Tip Press Effects

[1ab]

I searched and read many threads about tips compressing at different rates, for a variety of reasons. I found a lot of entries considering the pros and cons of density along with some referring to elasticity. My goal was to understand if a new SS would cause a constant change in the tip that ends up in harder state, would I be well off to go ahead and start with the med. to hard tip and reduce the effects of the inevitable, or if, by using a tip press, would I gain anything compressing a SS to start with, other than a harder tip? I was also intrigued by the threads on "Milk Duds". Couldn't imagine who came up with the process, but it sure seems popular !

 

[The Renfro]

Because of repeated impact all tips will end up at around 78 on the durometer according to test results posted here... However hardness is not the only variable to be considered when discussing a tip... COR or bounce is a factor that is virtually untested.... DrDave did some stuff with a high speed camera and calculated that a leather tip was in the 70s and that a phenolic tip was in the 90s....

This is just the tip of the iceberg..... Different leathers have different resilience.... The order of the bounce would be Buffalo, Cow and then Pig.....

Tanning process and adhesives also will have an impact on bounce.... Chrome tanning is soft and will have little bounce... Think elkmaster... Now soak an elkmaster in milk... The casein in milk has cohesive and resilient qualities when it dries..... Even tho you will beat the elkmaster into a small rock the addition of the casein to the tip will enhance resilience even after it has been compressed.....