after christmas I will connect with you about some tip work etc. I like to see other peoples work and learn from it. as you know the tip is THE most important part of the cue and the junk thats out there is stupid, putting a 25 cent tip on a $20,000 cue. I agree you should get what you pay for.

I had a Kamui once, It was perfectly installed, centered cut down to the correct height. I used it for about 50 hours of play and all of a sudden it went flat(didnt mushroom) and was hard as a diamond. I took it to SW cues here in Vegas, Al tried to cut it off with a box cutter or something, he said"this is the hardest thing ever" He put the shaft in the lathe and cut the tip off. all the glue seemed to penetrait the leather and was much harder than a WB tip, but when it was new it was fantastic-so i'd like to try again this was 2 ears ago.

best
eric

As far as finish goes, some people use different products. I use a latex sealer, which feels completely different than most finishes people use. Latex actually soaks in to the wood. I use a 3 part system for polishing after I put the latex sealer . 300 grit 600 grit 1200 grit and a micro mesh 2000 grit in some cases depending on how well I am compensated, but the 2000 is like $5 a sheet and you can use it like once and a half.

If you want a tip put on Im all for, I would like to get the cost of a tip and $10 for the labor. Ill refinish for that price for a penny.
Andy

Fatboy yes they are suppose to be cut down, I took that pic just to get the kamui name on the picture.
I do it with most of the shafts I send out too, It wouldn't bee all that hard for someone to take a shaft that they sell with say a moori, and replace it with a cheaper tip ;/ im pretty sure some are doing it in the industry. Or how about cutting a tip in half putting it on two cues and calling them the same. You should get exactly what you pay for in my book.

I hope you have a nice holiday season, I'm out sending my eletronic Christmas Card's* to my old & new friends(some people I really dont even know-yet) on AZB, Happy Holidays!!!! I am in the Christmas spearit this year!!

Best,
Eric

*This is your card

wow thats a very tall tip on your avitar,

I just recieved cue with Kamui Blacks on it that were that tall, it was horrible. Are they suppost to be cut down some? I like about just over 1/3 of what is in the pic, they are 65% too tall for me. Is it a matter of preferance or is that correct. I play with triangles and have them trilled way down and change them out often. I have played for 25 years and seen alot of tips-just never any this tall.

Is this just to show the tip off or to play with? thats the real question-please let me know I like to learn,

I could send you a shaft and let you put a tip on it and i'll use it for 50 hours of play and see what happens, im real curious. , IMO they sent out a shaft that wasnt ready to be sold. tip was too tall, wood wasnt sealed etc

thnaks in advance

eric

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