What do Sumo tips look like under the coating?

[Nico]

Some may remember my recent thread What type of tip is on my new shaft?, where we concluded it was most likely a Triangle tip. Well I received the Triangles I ordered today and these are most definitely not the tip that I had on my shaft. The Triangle tips are a brownish shade of gray where the one I had was a pale gray.

Bamacues, who sold me the shaft, said the original owner Scotty Townsend preferred Sumo or Sniper tips. Since there was no layers, I'm thinking it must have been a Sumo tip. I know they are bright red before installation, but have no idea what they look like beneath. I cut the tip height down a little and noticed that it was almost impossible to cut by hand. Are sumo tips a light gray color once shaped?.

 

[cuesmith]

Some may remember my recent thread What type of tip is on my new shaft?, where we concluded it was most likely a Triangle tip. Well I received the Triangles I ordered today and these are most definitely not the tip that I had on my shaft. The Triangle tips are a brownish shade of gray where the one I had was a pale gray.

Bamacues, who sold me the shaft, said the original owner Scotty Townsend preferred Sumo or Sniper tips. Since there was no layers, I'm thinking it must have been a Sumo tip. I know they are bright red before installation, but have no idea what they look like beneath. I cut the tip height down a little and noticed that it was almost impossible to cut by hand. Are sumo tips a light gray color once shaped?.

Sumos come out of the box a bright orange/red color but that's only the outer preservative. They are a water bufalo hide tip that is dark brown when trimmed. Personally I think they are the best solid (non-layered) tip out there. They are a little on the hard side but grip well with a minimun of maintainance.

BTW, it sounds like you do probably have a Triangle or Elk Master if its a grey/blue color. That comes from the particular tanning process used on these tips.


just more hot air!


Sherm

 

[Nico]

Sumos come out of the box a bright orange/red color but that's only the outer preservative. They are a water bufalo hide tip that is dark brown when trimmed. Personally I think they are the best solid (non-layered) tip out there. They are a little on the hard side but grip well with a minimun of maintainance.


just more hot air!


Sherm

Thanks Sherm, I thought Sumo tips were boar hide, but obviously I was incorrect. Unfortunately this takes me even further away from figuring out what the tip was. It looked exactly like a Tiger Sniper, very light grey, but it had no layers. I assume the tip might have been boar hide.

Any ideas on a solid tip made of boar hide?.

 

[CrownCityCorey]

Some may remember my recent thread What type of tip is on my new shaft?, where we concluded it was most likely a Triangle tip. Well I received the Triangles I ordered today and these are most definitely not the tip that I had on my shaft. The Triangle tips are a brownish shade of gray where the one I had was a pale gray.

Bamacues, who sold me the shaft, said the original owner Scotty Townsend preferred Sumo or Sniper tips. Since there was no layers, I'm thinking it must have been a Sumo tip. I know they are bright red before installation, but have no idea what they look like beneath. I cut the tip height down a little and noticed that it was almost impossible to cut by hand. Are sumo tips a light gray color once shaped?.

Although our Snipers are blue/grey and sometimes we get the lamination perfect (no lines on the side), when shaping it is real hard to mistake it for a one piece. So, if you don't see circles on the top after sanding some chalk off, not a Sniper.

Sounds like its gotta be a Triangle (more grey, than blue). Or Elk Master (more blue, than grey).