Please help with my tip issue.

[GoldCrown]

I’d do my best, but it ain’t lookin very good

Fatboy>>>> you can bet your bottom dollar you’ll never hear him holler but he’ll do the best he can do. (Quote James Brown… There was a time.)

 

[DWoods6354]

Major dilemma, your tips are (somewhere between a nickel and a dime) and there is too much leather left?

It's not my issue - but if it was, I'd whip out an It's George or Joe Porper tip shaper - and address those two cents. Maybe violence will help - with a properly swung with a tip tapper?

Being somewhere between a nickel and a dime sounds serious. Better fix it right away - before your next match!

Either that or limit your matches to someone that will give you the orange 5-ball out.

 

[WildWing]

Nice work!

I have a friend who’s been doing tips 40 years. He can do the same work with his lathe or without it. Can’t tell the difference, it’s stone perfect. Took him years to get that good.

I couldn’t do a tip if my life depended on it.

Thanks for the compliment. It's kind of like the old saying. How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice...

 

[SmoothStroke]

Major dilemma, your tips are (somewhere between a nickel and a dime) and there is too much leather left?

It's not my issue - but if it was, I'd whip out an It's George or Joe Porper tip shaper - and address those two cents. Maybe violence will help - with a properly swung with a tip tapper?

Being somewhere between a nickel and a dime sounds serious. Better fix it right away - before your next match!

Either that or limit your matches to someone that will give you the orange 5-ball out.

Now we’re talking, violence.
I threw the shaft 75 times 10 ft at a steel beam in my bedroom missing once thanks to Cte and quiet eye.
It knocked the meat down a lot and mushroomed like a guitar pick but it’s workable.

 

[Mensabum]

Thanks for the compliment. It's kind of like the old saying. How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice...

When it comes to tips, WW is the man!!

 

[Mensabum]

Now we’re talking, violence.
I threw the shaft 75 times 10 ft at a steel beam in my bedroom missing once thanks to Cte and quiet eye.
It knocked the meat down a lot and mushroomed like a guitar pick but it’s workable.

 

[SmoothStroke]

I did some testing and wrote an article about the utility knife blades years ago. I don't know about razor blades but the premium utility knife blades were worth their money. Didn't seem to matter much which, bi-metal, cobalt edge or all cobalt covered, they were all sharper than standard blades. The heavy duty utility knife blades are the dullest to begin with and dull faster than standard blades, I think because of a steeper bevel. I could probably have gotten five tips from each end of the premium blades but I settled for three. Six tips per blade, how tight did I want to be?(grin) I couldn't feel or see any indication they were starting to dull and I just put them in a drawer for general shop use after cutting six tips so there was no waste involved.

One thing I did, I wouldn't start trimming a tip until after I put a little mark on the blade with a sharpie. Too easy to get overlooked doing it afterwards.

I did try to live life. Sometimes burning the candle at both ends and the middle too! I liked fishing from a canoe. Redfish and trout in the daytime, fresh water bass night time. The favored night bait was a black five-eighth ounce jointed jitterbug. That thing sounded just like a coffee perculator when drug across the water at the right speed. Caught a lot of bass but attracted alligators too. On a still night I have seen the alligators coming from a couple hundred yards off sometimes. the telltale bow wave off of their heads anyway! Topwater is the only way to go if they are biting on them. My brother destroyed a lot of buzzbait spinners on redfish too. Always wanted to catch a red on a fly, never got around to it. There were some little foam spider things with legs that were killer on still days. A little twist in the line and they would slowly roll over and over attracting anything. The one and only time I almost caught a cottonmouth moccasin, his head popped up just as I pulled the fly out of the water. He looked all around, pissed!

Speaking of living life, the most fun I ever had was in a 600HP+ sprint car burning methanal and sitting on a top one horsepower cutting horse actually working cows, not in an arena. Seemed like opposite ends of a spectrum but they really weren't.

I have always believed in making my own fun as much as I could. Sometimes got me in hot water working for a boss with no sense of humor!

Hu

This is right up your alley.
Tomorrow I’m heading to Columbia PA smallmouth fishing. I search them with a spinning rod because I can quickly cover territory then I go to the fly rod.
It’s tough for the fly there is a lot of growth behind me making casting a challenge. If they are close I can roll cast more easily.

Today’s tackle is the best it’s ever been.
The spin outfit is a 2500 size reel, 8 lb braid knotted to a 8 lb fluorocarbon leader.
The rod is 6’6” 24 ton graphite, very light, strong and extremely sensitive.
It throws 1/16-1/8-3/32 oz. jigs to China.
I can feel my offering if it touches a bubble.
It’s amazing how well the tackle performs fishing rocky fast water.

Years ago I would lose more tackle because heavier weight was needed to feel the bottom.
Today I rarely get hung up and catch 10 times the amount of fish.
I agree with night fishing for largemouth.
We fish 99% at night for Striped Bass.

After fishing we’re heading to my buddy’s house. He built a long and mid range steel targets and two tactical training courses.
We put up $50.00 each and have a friendly competition.
Winner buys dinner, it’s a win win.
I’m no sharpshooter or near your level but I can hit the barn.

 

[ShootingArts]

This is right up your alley.
Tomorrow I’m heading to Columbia PA smallmouth fishing. I search them with a spinning rod because I can quickly cover territory then I go to the fly rod.
It’s tough for the fly there is a lot of growth behind me making casting a challenge. If they are close I can roll cast more easily.

Today’s tackle is the best it’s ever been.
The spin outfit is a 2500 size reel, 8 lb braid knotted to a 8 lb fluorocarbon leader.
The rod is 6’6” 24 ton graphite, very light, strong and extremely sensitive.
It throws 1/16-1/8-3/32 oz. jigs to China.
I can feel my offering if it touches a bubble.
It’s amazing how well the tackle performs fishing rocky fast water.

Years ago I would lose more tackle because heavier weight was needed to feel the bottom.
Today I rarely get hung up and catch 10 times the amount of fish.
I agree with night fishing for largemouth.
We fish 99% at night for Striped Bass.

After fishing we’re heading to my buddy’s house. He built a long and mid range steel targets and two tactical training courses.
We put up $50.00 each and have a friendly competition.
Winner buys dinner, it’s a win win.
I’m no sharpshooter or near your level but I can hit the barn.

I do like going through the courses. Even more fun, I spent a couple weeks shooting with a friend. The new .22 rifle I was using for close range had defective sights. I got disgusted with it and drug my Commander out from under the seat. A couple one shot kills in the 30-35 yard range piqued Dave's interest. He was truly excellent with a rifle but not a pistol shooter. Still he had to try the Commander. After that he spent some time every day walking through a prairie dog town Hogan's Alley style with the Commander and live action targets. It was highly entertaining just watching him!

Hu