What Tip Do You Use?

[ADR147]

u gotta be kidding i've got a couple of cubes of the light green (no longer produced) triangle chalk... must be worth a fortune

lol i have some of this aswell!

[craigslater]

Must admit i bidded the chalk upto £1.00

[Semih_Sayginer]

Must admit i bidded the chalk upto £1.00

PMSL...is it possible that will entice folk to want it even more, for higher prices? could go way overpriced

[craigslater]

Morning Semih mate

Yes i have seen cues do the same thing on ebay, once a few people get set in there mind that they want something prices start to get silly, im sure adr147 could give you a few good examples.....

[Semih_Sayginer]

Morning Semih mate

Yes i have seen cues do the same thing on ebay, once a few people get set in there mind that they want something prices start to get silly, im sure adr147 could give you a few good examples.....

cheers craig, and guid mornin tae yoo tae.

ive seen it happen with other stuff, but ive very rarely bought off ebay, and wondered if snooker items follow similar patterns. seems they do.

[ADR147]

i sold two identical wooldridge cues last year a week apart one for £261 and the other for £440 !!

[Semih_Sayginer]

i sold two identical wooldridge cues last year a week apart one for £261 and the other for £440 !!

well slap my thigh and call me bettsy ....case of the "right" buyers on at the right time for you....

ADR, your thoughts on "blue velvets" please...

[ADR147]

well slap my thigh and call me bettsy ....case of the "right" buyers on at the right time for you....

ADR, your thoughts on "blue velvets" please...

gosh there is a name from the past! i always found too soft but to be honest it must be 10 years since i have had any.

[craigslater]

Funnily enough i was reading a few reviews about these this morning, these are them:

I have put a Blue velvet on this morning and after a few hrs practice today im a little unsure. Its abit strange it plays quite firm but the actual tip is very soft i gave it a good bedding in and after that played for three hrs or so. When you move the tip with your thumb its what i describe as very soft its strange as it plays firm but is grippy, It has a strange sound on impact of the white, I found when your not playing a ball just playing the cue ball againt the cusion the ball reacts really well what you would expect from a very grippy tip but when playing onto a object with side it wasnt reacting the same if a player could get to grips with this tip i feel it could be very effective but it would need time to get used to.

I've just started using the Blue Velvet tips that are now available in the uk8ball.com shop.

Firstly let me say as a long standing Elk user I was dubious about changing but I decided to give them a bash and boy am I glad I did.

Firstly I have never known a tip so easy to trim and shape. It took 5 mins from start to finish with the scalpel and a few pieces of different grade sandpaper. One noticeable thing when shaping is that the sandpaper doesn't get clogged up with blue residue like an Elk or BD.

The tips are very "feely". Not hard and not squishy but very responsive. They hold chalk extremely well which probably contributed to the demise of my first tip as I went almost 2 frames without chalking my cue before a hideous miscue led to me ripping a hole in the tip

That was totally my fault and the second tip I attached has been perfect ever since. The touch shots and gentle screws and stuns feel very natural with a Blue Velvet.

You may find that after bedding in the tip (particularly if you break with your playing cue) that you have to just touch up eith sandpaper but once done there should be no problems at all.

I thoroughly recommend these tips.

Fitting this tip is really easy. With the help of a cue top sanding machine from the shop it took me about 7 mins excluding the time it took the glue to dry.
It shapes really easily. In fact I didnt realise how easy it was and nearly shaped it too much! Plus I never got covered in blue dust as you do with blue diamond tips which is always a bonus.
The tip holds the chalk great and you can get fantastic control over the cue ball. It seem to grip it really well.
It is a really great tip and well worth £2 for 5. Thats cheaper than 3 blue diamond from JJB!
You will not be disappointed!

[cueman]

Seeing as though this has become a chalk thread (lol), has anyone used the supapro chalk?

I was down my club yesterday and sifting through the chalk box to see if I could find any old Triangle chalk and I came across a cube of green supapro and gave it a go. It is not far off the original triangle chalk that I mentioned, just very slightly darker. It doesn't mark the cueball, applies very evenly on the tip, not too fine, all in all as good as anything I've used before. I was expecting it to be rubbish as well.

[Semih_Sayginer]

theres blue velvet tips availbale on e-bay

[ADR147]

ahh - thats not the same thing - the original blue velvet tips were by tweetens aswell i think. i have not seen these cannon ones before.

[craigslater]

They are available on www.shop.uk8ball.co.uk if you want to try some, they do a sample pack with a few different ones in to try.....

[The Doctor]

Elk master are an excellent all round tip especially good for those who use a lot of screw and side in their game.For example - players like Peter Ebdon,Neil Robertson.I personally prefer Elkmaster bcoz I use lot of deep screw & side in my game.It all depends on ur style of play.
Ronnie has got an exceptional cue power so he can afford to use the hard tips but players like Stephen Hendry & John Higgins who don't have the cue power like Ronnie use elk master & the latter uses a talisman pro soft.

Actually John Higgins uses Talisman Pigskin in Hard. has done for the past 2 seasons. Same as Ronnie.

[The Doctor]

umm - it is all about personal choice - different people like different tips. - personally i will never use another elkmaster.

could not agree any more. i too will never use another elk.