Moori Kobo | |
Image Alt: | Closeup of a laminated pool cue tip. It consists of multiple layers of vegetable-tanned pig skin. |
Native Name: | 有限会社毛利工房 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Romanized Name: | Japanese: Yūgen Kaisha Mōri Kōbō|italic=unset |
Type: | Originally Japanese: [[yūgen gaisha]], now Japanese: [[gōdō gaisha]] |
Industry: | Billiard equipment |
Founder: | Hideo Moori |
Hq Location City: | Setagaya-ku, Tokyo |
Hq Location Country: | Japan |
Key People: | Hideo Moori |
Products: | Billiard cue stick tips |
is a Japanese manufacturer of billiards and pool cue tips. Originally fabricated by hand by founder Hideo Moori in his home outside Tokyo, they are now produced in a factory. The tips are exclusively made from vegetable-tanned pig skin, and consist of several laminated thin layers bonded with an adhesive.[1]
Moori was among the first to use a lamination technique to make a cue tip. Moori tips received their first major exposure during the WPA World Nine-ball Championship in October 1994, and prompted many other companies to begin manufacturing layered tips.[2]
Moori makes tips in three degrees of hardness: slow (soft), medium, and quick (hard).