謝妖。（人生第一次……）

桿頭，又稱(chēng)皮頭，我們這邊叫皮套（很有鄉(xiāng)土氣息吧）。其實(shí)就是粘在球桿擊球端的一個(gè)小小的皮制套子。

皮頭是怎么來(lái)的呢？查了一下有兩種說(shuō)法。一是十九世紀(jì)時(shí)以駐印度的法國(guó)士兵明夸特在受罰練習(xí)時(shí)為了改善禿頭球桿而發(fā)明的；另一個(gè)是法國(guó)球手米佳發(fā)明的（這位仁兄似乎還發(fā)明了巧克粉）。一個(gè)皮頭的好壞直接影響了擊球的效果。經(jīng)常打球的都有這樣的體會(huì)，開(kāi)好臺(tái)子第一件事就是選一個(gè)趁手的球桿，你看那些一上來(lái)找最漂亮最長(zhǎng)的兄臺(tái)就是初學(xué)者，先看皮頭后摸握把再比長(zhǎng)度的是高手，更厲害的就是自帶球桿的（淘寶幾十塊的那種不算噢親）。

皮頭有兩種分類(lèi)，其一是按照尺寸可分為9MM,10MM,11MM,12MM等

其二按照制作工藝又可分為單層皮頭和多層皮頭。

1.單層皮頭：?jiǎn)螌悠ゎ^又稱(chēng)壓制型皮頭，是傳統(tǒng)的斯諾克皮頭。制作工藝就是把單獨(dú)的一層皮革壓制做成皮。常見(jiàn)品牌有：

鹿頭（Tweetens Elk Master Tips）

藍(lán)鉆牌（Brunswick Blue Diamond）

2.多層皮頭。多層皮頭就是將多層皮革用膠水粘起來(lái)，然后壓制成皮頭。特點(diǎn)在于質(zhì)地堅(jiān)硬，彈性均勻。但因?yàn)槭钦澈系模砸踩菀壮霈F(xiàn)分層的情況。

常見(jiàn)的品牌有：

OMIN （泰國(guó)產(chǎn)）

Talisman皮頭（據(jù)說(shuō)奧沙利文，希金斯等大師都是用這個(gè)牌子的。）

這個(gè)牌子資料還挺多的。Talisman的皮頭用11層皮革壓制成，有軟，中，硬三種硬度可選。型號(hào)共分為PRO和WB兩種。

Talisman PRO

這個(gè)是未經(jīng)打磨的

Talisman WB

像不像白加黑？

Talisman皮頭的特點(diǎn)如下：

1.更佳操控性 – 能使母球有更多旋轉(zhuǎn)代表更能控制局面，Talisman能使你以較少的力量打出較多的旋轉(zhuǎn)，當(dāng)我們用力擊球時(shí)，往往會(huì)因?yàn)閯?dòng)作較大而影響準(zhǔn)確性，Talisman容許你以更值得信賴(lài)的運(yùn)桿速度和動(dòng)作，打出你想要的效果，換言之，你可以較慢的球速打出長(zhǎng)推及長(zhǎng)拉，并保持準(zhǔn)確性。

2.打入更多球 – 因?yàn)門(mén)alisman皮頭能以低球速打出高旋轉(zhuǎn)，你將會(huì)打入更多球，一個(gè)運(yùn)行較慢的球進(jìn)袋的機(jī)會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)都會(huì)高一些。

3.更佳的穩(wěn)定性 – 皮頭由10層豬皮強(qiáng)力膠水壓制而成，因此有更佳的回復(fù)原狀能力且經(jīng)久耐用，所以剛換上的皮頭與快要用完的皮頭擊球效果基本一致。 減少適應(yīng)新皮頭的過(guò)程。

4.覆蓋球臺(tái)更大范圍 – 更多的旋轉(zhuǎn)能使母球跑得更快更遠(yuǎn)，而不增加球速及減低準(zhǔn)確性。

Talisman減少母球的偏離程度：

1.更多磨擦力 – 偶爾用針刺輕刺一下皮頭，可以讓更多擦粉留在皮頭增加對(duì)白球的抓著力

2.更準(zhǔn)確 – 讓我們正視，要每次都能擊中母球的同一點(diǎn)是極之困難的，減少母球的偏離程度可使母球的運(yùn)行路線更穩(wěn)定，因此擊球更準(zhǔn)確。

所以你知道為什么大師們打出的球?yàn)槭裁催@么炫目了吧？

皮頭的安裝

1、用刀片切掉保護(hù)皮頭，露出銅箍和木頭。

2、用銼刀（或砂紙建議用砂紙）修整，使銅箍和木頭的端面在同一平面內(nèi)。

3、用沙紙研磨端面及皮頭低平面。

4、用刀片刮取適量膠水，均勻地涂在端面和皮頭的低平面上。

5、用固定器將皮頭固定在球桿上。如果沒(méi)有固定器可用硬器輕輕擊打桿頭；或?qū)⑶驐U立起，垂直向下用皮頭輕擊地面。

6、打磨皮頭，打磨到自己想要的厚度，外形就可以了，安裝皮頭就完成了。

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皮頭的品牌

國(guó)內(nèi)一般有LP、LX特制、BS、LK.T皮頭

國(guó)外就包含了剛才介紹的鹿頭（Tweetens Elk Master Tips）、藍(lán)鉆（Brunswick Blue Diamond）、O‘min 、Talisman等等。

最后附上一段英文的介紹，這段對(duì)皮頭的介紹還是很全面的，但是個(gè)人翻譯水平實(shí)在是……所以就貼原文，不獻(xiàn)丑啦。

Leather tips of varying degrees of shapes and hardness are affixed to the ferrule. The standard shapes for a tip are nickel and dime, determined by shaping a tip so that when one puts a nickel or dime to it, they are the same curvature. Quarter-shaped tips are less common, though are usually used for breaking cues because less curvature means less accidental spin and more accuracy for a straight shot such as the break.

Rounder tips impart English (more colloquially known as spin) more easily since the point of contact between a tip and the cue ball requires less distance from the center hit to do the same amount of spin due to the increased tangential contact. Tips are sometimes made of harder materials such as phenolic resin because it is favored upon for a break cue (Breaks usually require less spin, thus less round harder tips preserve the shape of the tip longer without sacrificing the effectiveness of the break).

The tip end of the cue will vary in diameter but is typically in the 11 to 14 millimeter (mm) range with 13 mm for pool cues being most common and 9.5 mm for Snooker cues being most common.

A leather tip naturally compresses and hardens with subsequent shots. Without proper care, the surface of the tip can develop an undesired smoothness or glossiness which can significantly reduce the desired friction between the tip and the cue ball. Cue chalk is applied to the tip of the cue, ideally after every shot, to help achieve the desired friction and minimize the chance of a miscue. This is especially important when the cue tip does not hit the cue ball in its center and thereby imparts spin to the cue ball.

There are different grades of hardness for tips, ranging from very soft to very hard. Softer tips like "Elk Master" hold chalk better, but tend to degrade faster from abrasion (from chalk and scuffers), shaping (from cue tip shapers/tackers/picks), and mushrooming (from normal use or hard hits that compact the tip from all directions). Harder tips like "Triangle" and "Le Professional" ("Le Pro") maintain their shape much better, but because of their hardness, chalk tends to not hold as well as it does on softer tips. The hardness of a leather tip is determined from its compression and tanning during the manufacturing process.

All cue tips once were of a one-piece construction, like "LePro" or "Triangle". More recently some tips are made of layers that are laminated together, like "Moori" and "Talisman". Harder tips and laminated tips hold their shape better than softer tips and one-piece tips. Laminated tips generally cost more than one-piece tips due to their more extensive manufacturing process. A potential problem with laminated tips is delamination, where a layer begins to separate from another or completely comes apart. Delamination is not common and usually results from improper installation, misuse of tip tools, or high impact masse shots. One-piece tips are not subject to this problem, but they do tend to mushroom more easily, which is when the sides of the tip bulge out.

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