Are Blue Diamond tips any good?

A superb all round tip made by Brunswick. Easy to fit and easy to shape which is why this is one of the most popular tips.

Are Blue Diamond cue tips any good?

Blue Diamond Leather Tips are the best known snooker tip in the world. Made in the USA by Brunswick from hand-selected water buffalo hide. This tip is infused with velvet-grade silica for maximum adherence and formed under 40,000 pounds of pressure to ensure uniform density.

Which pool cue tips are best?

Medium-hard tips

This is the most common cue tip, and it gives players a good balance of cue ball control and consistency. Medium-hard tips also require less maintenance than soft tips. Most beginning and intermediate players will benefit from the medium-hard tip.

Which is softer blue diamond or Elkmaster?

I prefer Elkmaster tips and they tend to be slightly softer than Blue Diamonds. A way of playing with a softer tip is to use a larger tip - commonly known as a mushroom tip. The tips are thicker therefore they are prone to being spongier. So if your tip is 9mm go for a 10 or 11mm.

What cue tip does John Higgins use?

John Higgins uses 9.75mm. I use between 9.8mm and 10mm, depending on how my cue plays with the tip. The cue I have now is perfect for a 9.8mm tip so that's what I'm using.

Andy Hunter discusses the different types of snooker cue tips available

What cue tip does Shaun Murphy use?

Century Pro Custom G5 Cue Tip

There are now more than ten professionals using the G5 including Shaun Murphy and Stephen Maguire.

What cue tip does Efren use?

Tip: Kamui Original S. Shaft Length: 30 inches.

Are blue diamond tips hard?

If you haven't used one before and need a comparison, Blue Diamond tips are a little harder than an Elkmaster. These tips are very easy to change and take glue easily. Once fitted, they are a nice tip to shape so you shouldn't have a too many issues getting that final look dependent on your preference.

What are the different grades of blue diamonds?

Blue diamonds grading scale varies from faint blue, very light blue, light blue, fancy light blue, fancy blue, fancy intense blue, fancy deep blue and fancy vivid blue (as seen in the image above), and derive their color from boron impurities. As the content of boron increases, so does the intensity of the blue color.

Are Elkmaster tips good?

Excellent soft tips, great touch on shot. Holds shape very well, good ball control. We'll see how it holds up over time. These are great tips for house cues.

How often should you change your cue tip?

When or how often should you replace a cue tip? Usually, a tip is replaced either when you want to try something new or if your current tip has worn down too low, where there is almost no tip material left on the shoulder of the ferrule.

What is the hardest cue tip?

What is the most popular pool cue tip size?

Generally speaking most pool players prefer and 8mm to 8.5mm tip for a 1 & 7/8 pool cue ball, and most snooker players prefer a 9.5mm to 10mm tip for a full size 2 1/16 snooker cue ball. American pool uses an even bigger cue ball so the tip sizes are normally between 12.5 mm and 13.5mm.

Who makes Blue Diamond cue tips?

Blue Diamond Pool and Snooker cue tips are amongst the most popular cue tips in the world today. Made by Brunswick in the USA from hand-selected water buffalo hide, these cue tips have been the number #1 choice of many of the greatest pool and snooker players for the last serval decades.

Should pool cue tip be soft medium or hard?

If you're the type of player that likes to work the cue ball around the pool table, then a soft tip is what you should play with. Unfortunately, though, softer tips tend to "mushroom" and need maintenance more frequently. Medium Hard Tips - are the most commonly used type of cue tip.

Should I get a hard or soft pool cue tip?

A harder tip has a slightly better hit efficiency (energy transfer) than a softer tip. This will result in slightly more CB speed for a given stroke speed. This can provide a slight advantage for draw shots, where, where slightly more CB speed will retain slightly more backspin on the way to the OB.

Which blue diamond is best?

For an affordable blue diamond, your best options are color enhanced natural blue diamonds, which are more saturated in tone, or lab created blue diamonds, which have natural color yet are still extremely rare.

What makes blue diamonds special?

These rare diamonds get their mesmerizing blue color because of the contamination caused by boron atoms in the carbon atoms. Usually, the best of the blue color comes from a ratio of 1 boron to 1 million carbon atom. As the amount of boron increases, the concentration of the blue color also increases.

Why is blue diamond so expensive?

Well, they are very rare to be found in nature, especially the ones very intense in color. Blue diamonds are also said to be rare and, therefore, quite expensive – though not as much as pink diamonds. In fact, blue diamonds are so rare that only a few jewelers had an opportunity to see one.

Do blue diamonds test real?

Most diamonds will reveal blue florescence under a black light; therefore, you'll see a medium to strong color of blue, which means the diamond is real. If you don't see the blue color and instead see a slight green, yellow or gray fluorescence then this usually indicates the gem is not a real diamond.

Will blue diamond fade?

Only when exposed to extremely high temperatures - like the 500 to 900 degrees Celsius fire blowing out of a jeweler's torch - blue and green colored diamonds may fade or even turn yellow.

How much is blue diamond on average?

Although they are less rare than red diamonds, they can grow to be much larger than red diamonds and are often sold for more even though they cost less per carat. That doesn't mean they still aren't pricey, as the average medium toned 1 carat blue diamond can cost $200,000.

What tip does Shane Van Boening play with?

Ask shane van boening or johnny archer, they both use triangle tips and there both world champions!!!

What cue did Tom Cruise use?

The famous scene in the 1986 sequel to The Hustler, The Color of Money where Tom Cruise is given a beautiful cue by Paul Newman and told, “It's a Balabushka,” made the name Balabushka synonymous with top quality pool cues.

What tip does Joshua Filler use?

Joshua and Pia Filler

Playing cue: JF: 17-ounce, 58-inch Predator Panthera 5-2 with a lizard skin wrap. The cue has a low rise, professional taper Predator Z-3 shaft equipped with an 11.75 mm HOW tip.