Morakami Tips

Michael Webb

Michael Webb

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In keeping with the on going adventure of trying the various layered tips offered in the Industry, I have been experimenting with these new Morakami tips: http://www.cuecomponents.com/morakamitips.html

So far I am very pleased with the results.
1st- Installs easily
2- The layers are glued well, they don't fall apart when burnished.
3- I haven't miscued yet and it's been holding it's shape. I did mushroom the SS but I expected too, I'm not a gentle kind of guy.
4- Transfers English very well.
All of the tips are 14mm and come in:
Super Soft Cue Tips are 8mm tall
Soft Cue Tips are 7.6mm tall
Medium Cue Tips are 7.3mm tall
Hard Cue Tips are 7mm tall


Has anyone else tried these yet??
 
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I haven't tried them myself but one of the local 1 ball players stopped by the
other day and gave me a few. He likes them better than his usual layered tip.
 
Morakami Hard

Mike installed a Morakami Hard on one of my shafts. His experience was that a break in time was required before judging its feel. That was also my experience. But after extended play, my opinion remains fairly the same as my initial response. I really like the tip. It holds chalk well, provides great action, and is accurate. But to me, it does not feel like a hard tip (compared to Talisman WB Hard, or Moori III Quick). More like a medium hard. It reminds me a lot of a Tiger Emerald, which I also own and like. Both tips have substantial play time. They are so similar, I do not think I can tell them apart except that the Emerald mushroomed a bit and the Morakami hasn't. I do not intend to replace it.

Greg
 
I have had a medium on mine for about 6 weeks. I like it. I used to play with a black Kamui and it is very comparable. Im going to test the medium ultraskin tip after this week to see how it stands up. From what I have been hearing the ultraskins are hard to beat for the price.
 
I played with the Morakami medium for a couple of weeks for around 8 hours of playtime. It played very good. I also put a Ultraskin medium on my spare shaft and have used it about the same amount of time. Both tips play very well but I think the Morakami feels just a bit softer.

I have always used Moori medium for the past 20 years so that is what I am more familiar with so I would still choose the Moori over either one. The Moori has better feedback or feel in my opinion.
 
Post deleted....sorry I was thinking of another tip. :(

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I am guessing I am completely wrong and maybe this is common across all cue tips, but I would almost think that the tip height and hardness seem to be related. This makes me think that the tips are the same product but just compressed to different amounts to get a higher hardness rating. This would also make me think that over time, the compression you would get from playing with a super soft would eventually turn it into a hard.

Maybe I'm thinking too much ... :)
 
PaulieB said:
I am guessing I am completely wrong and maybe this is common across all cue tips, but I would almost think that the tip height and hardness seem to be related. This makes me think that the tips are the same product but just compressed to different amounts to get a higher hardness rating. This would also make me think that over time, the compression you would get from playing with a super soft would eventually turn it into a hard.

Maybe I'm thinking too much ... :)
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I think that you may be correct...

I have never seen a tip that does not compress and turn harder.
The funny part is most players love the way the tip hits when near the end of its life cycle and is at its hardest... Then want a soft tip put on?
I just shake my head and install the tip they want :)
 
I think most people leave their tips on to long 6 months and they

should change it. I have had mine on since June I play at least 5 times

a week and I can still leave a mark when I lightly press my fingernail in

the tip it feels the same as it did the week I put it on
 
PaulieB said:
I am guessing I am completely wrong and maybe this is common across all cue tips, but I would almost think that the tip height and hardness seem to be related. This makes me think that the tips are the same product but just compressed to different amounts to get a higher hardness rating. This would also make me think that over time, the compression you would get from playing with a super soft would eventually turn it into a hard.

Maybe I'm thinking too much ... :)
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Some tip manufactures do it this way but not all.
 
cuejo said:
The funny part is most players love the way the tip hits when near the end of its life cycle and is at its hardest... Then want a soft tip put on?
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Part of this apparent inconsistency may be due to the way players prepare their tips each time they play. Before I started using layered tips, I roughed my tips with a tip tapper, which IMO had the effect of making the tip play similarly as it aged. I could control play by how much I prepared the tip. Now that I have started using layered tips, I learned to prepare tips differently to avoid delayering. Since changing how i prepare a tip for play, I treat single layer tips the same way. So the way a tip ages has a different perspective for me now.
 
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