Kamui Tips Q/A

KamuiInsider said:
There's a lot of wisdom in your method! Regardless, I'm glad you found something that works consistently for you! The athlete tip is great on a carbon fiber. Carlo Biado picked up an athlete hard for his wood shaft and a .98 chalk from me right before winning his match.....I was honestly bewildered by this combination of product choices. If he was a random guy I would have steered him towards something different, but he ended up winning the tournament!
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I have never tried the Athlete H, I don't remember having that option, I in no way am criticizing Kamui products, wood and leather are natural products, CF and Bulletproof Recoil tips are not, IMHO there is an advantage in being able to be able to manufacture your product for a specific purpose and get more repeatable results, some just don't like the feel of CF, to me the Becue Prime II 12.0 shaft has the best balance of feedback and transfer of power, that is one of the complaints I hear about CF is it feels dead, no feedback, I wonder if young Efren Reyes was just getting to the states in this day and age.......
 
Put a Kamui Black M on my Revo 12.9, and felt the ball came off of it a little faster than I liked. Immediately cut it off and tried the Kamui Athlete M and it felt a little softer.
 
The Kamui Black Med is out of stock everywhere I normally get them. Probably just a supply chain thing, but maybe they are planning on replacing them with something new idk? There is the Athlete now and I heard a rumor there is another new one to come out.
 
SSDiver2112 said:
The Kamui Black Med is out of stock everywhere I normally get them. Probably just a supply chain thing, but maybe they are planning on replacing them with something new idk? There is the Athlete now and I heard a rumor there is another new one to come out.
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That's odd. I am currently only out of clear black soft, clear black super soft, and snooker tips. I have plenty of regular black medium and a few clear black medium left. Going to be restocked by the end of the month. Early November if customs hits me. kamuitips.com should have what you're looking for! When I get restocked I'll also have the new ACE cowhide tip in medium which is the rumored tip you're referring to.
 
KamuiInsider said:
That's odd. I am currently only out of clear black soft, clear black super soft, and snooker tips. I have plenty of regular black medium and a few clear black medium left. Going to be restocked by the end of the month. Early November if customs hits me. kamuitips.com should have what you're looking for! When I get restocked I'll also have the new ACE cowhide tip in medium which is the rumored tip you're referring to.
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Yeah sorry, I’m not paying $34 plus shipping.
 
I know this isn't the response most of you were waiting for. I'm not sure how long it will be before we get a definitive answer, so please be patient. Also I'm not familiar with forum etiquette. Is it best to necro this thread when I receive the next response, or start a new thread? Thank you to those that are still kickin'! This is what I got from HQ:

1. Hardness
When I was in China recently, I was told that the inland regions are very dry and that shafts and tips tend to get harder there. We haven't tested under those conditions, so some of what players are experiencing may not be something we can reproduce here in Hiroshima, where it's hot and humid.

To be honest, there has been some variation in hardness before, not now. Our quality improvements have narrowed it quite a bit. When we tested around 20 brands in-house, every one of them showed some variation too. Even so, we'll keep working to reduce it further.

2. Glazing
Honestly, we haven't compared this against other brands yet, and it's a really difficult issue. To prevent mushrooming, we push the quality of our leather as far as we can, and that process does involve chemical treatment. We haven't verified how that affects glazing though, so I can't give you a clear explanation yet, or say how we compare with other brands.

We're making glazing our top priority for quality improvement, and we're going to get to the bottom of what's causing it.
 
KamuiInsider said:
I know this isn't the response most of you were waiting for. I'm not sure how long it will be before we get a definitive answer, so please be patient. Also I'm not familiar with forum etiquette. Is it best to necro this thread when I receive the next response, or start a new thread? Thank you to those that are still kickin'! This is what I got from HQ:

1. Hardness
When I was in China recently, I was told that the inland regions are very dry and that shafts and tips tend to get harder there. We haven't tested under those conditions, so some of what players are experiencing may not be something we can reproduce here in Hiroshima, where it's hot and humid.

To be honest, there has been some variation in hardness before, not now. Our quality improvements have narrowed it quite a bit. When we tested around 20 brands in-house, every one of them showed some variation too. Even so, we'll keep working to reduce it further.

2. Glazing
Honestly, we haven't compared this against other brands yet, and it's a really difficult issue. To prevent mushrooming, we push the quality of our leather as far as we can, and that process does involve chemical treatment. We haven't verified how that affects glazing though, so I can't give you a clear explanation yet, or say how we compare with other brands.

We're making glazing our top priority for quality improvement, and we're going to get to the bottom of what's causing it.
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If it's within a couple months, posting in this thread should be fine. Never really had an issue with hardness or mushrooming, just the glazing.
 
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