Product DescriptionWhat Sets Willard ApartInstead of black silica or foil grit work, the brazen metal grit of a Willard Cue Tip shaper maintains a significantly shaper edge that only the brazen steel grit can provide. Choosing a relatively fine steel grit can shape away small portions of the cue tip with each successive turn. The choice to use a relatively fine steel grit was chosen as a way to evenly completely coat the interior of the dome shaped interior of the Willard while also providing more than enough grit to easily shape away the cue tip.
What about Willards Processing?Instead of being glued into the interior of the shaper the low carbon steel grit is brazed at over 500 degrees Celsius into the dome shaped interior of the Willard Shaper. Processing is done such that metal grit will evenly adhere to the dome shaped interior of the Willard. When the metal grit particles and the dome shaped interior are brazed together the grit is adhered into the interior of the shaper. The reasoning behind why this technique is chosen over being glued to the interior stems from the fact when particles are glued together they have the tendency to attach to one another rather than the domed shaped interior, resulting in multiple particles prematurely falling out.
Willard ManufacturingFrom the raw materials to the finished assembled product we take pride in the fact that the Willard Cue Tip Shapers can be truly labeled as being made in the U.S.A. Head quartered in 4825 S 16th St, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. Mueller Recreational Products, Inc. continues James Willards work manufacturing Willard Cue Tip shapers in the U.S.A. and distributing Willard Cue Tip shapers throughout the world as a continuation of how James Willard envisioned bringing a little more consistency and efficiency to Pool, Billiard, and Carom players alike.