hardest leather tip?

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Zivan1967

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Looking for the hardest leather tip on the market as of now and came across Samsara jump break tips and Talisman BK tips. Heard alot of good things from Samsara jump break tips but anyone try out the Talisman BK tips?
 
I don't remember who mentioned this, but they made Milk Duds with Lepros that had 100+ on hardness IIRC. Thats almost as hard as phenolic.
 
Zivan1967 said:
Looking for the hardest leather tip on the market as of now and came across Samsara jump break tips and Talisman BK tips. Heard alot of good things from Samsara jump break tips but anyone try out the Talisman BK tips?
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Make your own, it is a lot cheaper and all you need are some Le Pro tips and a table mounted Vise. Soak the tip in water for around 30 min, and then place it in vise centered and tap it tight with a hammer. Over a five day period tap it another half turn while never releasing the pressure.

That will be a hard tip, and I doubt you will find any harder.
 
manwon said:
Make your own, it is a lot cheaper and all you need are some Le Pro tips and a table mounted Vise. Soak the tip in water for around 30 min, and then place it in vise centered and tap it tight with a hammer. Over a five day period tap it another half turn while never releasing the pressure.

That will be a hard tip, and I doubt you will find any harder.
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What he said.
 
i did what manwon described except using a black WB tip and mineral spirits. i let it soak for longer though, a couple of days. you'll end up with a super hard tip
 
The Black Ingot tip that used to be on the Mezz Power Break cue was super hard.
 
Thanks for all the sugestions, i have a BK tip from my last talisman tip order but i think i'll play around with some Lepro's first and if i fail at that just use the BK
 
Zivan1967 said:
Thanks for all the sugestions, i have a BK tip from my last talisman tip order but i think i'll play around with some Lepro's first and if i fail at that just use the BK
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The Bk's are very good, but definitly not the hardest. Samsara is harder. Soak and press a super pro (or any tip), then rough it up all around the tip, install, and then wipe thin superglue around the tip making sure you use superglue that is as thin as water. Soak in plenty. Then shape.
 
I find the Sumo tips (Red) from Atlas to be quite hard. How would these rate to the tips above?
 
Jerry Powers ( Jerico Cues ) that made the Stinger has a new leather tip to replace his phenolic tip. I just had Jerry replace my tip because of the rules for tips and it still jumps very good.
 
In honor of a deceased AZB member Tom "Oldhasbeen" Ferry I'll give you his expert choice of best tip. Rhino fore skin tip taken directly by african natives from a living rhino.:thumbup:
 
Tbeaux said:
In honor of a deceased AZB member Tom "Oldhasbeen" Ferry I'll give you his expert choice of best tip. Rhino fore skin tip taken directly by african natives from a living rhino.:thumbup:
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This is nowhere near the hardness of crocodile foreskin.......Seriously I have never seen or been in a situation that a le pro tip wasn't adequate. I burnish them with some water and a match book or whatever by rotating them and it hardens the sides up nicely so the tip holds shape for a long. I quit trying to be good years ago so now I play mainly in situations where I can run the cue ball around mad without having someone make me eat it so I play more english then anyone should and again the le pro has never let me down.
 
How Much?

JE54 said:
Jerry Powers ( Jerico Cues ) that made the Stinger has a new leather tip to replace his phenolic tip. I just had Jerry replace my tip because of the rules for tips and it still jumps very good.
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Hey JE can you send me a pm about what Jerry charged for the new tip. I have a bacote stinger and am considering sending it to him for some other upgrades.
Thnx,
Dan
 
Zivan1967 said:
Looking for the hardest leather tip on the market as of now and came across Samsara jump break tips and Talisman BK tips. Heard alot of good things from Samsara jump break tips but anyone try out the Talisman BK tips?
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Hardest Leather Tip on the market - Tiger Jump/Break!

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