{"id":2959,"date":"2010-09-15T08:55:19","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T14:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home"},"modified":"2010-09-14T23:30:23","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T05:30:23","slug":"mikes-full-equipment-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/mikes-full-equipment-list","title":{"rendered":"Mike’s Full Equipment List"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a tournament player and I believe that performance and confidence in one’s equipment is of the highest importance in playing your best game.\u00c2\u00a0 I will not tolerate substandard performance from anything I use. I seek out the best gear for myself, my students, and my customers. <\/strong>Almost all of the products I use are for sale in my Billiard Coach Online Store<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is a detailed list of the equipment I play with, endorse whole-heatedly, and sell.<\/p>\n

Playing cue:<\/strong><\/span> 2008 Samsara Custom Cue\u00c2\u00a0 Link: Samsara Cues<\/a><\/p>\n

This 8 point beauty has 4 high\/4 low snake wood points with holly veneers into an ebony forearm and butt.\u00c2\u00a0 Triple diamond ring-work and a kangaroo leather wrap.\u00c2\u00a0 The butt alone weighs 15.335 ounces and with the shaft tips the scale at 18.47 oz. The playing shaft is a Predator Z-2 blank finished off with matching rings in Rugby, ND. One playing cue with a favorite performance shaft. Back-up shaft sometimes present, mostly not. The joint is a stainless steel Radial Pin by the Uni-Loc Corporation. The tip is a very old Moori Q for quick and very hard leather layered tip from Japan.\u00c2\u00a0 Links: Predator Cues, Uni-Loc Corporation<\/a><\/p>\n

Cue Case:<\/strong><\/span> 2006 Jack Justis Pro-Lite custom 4 by 8 cue case. Link: Jack Justis Cue Cases<\/a><\/p>\n

Break Cue and Jump Cue:<\/strong><\/span> 2009 Samsara Break\/Jump cue with dart jump handle.\u00c2\u00a0 The break tip is the Samsara leather break tip which is also on my spare OB-1 break shaft.\u00c2\u00a0 I also carry a Predator BK-2 break shaft with the standard phenolic tip.\u00c2\u00a0 Link: OB Cues<\/a><\/p>\n

Tip shaping accessories<\/strong><\/span>:\u00c2\u00a0 Tip-Pic (my favorite), Q-Wiz (gentle sanding for my tip only), and Joe Porper Creative Inventions burnishing tool.\u00c2\u00a0 I really don’t know why I carry this as my very hard tip almost never mushrooms.<\/p>\n

Chalk:<\/strong><\/span> Blue Diamond chalk. The very best performing chalk I’ve used.\u00c2\u00a0 It is worth it.\u00c2\u00a0 Believe me. Link: Buy Chalk Here<\/a><\/p>\n

Miscellaneous notes about things in my cue case:<\/span><\/p>\n

My break cue\/jump cue equipment combinations outnumber the playing cue by a wide margin.<\/p>\n

My cue case is constantly rounded out with a rotating variety of cues\/shafts for sale and gear being transported to customers. Some demo items are in there.\u00c2\u00a0 The bottom pocket becomes a magnet for lip care products, even though I haven’t needed\/used them for several years.<\/p>\n

More photos of the awesome cue rest machined from stainless steel and black delrin are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The odd\/unique item I have in my case is the button that grounds me and is a reminder from my days in the rat race of Corporate America.<\/p>\n

I carry surprisingly few tip and shaft maintenance tools, due to the fact that I have a lathe sitting on my kitchen counter.<\/p>\n