Elk Master Tips

[Tennesseejoe]

Many years ago Elk Master, Le Pro, and Champion tips
were the favorite for pool players. Do any/many players use original
Elk Masters now? Elk Masters compressed?

 

[Hail Mary Shot]

The old guys!

 

[pooldawg8]

Many years ago Elk Master, Le Pro, and Champion tips
were the favorite for pool players. Do any/many to players use original
Elk Masters now? Elk Masters compressed?

Hey Buddy I still use pressed elk master/milk duds and also have a pressed Triangle on a sperate shaft amd still to this day love both of them. Hope your well my friend
Jeff

 

[Chris]

I've long been under the impression that the biggest benefit from using layered tips is that they are far more consistent, tip to tip, than traditional tips. I've heard that some traditional tips come in multipack boxes in which only 10-20% are of sufficient quality for good players, the rest being suitable only for house cues and bangers. (I cannot confirm what I've heard is true, so feel free to enlighten me.)

When traditional tips are compressed and/or "doctored" (e.g., milk duds), how is the consistency from one tip to the next?

 

[boogieman]

When traditional tips are compressed and/or "doctored" (e.g., milk duds), how is the consistency from one tip to the next?

Consistency is determined by the skill of the person pressing them. Done well they are super consistent.

 

[Straightpool_99]

Many years ago Elk Master, Le Pro, and Champion tips
were the favorite for pool players. Do any/many players use original
Elk Masters now? Elk Masters compressed?

I use pressed LePros on my pool cues. They have the right feel for me, and they're inexpensive.

I use Elk master on my snooker cue, it just feels right and I've tried many layered tips on it without it making any difference to spin etc.

 

[Hail Mary Shot]

I have a regular maple shaft that have a milkdud. I use it once in a while.