KAMUI POOL TIPS – THE FUTURE IS HERE!

They have been described as the Apple of Pool cue tips.

Kamui Pool tips are considered to not just be at the cutting edge of pool cue tips but the actual cutting edge through an extensively tried and tested laminate and compression process.

The end result is more reliable play which equates to greater confidence in stroke-play.

Hundreds or professionals around the world now use the tips and they are available from Billiard Shop stores in Townsville, Mackay, Toowoomba, Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, Bundall on the Gold Coast and in the Brisbane centres of Aspley and Macgregor.

Kamui (kah-MOO-ee) which is the Japanese word for divine or powerful consists of 100% Japanese pig skin leather with each 10 layers laminated and glued together.

The unique production process is what creates quality and performance with the compression process resulting in high porosity in the pig skin.

In other words this leaves the pores of the pig skin open, allowing the chalk to penetrate the surface enough to really hold onto chalk to promote grip.

Greater grip translates to a reduce chance of miscuing a shot and to compensate for how much performance you want, super soft, soft, medium and hard tips have been produced.

The compressed leather tip has a shield on its base for the glue to be applied which removes the practice of sanding the bottom layer as is the case in traditional tips. This shield protects the glue from being absorbed into the pig skin which guarantees a perfectly aligned installation to achieve the designed tip and cue performance.

The range of tips come in Original or Black.

     

The Original, which holds its original leather colour, is designed to generate more speed with a more accurate shot. It allows the player to move the cue ball over a longer distance with accurate shooting.

The Black is promoted for Precise Cue Ball Control due to its high elasticity properties. This high elasticity of the black leather absorbs the momentum of the cue so as to propel the cue ball with desired spin.

As to whether your personal game would be suited to a Super Soft, Soft, Medium, and Hard contact your nearest Billiard Shop in Queensland on 1300 300 654. Billiard Shop experts will be able to match up a Kamui tip with what you play with right now and/or by your style of play.

One thing certain, Kamui’s ever expanding market share of the tips isn’t by chance with the Craftsmanship at the heart of quality control.

While the Japanese pig is a fine grade of leather for a pool cue tip there is still a specially selected part that is considered critical to the quality of a Kamui tip. The selected piece is then further evaluated and double checked by two craftsman.

Further testing is carried out in the production process to detect any problems and a serial number is also assigned so in the case of concern, Kamui can trace back what temperature, humidity, material and craftsman was involved.

The tips aside, the Kamiu story is a great life lesson. Through extensive testing they believed they had a very fine product! They took it took America spending serious cash advertising on every billiard magazine only to sell one tip!

With steely determination and an impenetrable belief they pushed on. Further research revealed the American billiards market is only word of mouth which prompted Kamui to push free sample tips to cue makers and repairers.

With the Kamui tips now in Billiard Shop stores in Australia the power of justified belief and steely determination proves you can achieve goals.

It’s also why Billiard Shop is passionate about their tables and accessories as the cue sport game really does bring Family and Friends together to let the good times roll!

THE STORY BEHIND ARAMITH BALLS

There’s an 80% chance that the Billiards balls you have at home are Aramith.

That’s the percentage of players worldwide that use them week in week out.

Over several decades Belgian Aramith Billiard balls have forged a worldwide recognition due to their outstanding endurance and uncompromised quality making them also the most economical purchase.

This Aramith ball will last at least five times longer than any other ball.

The company who makes them, Saluc, states that, when used properly, they will last up to 40 years for home use.

This is why Billiard Shop stocks them in everyone one of their stores throughout Queensland in Townsville, Mackay, Toowoomba, Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, Bundall on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane at Aspley and Macgregor.

Their quality is the result of a high-tech process that combines the unmatched characteristics of phenolic resin with fine Belgian craftsmanship.

This production process makes the balls very strong and scratch resistant and withstands more than 50 times more impacts.

They balls resist at friction temperature of 250 C when in motion which results in less white marks on your cloth and no flat spots on the ball.

There is little doubt the balls also make for better controlled stroke-play as a result of the unique elasticity of the resin, designed for optimal rebound along with a true and accurate roll.

It’s little wonder professional players and federations worldwide have exclusively selected the Aramith balls.

Saluc, has not rested on their laurels with their leading product by also using the exact same process for novelty sets such as NRL State of Origin sets to branded Bundaberg Rum or Jack Daniels sets. 

     

It’s why Billiard Shop has these sports loving sets on the same par as the traditional balls.

The company Saluc is situated in Callenelle in city Belgian of Péruwelz, located in the Walloon region in the province of Hainaut. Founded in 1923, Saluc started as a chemical industry specialising in tannery products before converting to billiard balls after 1950. They also make 9 pin bowling balls amongst other industrial balls used in all kind of application with exportation to more than 60 countries representing 98% of activity.

The union of these two complementary Belgian products - loved by amateur and professional billiards players the world over and sanctioned by the majority of the championships and tournament organizers worldwide -will help to reinforce the promotion on the international level of these two globally reputed and high-quality billiard products: the IWAN SIMONIS cloth and the

The path of the Aramith ball was born in the aftermath of WWII with the almost total disappearance of their core business forced the company to look for alternatives.

Due to their chemical know-how in the manufacturing of phenolic resins, Saluc saw the opportunity to move into making billiards balls with the billiard market in full expansion.

By the 1960s production was in full swing despite being up against three well-established manufacturers. However continuous fine-tuning combined with the increase in production levels saw Aramith Balls establish a leading market share.

Today, Saluc is the only company worldwide producing phenolic billiard balls. Their unique structure is more than one hundred times finer than mineral-filled polyester which gives them such qualities.

The production involves a 13-step, 23 day process that includes casting and curing processes, combined with unique grinding and state-of-the-art polishing technology.

Throughout the process, computerized technology continuously interfaces with and assist craftsmanship to guarantee the tightest tolerances and specifications.

And how about this for quality control - Each ball is still checked manually before leaving the factory to provide the worldwide distribution network with reliable output. Now that would be a job!

So next time you rack and stack ‘em, know that with Aramith you are playing with history. So I guess all there is left to do is create some playing history of your own against family, friends of foes.