Opinions on Hirano pool tips?
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bump for info......... i'd like to know a little more about these too
"Get in your samurai gear and get ready for some new innovations coming out of Japan Hirano Cue tips($11.90) are constructed from only the most select domestic pig skins. They are very hard to produce because only the thickest pig skins are used in making these tips. Where other tips may require 8 or more layers to acchieve the same thickness hirano tips only use 4 layers."
From poolcueshaft.com i found on google.
From poolcueshaft.com i found on google.
There are almost too many cue tips to keep track of. I feel sorry for the cue makers and cue repair folks who have to stock the large variety of tips now available.
I got my Hirano tip installed today. It was a soft tip. What I can say is that it really hits like a soft tip but it takes alot of getting used to. The tip seems to absorb the hit alot. I'm not yet fond of it. I'll keep testing it in the days to come.
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did you get only the soft. i'm considering getting a hard tip
Yeah I got the soft only. I had a Tiger Onyx installed, good solid tip, but a lil' bit hard. So I wanted something soft, but the leather is that thick that it actually absorbs the hit from what I hit with it so far. Some may like it, but I'm not fond of it.
i installed and tested a medium and i really like these tips. some background on me....i prefer non-layered tips, they have a much more solid hit to me. most layered tips just don't hit solid to me, sometimes have a very slight clicking or tick sound, or feels like something just isn't put together right. yes, i am installing the tip correctly and no i am not abusing the tip. i consider this just a flaw of the layered tip design and i feel this with almost all layered tips i see, though most people don't seem to notice it or it doesn't bother them. also, most layered tips i've tried (and i've tried them all) seem to hit more like a chunk of glue than a chunk of leather. the hirano is one of the few layered tips that i've liked and i attribute it primarily to the use of fewer but thicker layers. it hits much more like a block tip. the leather is very high quality, cuts great, holds chalks and doesn't glaze over. tip did not mushroom on me and held shape great. the tip is slightly shorter than a typical layered tip, probably if they added one more layer, it would be more like other tips in terms of height. not too big a deal, but they do install slightly thinner from the get go. i highly recommend checking out these tips, i really thought they were well made. though i'll still take a good triangle any day 
i play with a medium and i like it a lot. its very solid and doesnt miscue or mushroom like the new mooris that i had been using previously. they are quality tips that are just beginning to pick up steam here in japan. its still a fairly small operation but i think they will keep getting better over time.
Installed my first Hirano Medium today on a customer's Predator 314-2 shaft. We played a few on my table and I was impressed with the hit. It felt fairly firm and the english appeared to be very consistent. The installation and shaping of the tip went very smoothly and the finished product looked nice. So far, I like it.
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I have gone through atleast 20 different kinds of tips and was definately sold on the moori Q . It was getting kind of pricey but it didnt bother me so much as i was noticing i hated anyones cue that had a softer tip than that so i said what the hell and looked for a harder tip. The Hirano hard is freaking awesome. Its not something to shoot with if you dont have cue ball control , thats for sure. Ive had it on for 1 day and it needs about 20 seconds of breakin time lol. Im pretty much in love right now.
Hirano is an old Japanese brand for high quality leather products. Their cue tips are new here, so far players who decided to try it said nothing but good about Hirano M and S (didn't meet anyone who would ask for Hard yet). As an installer I noticed that Hiranos must be most hard tips of comparative hardness. That said, Kamui Black M is a bit harder than Moori M, and Hirano M is harder than Kamui Black M. Same story with S and H. I didn't try how they play though, but I expect Hirano S to behave like Moori M, i.e. providing not so soft hit. That very I like.
I gave the soft try, it did shape nicely. But hit and feel just like a Sniper tip. Which feels like a sponge to me. No feedback on the hit. I know allot of guys here love this tip - Not my cup of tea I guess.
But did install a Medium, it also shaped nice and easy. Unlike the soft, it had great feedback and a nice ping on the hit. Accepts chalk better than the soft as well.
But I just installed it we'll see how it changes over the next couple weeks of play.
But did install a Medium, it also shaped nice and easy. Unlike the soft, it had great feedback and a nice ping on the hit. Accepts chalk better than the soft as well.
But I just installed it we'll see how it changes over the next couple weeks of play.
I'm a fan of 4 & 5 layer tips like Hirano and Tiger Dynamite.
I have Tiger Dynamite (5-layer) on several cues, but a friend was using Hirano for a while, I liked the hit, sort of a medium hard hit.
At first he went crazy over Hirano tips, but these Kamul black soft guys are way too picky, and he cut them off.
I have Tiger Dynamite (5-layer) on several cues, but a friend was using Hirano for a while, I liked the hit, sort of a medium hard hit.
At first he went crazy over Hirano tips, but these Kamul black soft guys are way too picky, and he cut them off.
anyone using it this 2017 or 2016 and their feedback