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How To Use a Tip Pick like the BowTie by Cuetec

Sunday, April 8th, 2012

Today I’m going to show you how to use a Tip Pick. This particular pick is the Bow-Tie by Cuetec. The Bow-Tie features as Scuffer, a Shaper and a Tip-Pick inside of it. A lot of people have this tool but they don’t know how to use it well. I aim to fix that today.

One very good was to use it is by taking the Tip-Pick part of it (with all the needles on it) and hit your tip with it. You want to rotate it a bit each time. Pretend you’re a slow woodpecker and you’ll get a pretty good rhythm going. The other way you can do it is to use the edge of it and press into it. You’ll want to rotate it a bit as well as you go. This will allow you to stick your needles in there much further. DO NOT stick the needles in the tip and twist it because that will break all the fibers in the leather tip and it will permanently damage it.

The other part of the BowTie is the Shaper part which is like a dome. When your tip gets mushroomed, you will just stick it on there and rotate it. Apply as much pressure as you need to.

The third part of the Bow-Tie is the Scuffer. This particular aspect of the Bow-Tie is similar to the actual Tip-Pick. This doesn’t work nearly as well as the Tip-Pick so I don’t recommend using this unless you absolutely have to (like if you somehow could only find the top half of the Bow-Tie and didn’t have the Tip-Pick.)

Amazingly Expensive Gifts for Pool Players

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

So, you’ve got a pool player on your gift list and you have no idea what to get them? If you’re looking to get them the absolute best gifts available, here are three excellent high-end gifts for the pool player in your life.

First of all, we’ve got a quality leather case. This one features a solid code inside. Each one is individually felted and lined, you can see how nice it is inside. This one is made of real leather, not vinyl like so many lower-end cue cases. Another nice feature about this particular case is it’s shoulder strap is well padded. This makes it far more comfortable to carry from place to place.

The next gift you can get that any pool player would be absolutely thrilled to receive is a new break stick. For “money-is-no-object” types, the Predator BK2 Break Stick is the best around. This one features a sport-grip and, like all break cues, this is only designed for one single shot and that’s the break shot. As you can imagine, a lot of players out there can’t justify such an expense for a single-purpose cue… which is what will make it such a fantastic gift!

Finally, if you really want to surprise the pool player in your life, a new pool table would be an excellent choice. Of course, a pool table is highly customizable, offering numerous options for stains, colors, sizes and more. If you know the recipient’s tastes pretty well, you can definitely create a table that they’d be proud to own. If you’re unsure of what combinations would work, simply bring a photo of the room that the table will be installed in to the owner of the store. At Billiards and Darts Direct, we often help customers to decide what combinations will work best for their pool table based on the room it’s going into.