Has anyone tried playing with a phenolic tip (either playing with the break cue or actually putting one on your playing cue). How does it feel? How silly an idea is this actually (if at all)?
Play with a phenolic tip
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BVal said:
Is it because the phenolic tip is too hard and cannot apply spin effectively?
I played with my break cue just messin around and it actually worked well. You have to have a very nice soft stroke on shots you have to apply a decent amount of english to. I wouldn't recomend it for anything but practice......... may help you find more natural positon if you are a spin freak 
Eric.
Eric.
Well it is not able to hold chalk very well and your odds of miscueing on a shot that is too far off center of the cue ball increase dramatically. Maybe some other people on here have some better or different opinions. There are many different types of phenolic tips and some hold chalk better than others but IMO nothing replaces a good leather tip for playing. Breaking and jumping is a different story.NervousNovice said:
BVal
No one serious about playing quality pool is going to use a phen tip on their playing cue. The performance would be more than horrid compared to a quality leather tip.
Kind of like trying to run track in your Sunday church shoes... ....you can do it, but why would you want to?
Kind of like trying to run track in your Sunday church shoes... ....you can do it, but why would you want to?
My tip:
Original with phenolic (that black ferrule is plastic with phenolic inside). Hold chalk very well, but can't apply spin. Miscue often, so I hate phenolic. Changed it with a Tiger J/B tip, but don't like the hit and it just don't jump as good as phenolic. Changed again, right now a white diamond. Hold chalk much better than phenolic, can apply tons of spin, jumps like a rocket.
Original with phenolic (that black ferrule is plastic with phenolic inside). Hold chalk very well, but can't apply spin. Miscue often, so I hate phenolic. Changed it with a Tiger J/B tip, but don't like the hit and it just don't jump as good as phenolic. Changed again, right now a white diamond. Hold chalk much better than phenolic, can apply tons of spin, jumps like a rocket.
axejunkie said:
I smell a ring game!
Black-Balled said:
Yeah, ring game 10 Ball, with our J/B cues. I'm in.
Five on five, ten on the ten.
JayBates said:
Where can I find those white diamond tips or canvas phenolic tips?
NervousNovice said:
While some may have luck gluing them on...the majority will pop off at some point. Best to send it to a pro and have it done correctly. The canvas resin tips needed to be stemmed & threaded down into an unbreakable ferrule. If you feel lucky then tips can be bought at www.prathercue.com
Or use the 1pc as pictured below.
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NervousNovice said:
For the canvas-phenolic, PM Kevin Varney, who just posted above -- you won't be disappointed.
The White Diamonds are a special layered fiber and resin combination made specifically for Break and Jump Cues. These tips bond equally as well as conventional leather tips using the SAME glues cuemakers now use for traditional tip installation. So, there should be no problem with them popping off and also no complications during installation. They are made solely by Joe Picone -- you will also not be disappointed with this product, which can be found at this link:
http://piconecues.com.hosting.domaindirect.com/id4.html