For a billiards player, the cue is like an extended arm, a fundamental tool providing a connection between what occurs on the table and the player’s body. It must give the player a reliable sensation of accurate contact and enhance the player’s confidence.

The cue must have the right weight, length, and diameter, as well as perfect weight distribution, according to the individual feel of the player.

The only part of the cue that touches the ball – the leather tip – is essential for accurate and reliable contact with the cue ball and for the transmission of speed, spin and impact required for the success of all of the various shots in every serious carom billiard player’s “tool box.”

In the last thirty years, the game has become more technical, mostly due to better materials and equipment. Interestingly, both the manufacture of wooden shafts for billiard cues and that of cue tips have also progressed to support the serious player.

In fact, the most advanced finished cue tip currently in production is no longer realized through the processing of a “whole/mono-block” semi-finished product, as was done in the past, but rather from a “laminate” semi-finished product. This “laminate” semi-finished product is composed of a unit made up of many small, identical parts, pre-processed and then joined together through appropriate bonding. This final product ensures a higher quality, better perception of the shot, always consistent and with more easily predictable reactions over time.

Regarding the cue tips, during my career, I’ve tried out tons of them — Japanese, American, Korean — trying to find the perfect fit with my game. Even when I found a cue tip that met my needs, since it wears out relatively quickly with use, I increasingly noticed recently that when I replaced worn or damaged cue tips, I noticed with concern significant differences in quality.

Producing and finding consistently high quality, reliable cue tips is always a challenge for both cue tip craftsmen and for serious players. So when a Korean company specializing in leather processing proposed to collaborate with me in creating, for the first time, a new cue tip, I accepted this commitment with passion and enthusiasm.

We thus began various research and experiments, combining our respective expertise, and this commitment extended for about two years.
Finally, we made the Marco Zanetti Cue Tip, which I believe is a top quality item in today’s billiard equipment marketplace.

The Marco Zanetti Cue Tip holds chalk perfectly and it consistently provides excellent grip on the cue ball with high transmission of impacts and spins, maintaining great compactness over time and usage. Its sound is pleasant, and the player quickly becomes familiar playing with it, which is of the utmost importance.

It is very important to note here that due to the high quality of materials and craftsmanship the Marco Zanetti Cue Tip lasts much longer than others and doesn’t wear out as quickly.

Consistent quality control is of paramount importance to us, and our production team is committed to the highest standards in the making of this cue tip using unique and special production techniques to ensure quality. I am confident in pursuing our goals of the highest quality and reliability of the Marco Zanetti Cue Tip.

The prototypes that I have distributed to some professional “colleague-friends” were well-received. Many of them were so surprised by the quality of the product that they began using them in competitions.

I hope you will enjoy the Marco Zanetti Cue Tip as much as I do. It is the result of much work, expertise, and dedication to make your game of billiards even better.

You can’t buy the Marco Zanetti Cue Tip here, but you can find it at your favorite billiards store.