The best chalk

The economics arguments for the cost difference of chalk don't work for anyone that doesn't (or can't) keep up with a piece of chalk for 2 weeks... much less 2 years! I play once a week at a sh!thole bar that, among its other bad features, supplies only Silver Cup chalk for the tables. I bring Masters to play with, and invariably leave it. A few weeks from the end of the in-house league session now, and there's a nice assortment of Masters on the 10 tables... most of that came from my case. I'd be super pissed at even $4 a cube, much less $25... but for $2.50 per dozen I can deal with it.

Kudos to everyone that likes to wear their chalk cubes down to the nub. I brush mine on and get the flat surface, but once it's down to the paper I toss it in the trash. 80% of my chalk (below the paper) never gets the chance to do its job.
 
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Celtic said:
In that regard the cons of being dirty are a far cry from the positives of less chance of a miscue and more "grip" on the cueball when playing spin. Blue Diamond is commonly said to be alot more messy, I agree totally, but that is a small thing for me when it is more then balanced by the confidence I get using it and when I need to put alot of spin on the cueball.
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But if your confidence is based on something other than equipment or playing conditions you wont have issues when that product isnt around. ;)
Chuck
 
Hope this isn't off topic, but has anyone who's traveled much notice a difference in how their favorite chalk performs in different climates?

At home I've always used Silver Cup, but it doesn't seem to stick well in the higher humidity where I am now. I've switched to Masters, it sticks fine.
 
I prefer Magic now, before it, Sang Lee was the best I had used. I've tried most everything. Magic seems to spread easily and evenly on the tip, nothing falling off or having to be knocked off and it doesnt seem to come off on the CB like MC. Of course you have to use it more frequently than the Kamui:wink: It also seems to wear quite well.
 
Roadking said:
This thread isn't about tips it's about my lil
piece of masters chalk.
But you want to know why I use kamui tips?
I've used many different tips & kamui black soft
tips feel the best to me.
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i like your chalk, period. and this thread has went to shit with the knockers. shame
 
DallasHopps said:
Kudos to everyone that likes to wear their chalk cubes down to the nub. I brush mine on and get the flat surface, but once it's down to the paper I toss it in the trash. 80% of my chalk (below the paper) never gets the chance to do its job.
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My solution is to cut back the paper.

When I get home this afternoon I'll take a photo of my chalk and post it. :thumbup:
 
Fatboy2 said:
i like your chalk, period. and this thread has went to shit with the knockers. shame
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Well to be fair, the second half of the original post "was" a knock. It was a clear knock on Kamui chalk, not really subtle at all.

Now I have'nt tryed the new kamui yet (Im still trying to save up enough $ for a piece).
But if someone can post a picture of a piece of kamui that size I might be
enticed to put a little more $ in my sock drawer every month for 1pc.
(Oh wait kamui's that size brand new) So forget about it I'll stick to my masters! lol
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That there is a clear knock. That is what set the thread off on the direction it went. If you take out that second half of the original post, just have it explaining his two year old chalk and showing pictures of it then people go "very cool" and "wow, those are old!".

The original poster is the reason the thread is where it is now. People have responded to both aspects of the post, and half of post #1 was "LOL kamui chalk is expensive and small and a waste of money,... but I have never tried it".

You cannot really honestly fault people for responding to that half of the post and defend products and the companies that produce them.
 
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Russian Magic Chalk

Deadon said:
I prefer Magic now, before it, Sang Lee was the best I had used. I've tried most everything. Magic seems to spread easily and evenly on the tip, nothing falling off or having to be knocked off and it doesnt seem to come off on the CB like MC. Of course you have to use it more frequently than the Kamui:wink: It also seems to wear quite well.
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I agree -- Russian Magic Chalk for me. It clings to the cue tip the best I've found (short of trying the Kamui chalk, which I'd like to "just for grins"). And, it doesn't "poof" all over the place when you strike the cue ball, or if you gently tap your cue's shaft with your hand after applying the chalk to the tip. (For example, if you use an off-color chalk compared to the cloth [e.g. you walk in with your blue chalk but the tables' cloth are green or burgundy], you won't have nearly as many "blast marks" of chalk on the cloth [where the cue ball was struck] as, say, Masters.)

I actually wear my chalks in an "X" pattern -- meaning, when I chalk, I swipe the chalk caddy-corner (diagonally from one corner to the opposite corner). I don't know where or when I developed this, but I hold the chalk with my bridge hand, and found that the natural position of my fingers when holding the cue in my grip hand and the chalk in my bridge hand fostered a diagonal chalking pattern. So the corners of my cubes of Russian Magic Chalk are lower / worn-down as compared to the middle of each face (each face's middle is "crowned"). When the "crowns" get too high, I'll just alter my chalking technique for a little while to wear those crowns down, and then return to the caddy-corner chalking. The result is that I take the chalk all the way down to almost a flat wafer -- to the point where it's too thin / too brittle to continue using it (I'd say about 3/16-inch). I'll have to see if I have one of these "wafers" still around and snap a pic of it.

-Sean
 
poolhustler said:
I guess I will have to stop playing pool.

Probably about 2150 AD ??

:)
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You better get playin then.

On a side note, how does pre-flag masters compare to the Blue Diamond? I have heard some people mention that Blue Diamond seems like old Pre-flag masters formula chalk. Is that true? Are they similar chalks or are there some key differences? Which would you say you preffer and why? Does Pre-flag go on as creamy and thick as Blue Diamond does?
 
Why does everyone seem to think that pre-flag Masters Chalk is any different than the cubes that have the flag?

I thought this was done after 9/11 to show patriotism.

Did they change the formula when they changed the wrapper?

And is there any proof?
 
Celtic said:
Well to be fair, the second half of the original post "was" a knock. It was a clear knock on Kamui chalk, not really subtle at all.



That there is a clear knock. That is what set the thread off on the direction it went. If you take out that second half of the original post, just have it explaining his two year old chalk and showing pictures of it then people go "very cool" and "wow, those are old!".

The original poster is the reason the thread is where it is now. People have responded to both aspects of the post, and half of post #1 was "LOL kamui chalk is expensive and small and a waste of money,... but I have never tried it".

You cannot really honestly fault people for responding to that half of the post and defend products and the companies that produce them.
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Well hell no body is perfect, i didnt intend to knock anyone, i was talking on the phone when i wrote the post and might have got off track. Sorry. I did say that everyone should buy a piece of Kamui chalk to support them, they took a big gamble to design and bring to market a totally different product, Its in one of my posts, I have a whole thread about me playing $1000/game 8 ball 5 sessions I think and I have used Kamui the whole time while in action. I had one miscue, I moved my srist, it wasnt the chalk nothing could have stopped that miscue. So kamui chakl works real good. I doubt we see a gross of it laying in a box next to the billiards control desk at the local pool room anytime soon. If its $12.50 wholesale then a gross costs $1800. I'm positive if people switch to it sales of chalk holders will sky rocket.



This is a lot of discussion over 15 cents, but its better than talking about wars, poverty, disease and politics.

I never intended to knock anyone or anything, I like old chalk thats wore down, some pieces are just better than others no matter what brand. If we want to get really technical I imagine some chalk works better with some tips for lots of reasons-mostly friction/surface area. A glazed over shiny tip has les surface area than a fuzzy soft leather tip of the same diameter. Some chalk can cause tips to glaze over faster than others, IMO tan Masters seems to bite a bit better than the blue, I hate the green(it looks cool but just dosent work for me). I could go on and on about chalk. I like to chalk with my bridge hand-70% of the time; Bugs chalked with his grip hand and never set the chalk down and would destroy the wrap on a cue. Were all different. I can put forthe a argument of why $50 fora piece of chalk is ok, and why 15 cents is too much. I get attached to a few pieces I have used because they are with me and bring me good luck. I'll stop here,

If I knocked I'm sorry it wasnt intentional, Sometimes a opinion can be a unintentional knock, but its not personal. Its my goal to be friends with everyone here, and keep AZB a happy place.

and yes i'm pissed I accidentally posted over 9999 with my first account, Fatboy2 will have the same number po posts as Fatboy has, in a few years.


have a good one

Eric:)
 
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