Layered tip question.....................

[garczar]

Are layered tips made to a certain hardness or are they hardness tested after-the-fact and then packaged as S-M-H etc? If they are made to a specific hardness how is this done? Thickness of hide, glue, compression? This came up at the 'hall the other day and i said i'd ask here, THE world depository of ALL billiard knowledge.

 

[RickLafayette]

Depending on the animal, you can split, or skive, a hide into several layers, usually 2 or 3. The first layer, the top grain, is harder than the layer or layers closer to the inside. In making a layered tip you can take, say 8, layers from the same batch and have more consistency, than a single layer tip. I am sure compression is a factor in the creation of all tips, layered or single. Both styles will have their own unique characteristics and fans.

In answer to your question, the layers of split hides are separated into groups of cell density, or hardness, and the tips are made from selections of these groups.

This construction is used in creating other leather products as well.

 

[garczar]

Depending on the animal, you can split, or skive, a hide into several layers, usually 2 or 3. The first layer, the top grain, is harder than the layer or layers closer to the inside. In making a layered tip you can take, say 8, layers from the same batch and have more consistency, than a single layer tip. I am sure compression is a factor in the creation of all tips, layered or single. Both styles will have their own unique characteristics and fans.

In answer to your question, the layers of split hides are separated into groups of cell density, or hardness, and the tips are made from selections of these groups.

This construction is used in creating other leather products as well.

Very good. Thanks.