Precision Layered tips may not be covered in urine but they are the sh*t!
I like the Water Buffalo Pro from Cue Components better than Triangles.
Can you clarify the highlighted above? I mean are you saying they buy Elkmaster/LePro/Triangle tips and just do additional processes? Or are you saying they use the same base leather (water buffalo hide) and respective tanning processes (chrom/veg/chrome+veg), but that Ki-Tech have their own leather selection process and leather tanning, press process and controls?
Freddie <~~~ hmmm...
Blah, blah, blah.
Which tips do you use as your "blanks" for your tips? Having engaged with you before on this, and you pretty much admitting it, your soft is a modified Elk, your medium is a modified Triangle. And your hard tip is a modified Le Pro. Correct? I've cut and sanded pretty much every single piece tip on the market. Yours cut exactly like the three I just mentioned.
I have tried many of the one listed and I prefer the Kamikaze Medium Tip.
https://www.kamikazecuetips.com/
It plays very well, does not mushroom, does not glaze over and puts great english on the cue ball. It is layered and shapes very well on my lathe for shaping. It is what I recommend to all people that I install tips for.
Here is what their website says:
Kamikaze Cue Tips are 9 layer cue tips constructed from the Finest Premium hand selected Japanese Pig Skin. Japanese Pig Skin is the best leather used for constructing Premium Cue Tips. The leather fibers and pores from this leather absorb and hold chalk extremely well. This allows for excellent cue ball control, fewer miscues, and extreme "English." 100% Japanese Pig Skin tips are well known for the best material available used to construct cue tips. These tips are available to you at 50% -75% savings compared to other Japanese layered tips that are overpriced because of brand name popularity. The Diameter of the Kamikaze Cue Tips are 14 MM, and the Height is 8 MM. Kamikaze Cue Tips Hardness available in (SS) - Super Soft, (S) - Soft, (M) - Medium, (H) - Hard.
"You just might have a new Favorite Cue Tip"
I do not mind the labor involved in keeping the triangles in shape. Zero work needed for Kamui tips.
Another vote for the good old fashioned Triangle. Having tried them all, I don't think there is a better one. Very coarse, you can pick the mediums from the medium-hards, by the look of the tops, depending on your preference.
Of course, some will chime in saying wrong. You must spend more!!!
All the best,
WW
I had really great results with Muellers Dudley Tips on my Fisher cue. They shoot really well.
How can u tell the difference between the mediums and medium hard triangles?
Thanks for replying. I love the triangle tips. No more fancy layered $20 tips for me.You have to look at the tops of the Triangle tips to tell the difference.
The smoother the top, the harder the tip will be.
If it looks a bit more rough, it will be more on the medium side. They tend to range from medium to medium-hard. Hope this helps.
All the best,
WW