Kamui Tips Q/A

I'll take that under advisement! There are many reason for a tip glazing. There's natural and unnatural reasons. The natural reason is people hit hard when using english(or in general) causing lots of heat and friction and compressing the fibers. Also humidity plays a factor. The unnatural reason is typically a mixture of abrasive chalk, tip picking, and VERY abrasive tip tools in general. I'm not saying that it's impossible that kamui tips have a glazing issue, but it does sometimes depend on the player. Yes, aggressive tip tools temporarily adds texture, but gives more room for the fibers to compress. I'd love to recommend the gator grip or dragon tongue, but they're not in production right now. -.- When I was playing 4 days a week, I would only have to scuff maybe 3 times a month, but I do have a softer hit. I have had people switch chalk and the problem stopped. I've had people where the problem didn't go away. I've had people that have never had a glazing issue. There's a lot of factors, BUT I am bringing each of these issues up to Japan to see if their response is any different than mine. And if they are, I will follow up accordingly!
I question that to a point. You are saying that abrasive chalk/tools causes the tip to glaze? I would be inclined to say that the opposite is true.

In my experience - I played with Kamui Clear Black tips and Master chalk for say 11 or 12 of the last 15 years. I don't recall having glazing issues in those days. I scuffed with one of these about 1-2 times a month. Since then, I switched to Kamui Roku and experienced glazing and had to scuff far more often than I thought necessary. I went through multiple Clear Black tips without improvement and switched to other brands like Zan and Taom. With those, I might scuff once a month and I play at least 3 days a week.

I just got a Whitten and it's a great tip. That just might be what I select going forward.

One thought is that I switched from wood to CF about the time I switched to the Kamui Roku, but I don't see how that would cause a specific tip to glaze faster given others do not.

Kamui Tips Q/A

Haha, I am a lunatic for having started this discussion, that's for sure. I just want to see if I can be of help. I'm not trying to sell anything, I just want to do some research and see what we're lacking! I work with shipping, logistics, HQ communications, and E-Commerce for Kamui USA.
I appreciate you taking the time to see what users actually think. I like the tips but don’t use them because of the glazing issue. I do hit the balls a bit harder as well.

Kamui Tips Q/A

I'll take that under advisement! There are many reason for a tip glazing. There's natural and unnatural reasons. The natural reason is people hit hard when using english(or in general) causing lots of heat and friction and compressing the fibers. Also humidity plays a factor. The unnatural reason is typically a mixture of abrasive chalk, tip picking, and VERY abrasive tip tools in general. I'm not saying that it's impossible that kamui tips have a glazing issue, but it does sometimes depend on the player. Yes, aggressive tip tools temporarily adds texture, but gives more room for the fibers to compress. I'd love to recommend the gator grip or dragon tongue, but they're not in production right now. -.- When I was playing 4 days a week, I would only have to scuff maybe 3 times a month, but I do have a softer hit. I have had people switch chalk and the problem stopped. I've had people where the problem didn't go away. I've had people that have never had a glazing issue. There's a lot of factors, BUT I am bringing each of these issues up to Japan to see if their response is any different than mine. And if they are, I will follow up accordingly!

I haven’t used Kamui tips, but it certainly does seem many people have had issues with glazing (not just non here but I’ve heard similar complaints locally) - much more than with other brands. Hopefully Japan can shed some light on this!

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