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| Moori Kobo | |
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 Moori laminated tip | |
Native name | 有限会社毛利工房 |
Romanized name | Yūgen Kaisha Mōri Kōbō |
| Type | Originally yūgen gaisha, now gōdō gaisha |
| Industry | Billiard equipment |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Founder | Hideo Moori |
| Headquarters | , |
| Key people | Hideo Moori |
| Products | Billiard cue stick tips |
| Website | mooribrand |
Moori Kobo (有限会社毛利工房, Yūgen Kaisha Mōri Kōbō) 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.
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.
Moori makes tips in three degrees of hardness: slow (soft), medium, and quick (hard).
