I could be wrong but I've always believed that Samurai tips were (layered) laminated. http://www.cuestik.com/store/product.asp?ITEM_ID=5810&DEPARTMENT_ID=122Jack Flanagan said:still no reply, Klopek...I'm confused, have been putting Samurai tips on for years and they AIN'T layered....maybe somebody told him it was a Samurai or maybe the tip is separating because it hasn't been maintained properly ?? (they do dry out and people do abuse them)
Tip recommendations?
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I know exactly what you are talking about. Some Sumo tips have very loose fibers... and after extended play they seem to just come apart. But those are the rare ones. If you like them, try another one. Or try my favorite... Triangles.BWTadpole said:
BWTadpole said:
A friend had a Sniper installed on his Predator 314. I have a Milk Dud on my OB-1.
I shot some tests with each to see how they played and to compare them.
From what I could tell with my totally unscientific test, they played about the same: same amount of draw with the same shots. Virtually identical feel.
Consider a Milk Dud too. Mine cost me less than 50 cents apiece versus, what, at least $10.
Flex
I, too, have heard that it takes awhile for Snipers to harden up. I installed one once on my player and felt the tip played way too soft. I took it off pretty quickly, and put on a Triangle.Flex said:
I'm just not going to play with something for several weeks before it gets good. If I were going that route, I'd just use an Elkmaster. But I know a lot of players who love Snipers... too each his own, I guess.
The point, IMO, of installing a new tip is being consistent out of the box. For those that recommend Sniper to someone that plays with a hard tip is doing them an injustice. There somewhat expensive plus waisting someones time. I got away from breaking tips in, what a waist of time, not to mention playing like a marsh mellow.. Now I compress my own, a milk dud. It starts a tiny bit soft but never mushrooms. Any soft tip you have to break in will mushroom and either you or you tip man will have to trim.
If the OP likes a hard or very firm tip do them a favor and reccomend something close. Sumo tips are ok, sounds like it was made wrong which happens.
Rod
If the OP likes a hard or very firm tip do them a favor and reccomend something close. Sumo tips are ok, sounds like it was made wrong which happens.
Rod
Sniper! 
Gregg said:
I have been using a hercules medium for years. I'm waiting to have a sniper put on one of my cues, hopefully I'll like it. If not I'm sticking with hercules. I have an original moori that I like but I don't love it. Personally, out of the moori or hercules, I'd take the hercules all day.
as for layered tips i've tried moori soft and everest but they don't hold water against the kamui. i have a S on one z2 shaft and a MS on another just to see if a could feel a difference. there is a slight difference in feel and control but they both hold up well with very low maintenance.
poolcuemaster said:
There's something funny about Talisman: Some like them, for the rest they do simply not exist, or are not an option to be considered.
I like my medium pro as well: Once shaped, it is extremely durable, and I did not have to reshape it since I got the shape right.
Since I have only played LePro and Talisman up to now, I can not comment on their hardness - the Talisman medium pro seems to be similar to the two LePros I have used before and is just what I am accustomed to.
What irritated me directly after the installation was that the new tip would accept chalk fairly badly. However, after only a few hits, the surface held chalk very well. I can't explain this, but that's just the way it is and works
Regards,
Detlev
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I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for their opinions. I've been exposed to more options than I knew were out there.
I'm choosing an Everest tip for my cue. A tip not as hard as the Sumo that I'm used to, but I feel that playing with something a wee bit softer could help my cue ball control, as well as my application of english.
I'm choosing an Everest tip for my cue. A tip not as hard as the Sumo that I'm used to, but I feel that playing with something a wee bit softer could help my cue ball control, as well as my application of english.
Talisman tips are GREAT too!
I use Talisman tips on both of my Samsaras, and they play great, last a long time, and have never separated...as have happened with a few others using them.
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
LWW said:
I use Talisman tips on both of my Samsaras, and they play great, last a long time, and have never separated...as have happened with a few others using them.
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
If your shaft is a nice solid maple shaft I say go for a sniper. If you're using a 314-2 or something along those lines go for the talisman! Feedback is great with them. Sniper is awesome but a little softer than the talisman-m.