tips..........

dquarasr said:
I recently got a Kamui medium. Dang, is that tip hard! (That’s what she said lol.)

Still getting used to it, still not sure i like it but I’m hanging in there with it before I decide to go with another $40 for a Kamui soft or most other brand medium.
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This is my experience and personal opinion. If you are unhappy with that tip, try a different brand. My cue came with a Kamui. I knew it was an expensive tip and many people like and use them. I had little experience with different tips and just assumed it was a great tip. The more I used it the more it would quickly glazed over and have to be messed with. It is an expensive tip, so I am thinking this was normal for tips. After a while though I came to realize all tips were not like this.

Watching other players and digging into the AZB tomes of knowledge led me to trying a different tip. I tried a Thoroughbred medium and so glad I did. At a quarter of the cost, I have a tip that performs way better and needs little maintenance.
 
boogieman said:
When you install it, coat the sides of the tip with a black permanent sharpie. It will burnish and stay burnished very easily. No idea why but it lets you really put the shine to it. This works with many tips, not just milkduds, but even homemade duds really shine with this treatment.
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So after applying a coat of the marker ink, do you still burnish the tip with a piece of leather?
 
HueblerHustler7 said:
Hard to go wrong with a really good non layered tip. The hard part is finding a good lepro, triangle, or elk. I dig the outsville technodud, a lot, but I have tip OCD and I don't like how it's hard to keep a good burnish on a non layered tip. For layered tips Ive been really enjoying the Zan soft, medium, and hybrid max line of tips. I also love the grip and action of the predator victory " soft " tip IMHO I use soft lightly because even before broken in, I think its more of a great medium tip. And last but not least Kamui black "Soft" again I say this lightly... I recently have been giving this tip more tries, seems they may have fixed their glazing problem that I hated Kamui for in the past, granted I use Taom chalks. But as with every tip I have encountered you are bound to find a bad one in the bunch every once in awhile, Just sucks when it an expensive tip... With that being said Tips can play differently depending on what setup they are installed on, I could love one type of tip on a certain shaft and hate it on a completely different one.
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Hard to go wrong with a really good non layered tip. The hard part is finding a good lepro, triangle, or elk.

Any idea if there's a difference between Hi-Chrome elks, vs the standard elks?
 
EddieBme said:
So after applying a coat of the marker ink, do you still burnish the tip with a piece of leather?
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The marker will change the color but it will certainly burnish fine without it. Ferrule materials can melt if you try to over do the burnishing process.
 
EddieBme said:
So after applying a coat of the marker ink, do you still burnish the tip with a piece of leather?
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Yes, or better yet an empty paper towel tube. Avoid the glue lines but the cardboard on them is the best burnishing material in the world.
 
EddieBme said:
Hard to go wrong with a really good non layered tip. The hard part is finding a good lepro, triangle, or elk.

Any idea if there's a difference between Hi-Chrome elks, vs the standard elks?
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If you like non layered, try a milk dud. There's a member that sells them, maybe someone will chime in with his name, I forget.
 
Renegade_56 said:
The marker will change the color but it will certainly burnish fine without it. Ferrule materials can melt if you try to over do the burnishing process.
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I think it's just the fact that you can see a shine on a black surface better. Think how easy a car painted black shows dust.
 
I have bought this twice now, very impressed with them. Shape nicely, hold chalk for a long time and have not mushroomed on me. Plus are priced right.
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EddieBme said:
Hard to go wrong with a really good non layered tip. The hard part is finding a good lepro, triangle, or elk.

Any idea if there's a difference between Hi-Chrome elks, vs the standard elks?
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No actually, but I was under the impression that all tweeten products were "chrome tanned"? I just go by the multiple threads I have read and, sorry to say its not a milk dud I'm talking about but I will bite a tip out of a box lol, also I have done the dunk test... The one that says floaters are garbage sinkers are gold, but my best results are trial and error and literally inspecting a non layered tip and then giving it the cool old sound test lol. Also the good thing about non layered tips is that they sort of mold to your play style based on how hard you shoot and break them in.
 
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HueblerHustler7 said:
No actually, but I was under the impression that all tweeten products were "chrome tanned"? I just go by the multiple threads I have read and, sorry to say its not a milk dud I'm talking about but I will bite a tip out of a box lol, also I have done the dunk test... The one that says floaters are garbage sinkers are gold, but my best results are trial and error and literally inspecting a non layered tip and then giving it the cool old sound test lol. Also the good thing about non layered tips is that they sort of mold to your play style based on how hard you shoot and break them in.
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Elks being "chrome tanned" was my understanding also. Never knew there was a "Hi-Chrome" until recently.
 
whammo57 said:
SSDiver2112 said:
This is my experience and personal opinion. If you are unhappy with that tip, try a different brand. My cue came with a Kamui. I knew it was an expensive tip and many people like and use them. I had little experience with different tips and just assumed it was a great tip. The more I used it the more it would quickly glazed over and have to be messed with. It is an expensive tip, so I am thinking this was normal for tips. After a while though I came to realize all tips were not like this.

Watching other players and digging into the AZB tomes of knowledge led me to trying a different tip. I tried a Thoroughbred medium and so glad I did. At a quarter of the cost, I have a tip that performs way better and needs little maintenance.
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Any idea what a SIB tip is?
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As I mentioned earlier, I installed a Bulletproof tip on a guy's Jump/Break. It came out nice and he really likes it so far.

I noticed a tip called an Xtreme Clear Break Jump online. It is advertised as the same material as the "more expensive ones", obviously implying the Bulletproof tip and are half the price.

I have not been able to find any feedback or reviews on it. Does anyone have any experience with this tip?
 
ak1975 said:
I am currently using ultra skin black HH, love them along with triangles. Not sure why anybody would pay $25 for a tip.
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yeah i recently got one of those to play with and love it. cant wait for it to harden up and see how it feels.

right now on my main player i love this well broken in tiger everest.
 
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