Chalk.
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A pad, known as a cue tip, is glued to the narrow end (tip) of the cue. A small block of cue chalk is rubbed on the pad to prevent the cue tip sliding off the billiard/snooker/pool balls.
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Francois Mignaud was the first person to place a leather tip on the end of the cue. A Captain in the French army, Mignaud was imprisoned and perfected his idea of a leather tip in prison. After his release, he put on many exhibitions showing amazing billiards shots. He authored a book in 1827 describing the art of fine billiards, the firs publiched work of its kind.
Leather is used for the cue tip, and pool chalk is used to provide more friction against the cue ball. Pool chalk is an abrasive using materials found in sandpaper. It is not a form of chalk.
The best choices will be online on the internet. There is only one location in Reading, PA that specializes in pool and billiards to buy a pool cue. However, the major department stores and sporting goods stores also sell pool cues, but only the lowest end products will be found there.
Most cues are made to be adjustable. The weight bolts are changed, added, or removed as needed from the butt end of the cue. Remove the rubber bumper from the butt end of the cue. If there is a weight well, then your cue is adjustable. If there is no weight well, then I would recommend you have a cue maker or cue repairman determine if your cue can be made adjustable.
The Cuesight Laser Cue is a billiards training aid designed to help improve a players consistency. Aside from being super cool (I mean it's a pool cue with a laser shooting out the end), it will demonstrate any inconsistency in a players stroking motion as they watch the crosshairs on the cue ball. Couple that with the ability to see exactly where on the cue ball you are striking and you have a fairly solid tool to help you improve your stroke and develop the sighting and muscle memory to impart "english" or spin on the cueball. You can read more about them at the related link.
The white balls are at maximum distance and maximum angle apart in the break shot of a game of pool or billiards, where one ball is placed at the far end of the table and the cue ball is placed at one end of the table for the break shot.
No. Rules published by BCA are very specific. The cue ball must be struck with the leather tip of the cue.
The Orchid pool cues can be purchased at any low end billiards supply in the US or on the internet. The Orchid cues are very low priced decal based cues intended as "starter" cues. These are imported to the US and Orchid does not identify where they are made.
i thought it had something to do with the blood crib line before, end of a pool cue is blue... Edit By Blackjakal: I actually made an account for this. Drake used the word "felt" as a double meaning. The end of a pool cue is made from a felt material. So he "felt" that line, like the end of a pool cue. Get it? :)