscue. I have Kamui clear hards glazed out and they are no problem for this chalk. Keeping the cue ball so clean is so important and it transfers nearly nothing to the cue ball. Im sold on it. That’s all I got in my pool room now. All other chalk banned from entry. Lol
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V10 has a magnet on the bottom of it?
libtrucker
Active member
No. HAHA. I was kidding. But it does seem that way sometimes. Ive lost many round chalks in the pockets when I play on a bar box.
I think I'm gaining a different perspective on a potential V10 purchase.
The way I've been playing as of late. I'm pretty much dead money anyway. Rather than flush more entry/calcutta money down the drain. Maybe I should fore go the next tourney and invest a little in chalk...? At least I'd have something to show for it the day after I pull the money from my wallet...lol
The way I've been playing as of late. I'm pretty much dead money anyway. Rather than flush more entry/calcutta money down the drain. Maybe I should fore go the next tourney and invest a little in chalk...? At least I'd have something to show for it the day after I pull the money from my wallet...lol
xX-Wizard-Xx
Well-known member
people have been using Master chalk for over 20 years ... running racks .... in my opinion the problem isnt chalk (thats silly)
Maybe there's a misunderstanding... I'm not blaming my poor recent performance on my chalk. Just that rather than fork out cash to torture myself at the next opprotunity. I instead take those funds and buy something tangible for sake of the experience.
Not expecting any level of 'fix' to my game. Just the consideration of the reallocation of funds.
xX-Wizard-Xx
Well-known member
just buy a steak dinner ... TAOM not worth the money. at $5 it might be worth it, but 25-30 dollars .... sort of crazy
Scrunge19
Registered
No but it is really easy to glue one to it. I bought a bunch of disc magnets online and glue them to the bottom of my chalk. Works perfectly with my chalk shark.
If you are playing in a room out about town, yep it really doesn't make since to switch over to the new chalk. They are using masters which has been my go too for over 50 years. The cloth on those tables in rooms are cleaned regularly but will still have the masters residue permeated into the weave of the cloth. It's hard to get out and even using the new chalk your hands will still be dirty and yep, ya just clean them off later. Now what goes on with a table at home after it's been cleaned a number of times and using the new chalk? After hours and hours of play, your hands stay clean, the cloth is clean , has no crystalized pieces of chalk laying around the table, no marks of chalk build up on the balls and cue ball,,no build up of chalk on you cue shafts and one of the biggest benefits that hasn't really been covered, the whole area around the table stays cleaner .
When cleaning my table before using a heavy horsehair brush, clouds of blue dust would come up off the cloth. Some of that blue dust would go down table , but some could float around a coat stuff laying around. This doesn't happen now I have tried it, and there isn't any blue dust floating around anymore.
Does this chalk make one play better It's absurd to even think it would or could. Masters is great chalk, just messy as all get out. The new stuff plays just as good as Masters but no matter the price difference here is what Toam helps with , I don't have to clean the table, nor the balls or the area around the table as much and the chalk lasts about the same as 4 or 5 blocks of Masters would, from what I am seeing. Nope, not a thing wrong with masters , nor the Toam chalk,,only thing Toam has going for it, it's cleaner. Might add I have had many balls skid when using Masters chalk which resulted in missed balls. Sorta on a regular basis when playing where tables weren't cleaned on a regular basis,,have not had or seen one skid now since using this new chalk and I play around 2 to 3 hours a day fo over a month now.
If you are playing in a room where Masters is being used, you probably will not see much benifit , if you have a table at home and value your time of keeping the table clean and the equipment clean and the area around the table clean, the Toam chalk will pay for itself in time savings. That may be that thing that room owners will find on their own someday, but that isn't my biz, I'm just pointing out what I have found that is working well for me .
People buy all kinds of crazy stuff for pool. 20 bucks is a drop in the bucket over the lifetime of playing.
In most instances chalk is chalk is chalk. But, if you have a home table that you want to keep clean, then Taom is a better choice and definitely worth the money. At the pool hall, just use whatever.
-td
xX-Wizard-Xx
Well-known member
I have a home table and i still have no idea why people are getting them so dirty playing with master ... i dont have that issue
IMO, this is really not debatable. People can debate if the chalk works better or helps with spin or whatever else, but the cleanliness of this stuff, for a home table owner, is simply amazing. I go weeks now without cleaning my table and balls and can play hours on end and my hands are still as clean as when I started.
100% agree with you - in a pool hall, whatever. For home use? I'll never allow anything else on my table (unless someone comes out with something better I guess)
1) I'm guessing one piece will last me well over a year. Used a Pyro (chalking every shot) for about 6 months and it still looks brand new. With the V10 I'm chalking once/rack, so might last close to 2 years, maybe even more...
2) With the significantly reduced frequency of cleaning the balls, I'm guessing I'll save at least the cost of a piece of chalk a few times over in Aramith cleaner alone before I get through a piece