Well I put one of Tom Hay's medium Ultra Skin tips on my shaft the other day and went out the next day to play some pool. My initial reaction was,,,,,,,,,,,,,, this tip sucks! It feels dead just plain damn dead, kind of a dull feeling with a very dead hit. BUT I kept shooting with it just to be fair. Well, about 25 minutes later on a medium hit the damn thing flew right off the ferrule. Now mind you I have ivory ferrules with fibre pads. I had put the tip on with a new fibre pad and it left the ferrule with the fibre pad intact. SO when I got up the next day I thought I had better examine the failure. What I concluded was the glue adhered wonderfully to the tip and pad but not so well to the the ivory. THUS I concluded that I must have a glue problem and since I had used a different glue I was correct. SO I tossed that whole tip out and started out all over again with a new tip, pad and brand new fresh glue. NOW I went back out with a newly glued tip on and gave it another round of play and have come to the conclusion that your tips are great and play very well. The hit is crisp, solid and consistent. I've not noticed any issues with miscues either leading me to feel these are a great tip! I guess I learned two things, one Tom's tips are the real deal and fresh glue is a good thing!!
Thanks Tom!