Which one is your favorite? and WHY?
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Your Favorite Chalk
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Longoni Blue Diamond =)
Its pretty good.
Please vote!
I am recently using Triangle, can't say there is a big different from Master.
How to use a "tip tapper" to *seat* the chalk into your tip
They're both made by Tweeten Fiber Co. Haven't tried Triangle, but I've tried just about all the others in the poll, and I like Magic Chalk (from Russia). One swipe, and the tip is coated perfectly. And it really sticks; it doesn't fly off (and create a mini puff cloud) during impact with the cue ball like some brands of chalk do.
In order of my personal preference, I like the following:
1. Magic Chalk
2. Blue Diamond
3. Pioneer (not listed in the poll)
4. Master
5. Silver Cup
6. National Tournament, NIR, and others
But in a pinch, I'll use anything, as long as I have my tip tapper with me. (A lot of folks don't know this, but the flat crosshatch knurled pattern on a tip tapper ("tip tapper" is the one that looks like a tiny skillet) ISN'T intended to be used as a file. It's actually used to seat the chalk on your tip. What you do is to chalk your tip as evenly as you can, and without wiping it off, use your tip tapper in a rolling motion across the tip. Don't wipe or file the tip, just roll the tip tapper uniformly across the tip until you start to see the knurl pattern on the top of the tip. This process "seats" the chalk into the tip. Next, chalk the tip again normally, and you're ready to shoot. I find using a tip tapper PROPERLY in this manner -- and you don't have to do this chalk-seating very often -- results in my having to not rough or shape the tip nearly as often. The tip "takes" chalk -- no matter the brand -- much easier and uniformly.)
Hope this is helpful!
-Sean
They're both made by Tweeten Fiber Co. Haven't tried Triangle, but I've tried just about all the others in the poll, and I like Magic Chalk (from Russia). One swipe, and the tip is coated perfectly. And it really sticks; it doesn't fly off (and create a mini puff cloud) during impact with the cue ball like some brands of chalk do.
In order of my personal preference, I like the following:
1. Magic Chalk
2. Blue Diamond
3. Pioneer (not listed in the poll)
4. Master
5. Silver Cup
6. National Tournament, NIR, and others
But in a pinch, I'll use anything, as long as I have my tip tapper with me. (A lot of folks don't know this, but the flat crosshatch knurled pattern on a tip tapper ("tip tapper" is the one that looks like a tiny skillet) ISN'T intended to be used as a file. It's actually used to seat the chalk on your tip. What you do is to chalk your tip as evenly as you can, and without wiping it off, use your tip tapper in a rolling motion across the tip. Don't wipe or file the tip, just roll the tip tapper uniformly across the tip until you start to see the knurl pattern on the top of the tip. This process "seats" the chalk into the tip. Next, chalk the tip again normally, and you're ready to shoot. I find using a tip tapper PROPERLY in this manner -- and you don't have to do this chalk-seating very often -- results in my having to not rough or shape the tip nearly as often. The tip "takes" chalk -- no matter the brand -- much easier and uniformly.)
Hope this is helpful!
-Sean
wow.........many people like Blue Diamond! they are not cheap indeed (1 cube of BD is almost equal to 5 or 6 cubes of Master). I wonder people pick BD based on their experience or just heard from other people' positive feedback.
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I like the Chalk I got at a Garage Sale about a week ago, it is really cool.
LOL....
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Really ?? Another chalk thread?????
Try the search function.
There has already been 300 chalk threads in the last 5 months.......
And, everyone already knows that Walmart Chalk is the best!!
Try the search function.
There has already been 300 chalk threads in the last 5 months.......
And, everyone already knows that Walmart Chalk is the best!!
Blue Diamond is still pretty popular according to the chalk poll conducted less than a month ago, along with links to popular threads on this topic.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?p=2255537#post2255537
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?p=2255537#post2255537
I prefer Triangle or Brunswich.
I perfer Superstore Chalk than Walmark Chalk!!! :smile:
seems few people ever used NIR!
I voted "master" because it's the brand I use most.
BUT different chalk will suit different weather! when it's very cold I find the Triangle chalk to work best. At the last WTC I got a some blue diamond but it didn't hold very well on the tip. Master was a little better but Triangle did the trick.
I usually have in my case a pair Triangle and a pair of Master and now a pair of Blue Diamond as well to fit different weather.
BUT different chalk will suit different weather! when it's very cold I find the Triangle chalk to work best. At the last WTC I got a some blue diamond but it didn't hold very well on the tip. Master was a little better but Triangle did the trick.
I usually have in my case a pair Triangle and a pair of Master and now a pair of Blue Diamond as well to fit different weather.