I bought two Taom chalks also. I too gave one away because the first one does not seem to ever wear out.
Masters will become even cheaper soon since many of us will be buying Taom from now on.
Taom Chalk
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phreaticus
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12 page thread on chalk!
Toam sure has a devoted following. Definitely nice & clean, but its lack of abrasiveness means it doesn’t have the natural tip shaping characteristic that Masters etc do. To me seems you have to maintain your tip more carefully with Toam. Not a bad thing, I’m just lazy. For home table env, I find Russian Magic to be a nice middle of the road compromise on cost, abrasiveness & cleanliness…
Toam sure has a devoted following. Definitely nice & clean, but its lack of abrasiveness means it doesn’t have the natural tip shaping characteristic that Masters etc do. To me seems you have to maintain your tip more carefully with Toam. Not a bad thing, I’m just lazy. For home table env, I find Russian Magic to be a nice middle of the road compromise on cost, abrasiveness & cleanliness…
FWIW, I miscue way less on power draw shots with the Taom V10 than I did with the Taom Pyro. Yes, that could be a coincidence, it could be my stroke and have nothing to do with the difference in chalk, but if it’s in my head that I miscue less with the V10, I can make that stroke with more confidence.12 page thread on chalk!
Toam sure has a devoted following. Definitely nice & clean, but its lack of abrasiveness means it doesn’t have the natural tip shaping characteristic that Masters etc do. To me seems you have to maintain your tip more carefully with Toam. Not a bad thing, I’m just lazy. For home table env, I find Russian Magic to be a nice middle of the road compromise on cost, abrasiveness & cleanliness…
For most (but certainly not all) of us here that are passionate about our pool and the cleanliness of our cloth and our cue balls, the advantages (cleanliness and longevity) of the V10 justify the high $ price.
I posted a Vegas thread in the aiming forum but no one replied. John Barton doesn’t do shows anymore. He’s having so much success with his online auctions that the hassle of a show isn’t worth it. Hope you had fun, I didn’t really have fun. No real interest in Vegas anymore
Nyquil
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You don't have chalk build up on your table using masters?
Ah... I only pop into the aiming forum on rare occasion these days. Certainly why I missed your thread.
Well that's good news for John and his business. I was unaware of his move away from shows. Glad it's for positive reasons.
Vegas has become a yearly vaca for the wife and I. The tournament honestly gets in the way...lol. The weather for us wasn't the best so time down by the pool was nearly non-existent. As long as my team continues winning, I'll be going. If I had to pull all the cash out of my wallet I'd rather experience something else. I prefer the Vegas for 20yrs ago. This new resort version isn't as exciting and far more expensive.
I'll be chasing after a US am spot next month. So if I manage to get down to Florida, I'll definitely shoot you a heads up
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Us am finals won’t be played until 2023 with no finals location announced yet. Hopefully they keep it in florida. I’m in the qualifiers next month also. Be good to meet up and hit some balls.
Ya, I didn't know about the 2023 date until well after signing up...lol. No one's fault other than my own.
From what I hear about the usual location. It doesn't seem like there's any reason for a swap. I'm of course indifferent, unless they move it to Vegas. Can only do that place one a year.
If I happen to make it down that way for any reason. I'll be sure to reach out well prior.
Just when I thought I heard it all. You're saying that a material softer then your tip, specifically choosen so it can be applied to your tip, shapes you're tip as you apply it...?12 page thread on chalk!
Toam sure has a devoted following. Definitely nice & clean, but its lack of abrasiveness means it doesn’t have the natural tip shaping characteristic that Masters etc do. To me seems you have to maintain your tip more carefully with Toam. Not a bad thing, I’m just lazy. For home table env, I find Russian Magic to be a nice middle of the road compromise on cost, abrasiveness & cleanliness…
If that's the case then I can now understand why some people think drilling into their chalk is a better method than swiping it on. That said, that would mean that the tips on my cues should have a 'X' pattern worn into them.
Maybe the next time I get a tip change I'll tell my mechanic not to bother shaping it for me. Instead I'll drill it into the dirt in my front yard and see how long it takes to reach a dime shaped finish.
Interesting theory...
phreaticus
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I’m not talking about drilling it. I just find that traditional chalk when brushed properly on a well shaped tip, tends to keep it well shaped & I don’t have to do much with it. The toam being very very fine, doesn’t give same effect. Toam is super clean & great, no worries - just offering a perspective, thats all.
You emote like an arrogant dickhead just because I mentioned the fact that legacy grainy chalk has a more abrasive impact on the tip? All you world beaters out there on AZB and no other pool players experiences this? Ok, then…
chalk, soft, fine-grained, easily pulverized, white-to-grayish variety of limestone. Chalk is composed of the shells of such minute marine organisms as foraminifera, coccoliths, and rhabdoliths. The purest varieties contain up to 99 percent calcium carbonate in the form of the mineral calcite. The sponge spicules, diatom and radiolarian tests (shells), detrital grains of quartz, and chert nodules (flint) found in chalk contribute small amounts of silica to its composition. Small proportions of clay minerals, glauconite, and calcium phosphate also are present.
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Maybe be those small particles of quartz, flint, and silica are abrasive.
And maybe pure limestone particles are harder than leather, even though limestone shears easily.
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Maybe be those small particles of quartz, flint, and silica are abrasive.
And maybe pure limestone particles are harder than leather, even though limestone shears easily.
I do love Taom, but I've gone back to Roku 6. I don't know if it's my playing conditions or what (in my garage, with an expensive dehumidifier that keeps it around 45-55%). But I've noticed that I am continually having to pick up small pieces of the Taom chalk off of my table -- like it's breaking off in little pieces. It may be because of the midwest heat wave that we've been under - my garage temperature has been swinging from 72 degrees to 90 degrees.
Do you use v10 or pyro? My pyro seems to leave occasional flakes around, but otherwise is by far the cleanest chalk I've ever used. I bought five pieces thinking that was a lifetime supply, but if v10 doesn't even leave the odd flake around then I might have to switch over (I still wish they'd just release it in blue, already).
v10 at home exclusively, but when I went out to play last night and I watched my mid-level opponent make a backward cut off the rail, I pulled out the Magic chalk. Balls were so beat/filthy, when I elevated just slightly to subtly masse around the edge of an intervening ball, the CB completed a full half-circle and headed back like a boomerang!
xX-Wizard-Xx
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lol
That is great for you.
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boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
You can remove a glaze with the corner of a master chalk. The tip wont glaze with V10 so it's kind of a moot point.
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
I've seen the flakes with pyro but never with V10. Also a hard miscue almost makes pyro tear up like plastic wrap. Not so with V10, but it takes a damn bad stroke to miscue with either.