Tip pick question.

[CaptainJR]

I started thinking about this when reading the "Pool Stuff you would NEVER BUY again..." thread.

I've been meaning to ask this on here for quite a while.

The Tip Pick, first thing I better do is make sure we are talking about the same thing. I'm talking about the thing that looks a little like a rifle shell with the sharp end of pins sticking out of it.

How do you use it? I just tap it on the tip, but I've seen people really dig it in and then twist like they are picking open the tip. I wouldn't think you would want to mush up your tip that much.

Also, since I just tap it I was wondering if one of these tapers (the flat ones) would do the same thing? They certainly look easier to use.

 

[Mr. Wilson]

I use it gently, I guess. Several taps around the tip, just to give the chalk a better grip. I don't try and twist or anytyhing so destructive.

The flat one, IMO is useless.

HTH

Dave

 

[Barbara]

How do you use it? I just tap it on the tip, but I've seen people really dig it in and then twist like they are picking open the tip. I wouldn't think you would want to mush up your tip that much.

That's definitely the technique you'd want to use on layered tips to delaminate them. Trust me.

Barbara The Tip Killer

 

[BooBoo]

Tip Tapper

The tip tapper is actually a misnomer. In this one room I used to shoot in there was always a long file around. This is what we used to use to work our tips. You would stand your stick up and place the file on top and roll your tip along the file. This would give you the surface for holding the chalk better. So when I hear that sound of players tapping their cues it drives me nuts because all you have to do is roll your tip along the tapper to get the result you want. It's like the game of straight pool, another lost art!

 

[Bluey2King]

I started thinking about this when reading the "Pool Stuff you would NEVER BUY again..." thread.

I've been meaning to ask this on here for quite a while.

The Tip Pick, first thing I better do is make sure we are talking about the same thing. I'm talking about the thing that looks a little like a rifle shell with the sharp end of pins sticking out of it.

How do you use it? I just tap it on the tip, but I've seen people really dig it in and then twist like they are picking open the tip. I wouldn't think you would want to mush up your tip that much.

Also, since I just tap it I was wondering if one of these tapers (the flat ones) would do the same thing? They certainly look easier to use.

I roll it across the tip. I don't push real hard just enough dig in a little. I use it when the tip still has good shape but has been pounded smooth by shooting. BTW I like med to hard tip. They last longer but the do get smooth.

 

[Bruce S. de Lis]

Here is the Combo Tip Pic/Chalher I love

Well the Tip Pic i use is a Combo tool, as it also HOLD CHALK. I use the Tool (Tip Pic) to Lightly Tap the Tip to Break the Old Caked Chalk away.

NO NO NO I do not use the Tip pic like I was giving my Tip a Small Pox Vaccination where the Tool is Driven into the Skin, and Below the Surface to the Point with Skin of Bruising a Bloody Mess.

Remember getting a Small Pox Vaccine, where when you finally healed you had a BIG SCARE...

 

[cheese_ball]

The "tip pic" is just another way for the manufacturers to sell you pixie dust. It is a useless tool that has no place in any real players arsenal. There isn't a tip in the entire world that a small piece of sandpaper can't scuff. By the way, I bought my tip tool for 0.29 how much was yours?

 

[Boogie]

Always........chaulk "before and after" you use a tip-pik or any tip tool of that sort.....and the roll method is the best way.

 

[Snapshot9]

Tip Pik ...

I use my Tip Pik (the new black one that goes
on a keychain) whenever I need to and I have
had no problem with it or my tips at all. I have
been using a Hercules medium hard laminated tip
for about 6 years now. I like it myself.

 

[coastydad]

I started thinking about this when reading the "Pool Stuff you would NEVER BUY again..." thread.

I've been meaning to ask this on here for quite a while.

The Tip Pick, first thing I better do is make sure we are talking about the same thing. I'm talking about the thing that looks a little like a rifle shell with the sharp end of pins sticking out of it.

How do you use it? I just tap it on the tip, but I've seen people really dig it in and then twist like they are picking open the tip. I wouldn't think you would want to mush up your tip that much.

Also, since I just tap it I was wondering if one of these tapers (the flat ones) would do the same thing? They certainly look easier to use.

I have one of those and use it occasionally. I just roll it across the tip with a little bit of pressure, rotating the shaft between rolls to ensure even coverage. Normally to scuff a tip that is already shaped the way I want it I use these little abrasive pads about two inches square that they use in nail parlors. You can buy them at beauty supply houses usually, but, I've found a similar product in the model builders section at Hobby Lobby. They are cheap, work good and last a long time.

 

[Barbara]

The tip tapper is actually a misnomer. In this one room I used to shoot in there was always a long file around. This is what we used to use to work our tips. You would stand your stick up and place the file on top and roll your tip along the file. This would give you the surface for holding the chalk better. So when I hear that sound of players tapping their cues it drives me nuts because all you have to do is roll your tip along the tapper to get the result you want. It's like the game of straight pool, another lost art!

Ah yes, that file is known as the "Half-Round B@st@rd". It also has a 3 inch long point to it, too. Nice friendly deadly weapon. I used to carry one that was 10 inches long in my case until my husband requested it back.

I used to just whip it out to rough up my tip and used to just do it in case anyone had any ideas about how much I cared about my equipment and myself. But that was before I learned who was watching my back.

Barbara