Nickel or dime shaped tip?

[Jude Rosenstock]

I thought the Tip Pik would ruin the layered tips...

It can and I have. If you insist on using a Tip Pik, use it sparingly. You really shouldn't need to use it much in the first place but in answer to your question, I've taken layers right off before.

 

[ScottR]

i disagree for the most part with the first statements.

also, i don't think you should pick the radius, sounds dumb, but i think the radius should pick you. just shape it however once, then as you play/chalk, it will take on the neccessary shape.

VAP

Dude that is just totally seismic . . . . . .

 

[Martin_K]

The key is don't bang away at it...just roll the pik lightly across the tip a few times and your done...I've never had a problem...

Ok, lightly should be no problem. I know some guys who really drill holes into their tip ...

 

[Cue Crazy]

It can and I have. If you insist on using a Tip Pik, use it sparingly. You really shouldn't need to use it much in the first place but in answer to your question, I've taken layers right off before.

I have seen guys pull layers off when twisting them on the tip. Think I even did that when I first started using one . I use a moori fast and no shaper. I do have to use a tip pik on rare ocasion, but all I do is poke holes straight into the tip with them to create tiny pockets to better hold the chalk. I rarely straight up miscue, even with a shiny hard tip that needs a good pik-ing. The kind of miscues I get are the worst kind, those slight ones that are only noticable to the shooter, and can drive you crazy before you catch on to what's going wrong. I'm Going to try a medium on My other shaft to see if that helps some.

btw, I shape to a nickel on the lathe when I install the tip, and never reshape, so I also let the tip choose It's desired radius on it's own like some of the people here mentioned. I use to use snooker shafts and a dime radius, but have long since wised up. I am a painter when it comes to the chalk. I use to grind them in the old days too, but I don't like all that chalk on My ferrule. It just seems to get better coverage for My style of tip. The hard tips seem to just wipe the chalk off when I do It the other way, so I prefer to paint it on.