What are some good choices for a leather break tip?
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Sorry Chris I just checked my mailbox now and got it! Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it! Sorry if I was pushy, I'm shooting in a big amateur tournament in Williamsport, PA this weekend and wanted to get my break tip squared away in time. If you want and get the time feel free to send business cards to me and I could hand them out there, I'll know a lot of people there and I have a medium-soft ki-tech on my shooter actually now too so I'll be representing
Thanks again and I'll shoot with it for a little while and write a review!
Tim
Sorry Chris I just checked my mailbox now and got it! Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it! Sorry if I was pushy, I'm shooting in a big amateur tournament in Williamsport, PA this weekend and wanted to get my break tip squared away in time. If you want and get the time feel free to send business cards to me and I could hand them out there, I'll know a lot of people there and I have a medium-soft ki-tech on my shooter actually now too so I'll be representing
Thanks again and I'll shoot with it for a little while and write a review!
Tim
You will need to beat it into shape... Even tho it is pressed at over 2 tons it is still slightly malleable and will need the impacts with the cueball to set the tip properly... Once it sets it tests higher in energy transfer than any of the other leather based tips we have tested by several points...
Sounds awesome! Can't wait to put it on! It'll need cutting down the edges after some play then? I think I remember you saying that?
I vote for Andy Gilbert's break tip
Good choice leather tips
True my years following pool I have found that players like leather tips for more control and one of the best in my opinion is Black Water Buffalo, it is like a Triangle but harder and you need a very sharp cutter to shape, holds chalk good and some players even use this tip to play (chalk every shot) and is also excellent to jump (low profile)
This Water Buffalo also comes in dark brown (less hard) but extreme relialable
LePro is good, Triangle is better, Water Buffalo is the "Daddy"
I hope that my experience in 30 years helps
Have fun
Regards
True my years following pool I have found that players like leather tips for more control and one of the best in my opinion is Black Water Buffalo, it is like a Triangle but harder and you need a very sharp cutter to shape, holds chalk good and some players even use this tip to play (chalk every shot) and is also excellent to jump (low profile)
This Water Buffalo also comes in dark brown (less hard) but extreme relialable
LePro is good, Triangle is better, Water Buffalo is the "Daddy"
I hope that my experience in 30 years helps
Have fun
Regards
Another vote for Andy Gilbert's Gator tips.
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I just cut off a Samsara and replaced it with a White Diamond. I have had great luck with them. I don't lose control either. I can apply English on my break with no problem. I sheared the side off a Toam a while ago. Really loved the Toam prior to that. Never had one issue with a White Diamond though. I have had them on several break cues that I have owned. They also seem to adhere better when installing.
I just cut off a Samsara and replaced it with a White Diamond. I have had great luck with them. I don't lose control either. I can apply English on my break with no problem. I sheared the side off a Toam a while ago. Really loved the Toam prior to that. Never had one issue with a White Diamond though. I have had them on several break cues that I have owned. They also seem to adhere better when installing.
The table also uses a shore A durometer for the numbers... There is a huge difference between Samsara, Phenolic and G10...
There just are not enough newtons of pressure and the foot is wrong on the shore A for most tips..
With the shore D what I found was a tip tested new and then tested installed (freshly shaped)showed a huge drop because of fibrosity... but as soon as the tip was played with, the fibers layed down and became impacted with chalk the tip would go back to the original "new" reading on the shore D....
It also had the cueball at 100 and g10 at 100 because of it's limitations... Rockwell hardness has the g10 at 108 depending on the maker and the cueball material near 100.....
There just are not enough newtons of pressure and the foot is wrong on the shore A for most tips..
With the shore D what I found was a tip tested new and then tested installed (freshly shaped)showed a huge drop because of fibrosity... but as soon as the tip was played with, the fibers layed down and became impacted with chalk the tip would go back to the original "new" reading on the shore D....
It also had the cueball at 100 and g10 at 100 because of it's limitations... Rockwell hardness has the g10 at 108 depending on the maker and the cueball material near 100.....
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Replaced my phenolic which cracked. The first tip used was a Madman since my installer didn't have any Samaras in stock. The Madman lasted about three weeks then a big chunk broke off, the installer said he had the same thing happen on some other cues and he wouldn't use them any more. Had a Samsara installed and I really like it