It is the true cost of the tip to manufacture it. If it costs the same to make as all other layered tips then you are paying for a NAME not performance.
OK this is ask the cuemaker ... so ...
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Coos Cues
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I tried one on my own player and found it to be unbearably hard. I don't like a tip I have to fiddle fart around with for it to hold chalk.Pick up some "Duds" on here and be done with it.
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Coos Cues
I consider it the lowest of the low profit I make from building cues. I only put on tips because no one else does it competently around here.
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Just like a zillion other consumer goods right?
Hard Knock Cues
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I do very little tip work although I should as an amateur, but noticed guys that can do just as much with a 50 cent le'pro tip as do with a $20 layered tip.
By the way I just noticed there's no CENT symbol on the new phone keyboard. Wow loose change doesn't mean a thing anymore
There is no ¢ anymore ? Nobody told me !I do very little tip work although I should as an amateur, but noticed guys that can do just as much with a 50 cent le'pro tip as do with a $20 layered tip.
By the way I just noticed there's no CENT symbol on the new phone keyboard. Wow loose change doesn't mean a thing anymore
Dave
PS on a Windows device hold the Alt key down and then type 0162 and a ¢ sign will appear
PPS I have no idea how to do that on a phone, I am too old for that chit
snookered_again
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Yes, that makes perfect 0162's -JOn my (android) phone, the cent symbol is on the second screen of punctuation marks... Not that that has anything to do with cue making, since we all charge $ instead of ¢.
I do very little tip work although I should as an amateur, but noticed guys that can do just as much with a 50 cent le'pro tip as do with a $20 layered tip.
By the way I just noticed there's no CENT symbol on the new phone keyboard. Wow loose change doesn't mean a thing anymore
¢
Long press the Dollar Sign, it will offer other currency characters, including the one I posted above
Hard Knock Cues
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Okay thanks y'all. I guess I'm not too old to learn new tricks. Back to cue making 
Tip are made of organic material, pig, cow or waterbuffalo. If you think that H, M or S labeling means a much you are smoking Crack.
I have aalways had a durometer and I check every tip when the come in my shop then write the durometer number gh on the back with a pencil.
I find many softs in the hard catagory and many hards in the soft group. Most are closer to med. So much that I only order S and H because there is a ton of Ms in the S and H. If you dont have a duometer you have no clue what hardness tip is going on.
I owned a 11000 sq ft Billiards Cafe & Bar and had 600 league players. During that 10 year period I did over 6000 tips. That being said I have a pretty good feel for the different brands and how they cut with a very sharp razor.
So my answer to the OPs question is:
In my Opinion, the ultra Skin cuts more consistant as it ribbons better than Kamui Clears. So I like installing them better buy preference.
The fact remains any tip's feel from a hardness point of view can only be quantified by Shore D test on a durometer. Period! Giving an subjective opinion without verifying with an instrument is just wolfing or plain BS. Buy a durometer and see for yourself.
The general pool public thinks they will play better if they pay more money. It's a feel good thing from a branding perspective.
The most consistant tip hands down is the Triangle. It is the med tip that is still the king of the hill as it is Chrome Tanned Only a few tips per box are out of the med range.
I have aalways had a durometer and I check every tip when the come in my shop then write the durometer number gh on the back with a pencil.
I find many softs in the hard catagory and many hards in the soft group. Most are closer to med. So much that I only order S and H because there is a ton of Ms in the S and H. If you dont have a duometer you have no clue what hardness tip is going on.
I owned a 11000 sq ft Billiards Cafe & Bar and had 600 league players. During that 10 year period I did over 6000 tips. That being said I have a pretty good feel for the different brands and how they cut with a very sharp razor.
So my answer to the OPs question is:
In my Opinion, the ultra Skin cuts more consistant as it ribbons better than Kamui Clears. So I like installing them better buy preference.
The fact remains any tip's feel from a hardness point of view can only be quantified by Shore D test on a durometer. Period! Giving an subjective opinion without verifying with an instrument is just wolfing or plain BS. Buy a durometer and see for yourself.
The general pool public thinks they will play better if they pay more money. It's a feel good thing from a branding perspective.
The most consistant tip hands down is the Triangle. It is the med tip that is still the king of the hill as it is Chrome Tanned Only a few tips per box are out of the med range.
Tips seem to be very "trendy". For a while, I couldn't keep enough Caiden Fighters in stock, then the Kamui Black Clears became all the rage. Nowadays, I install Zan Hybrid Max on 90%+ of the 50-60 tips I do a month and have a whole inventory of Kamui, Caiden, Ultraskin, and others that I barely touch anymore. The Caiden Warrior looked like it might be in the running for the newest fad, but feedback after a month of playing with them has been poor. I've ended up cutting most of them off and installing something else.
I know one thing for sure: a few months from now, we'll be talking about yet another new fad. Who knows.
I know one thing for sure: a few months from now, we'll be talking about yet another new fad. Who knows.