I can't speak for all the Cue repair people but can state for fact Dick Neighbors has posted on very many occasions the $10.00 a tip charge and his preferance to it. Mans a real, real deal and helps everyone he can on AZB.
To doubt him hearing it is absurd, I as many have heard it on numerous occasions.
I can however factualy squash the rumors. I held a full box of Morris in my hand that were sent via a courier from Morris in Japan. 100% sure as if my life depended on it. No, I did not play with any as on visual examination they were not the Morris I remember from the Mid 1990's.
I guess my question to Joe would be, do you feel the Morri of today is the same quality as those I remember when I bought my first tin of 50 or the Tins I bought for many years after. They are going under a microscope and yes, I have a Morri from the 1990's to compare it to.
Whats your true opinion Joe? You know the tips I speak of in the wayback machine and the ones of today. How would you compare Morri past to Morri present?
Tom,
In case you haven't noticed, I don't hang out on AZ everyday. I occasionally chime in when something piques my interest or when I am notified to take a look at something so I don't know who says what and when they say it in the case of Dick. I'm happy for him and his policy.
Your statement that you can
"factually squash the rumors" is skewed and not objective as proven by your statements,
"My prediction is ---------------one of the two will do just great, the other I don't think will cut the grade and may shock a few. I have looked at them both 3X mag".
And this statement,
"No, I did not play with any as on visual examination they were not the Morris I remember from the Mid 1990's".
So, it plainly shows your bias against Moori and you already know the outcome that you want so this is anything but a fair assessment.
Furthermore and to answer your question let me say that nothing is the same as years ago. Just look at parental rights which are not the same as 1960 which were not the same as 1990 and which are certainly not the same as 2012. Let's look at the cultural change through the decades, the moral decay that litters our streets. So, no Tom nothing is the same as things and time change and that includes Moori tips. Personally I think the Moori tips of the early 2000's were the best but that's my opinion. As far as the Moori of today, they still outsell any tip out there by a huge margin so the quality is still acceptable and above that of many other brown tips. Moori has a following that you nor anyone will overcome anytime soon.
As far as your "wayback machine", I think you've been using it too much. You need to lighten up on its use. :yikes:
Now down to seriousness. Your test is anything but fair. First of all you need to compare your tips to a Kamui, an Onyx and any other Black tips out there, like a Karomi Black and/or some of my Black tips. You cannot compare a black tip to a Moori or any brown tip because Black tips undergo chemical change and alteration of the fibers whereas the brown tips are not treated the same way. The tanning process of all Black tips prevents decomposition as well as helping to soften and color the hides or skins. This is why the black tips look so clean and neat whereas the Karomi (which appear to be a brown tip) looks more like raw leather; because they are!
You need to test apples to apples and not apples to oranges. Go and produce a brown tip and then use a Moori for comparison. That would be much more fair.
If you want to do a fair test, I'll send one of your tips and several other black tips (all of the same hardness for a controlled experiment). I will sand off the names and markings on each tip and send them to the 'magnifying man' to do his thing. I will only identify the tips as Tip #1, Tips #2 and so on. Then we can all gaze upon their beauty and flaws and comment on each item number without knowing what tip is which number. After all the gazing and commenting are over, I will release the legend as to which tips each are. That would be a fair test.
I don't know what all this will prove but I'll play along.
