Kamui Clear: Advice on How to Best Remove It?

Subject says it all. I hope I'm not trying to over engineer this, and perhaps I am being paranoid, it's just that I have this custom made snooker cue from the UK onto which I fitted a Kamui Black Clear Medium (using Loctite Super Gel) a few months back. Love that tip (was using regular Kamui black before).

Anyway I've been installing my tips on this cue and other snooker cues for a few years without any issues. Removing other traditional, leather only tips (using a surgical scalpel) is very easy. However I'm kind of tempted to err on the side of being extra cautious with the Kamui Clear's extra layer of silicon. Last thing I want to do is damage the ferrule, and unclear to me how this layer can be taken off once the leather has been removed with the scalpel.

Any advice? Or should I just chill out and take it off with pliers?

Thanks!

dontlitethat said:

Is the ferrule brass?


Rob.M

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No, it is not brass. It's Wooldridge's "black ferrule" system. Slightly more involved than a usual ferrule (it has a core that's integrated inside the shaft). Unclear what the material really is but it's feels like some sort of very, very dense/hard plastic-rubber ish (but nothing like the usual ferrule material found on most (?) pool cues in the US (phenolic I believe?).

See http://www.handmadecues.com/cues/22-blackspin.htm for more info (or whatever the cue maker is willing to share).

Hits 'em Hard said:

It's a polycarbonate layer not silicon. Should be able to cut it just like any other plastic, and remove it no problem.

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Thanks for your response. In that case I'd be tempted to slowly scrape it off with the scalpel. No offense to cue repair guys, they do crucial work for most pool players, as they did for me when I was playing pool, but I'd still prefer to do it myself for this snooker cue.