5th avenue tips
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slightly more prone to miscuing but when they dont they play like a poor mans kamui brown
http://www.bhtip.com/xo-85/
Not too long installed one of these V Class - play as good if not better than moori or Kamui. IMO of course :grin:
Not too long installed one of these V Class - play as good if not better than moori or Kamui. IMO of course :grin:
I actually think that I miscue less with this tip than with a kamui, tiger, or moori because its less layers, and I'm concentrating more on my stroke. Cue ball control is good, but not as good as kamui etc, but I'm always outrunning my shape with those other tips honestly, and can't stand the feel of black kamui's at all. Brown kamuis feel better to me, but I'm always overrunning my shape with those too. These 5th avenue tips aren't that expensive, are they? I've never seen those other tips.
These are very good tips for the money. Easy to install. They hold their shape very well.
Sounds like the tips I used to buy from Chris Hightower. They were 5 layered boar skin, I believe, and came in red and golden brown.
I don't recall what he called them, but I sold them as the Red Dragon, and the Gold Dragon.
They were good tips at a very reasonable price. :smile:
I don't recall what he called them, but I sold them as the Red Dragon, and the Gold Dragon.
They were good tips at a very reasonable price. :smile:
I found the 'BLACK DIAMOND' tips on e-bay. I believe they come from the same vendor as the 5th avenue. It is a multi layered SOFT Buffalo hide tip.
It is hard to explain the hit, other than to say that it is "spongy". This tip gives a good hit, getting all the spin one needs. The other great thing about them is they sell for approx. 3 for $10.00. I have tried a myriad of tips, and still keep coming back to these. Cheap enough to give a try! jmho. TAP
It is hard to explain the hit, other than to say that it is "spongy". This tip gives a good hit, getting all the spin one needs. The other great thing about them is they sell for approx. 3 for $10.00. I have tried a myriad of tips, and still keep coming back to these. Cheap enough to give a try! jmho. TAP
you're right on the nose with your description!!!maybe they'd glaze less if they were med-hard like they're described. i used one of these tips exclusively for a few months. i really like the firmness and id still use one if it glazed over less.
Are there any 4-5 layer tips that don't glaze over as bad? I'm no wanting to go the kamui route, but I like that these tips are pretty firm. I've been playing with softer tips until I got this new espiritu cue with an xp shaft with 5th ave tip.
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