Cue tip & ferulle
PRESENTATION
Description :
Located at the end of the cue, the cue tip is the part that comes in contact with the cue ball.
It sticks on a plastic ring ( the ferrule ) which is itself screwed on the tip of the shaft.
- cue tip - ferrule - end of the shaft
- End of the shaft
Composition :
The cue tips can consist of three different materials:
- Leather
- Skin agglomerated
The cue tips are carried out in leather technology mono-layer or multi-layer technique (multiple layers bonded with glue).
Mono-layer cue tips
Multi-layer cue tips
The multi-layer cue tips are more expensive but they last longer.
Hardness :
They are divided into 3 ranges:
- SOFT (tender cue tip)
- 1 / 2 HARD (intermediate)
- HARD (hard cue tip)
HOW TO CHOOSE OUR CUE TIP ?
For free games, the 'soft' tooltips seem to be good.
The next list shows the density of a lot of tip brand.
Soft cue tips need more maintenance than hard tips to have a correct level of quality.
The next list shows the density of a lot of tip brand.
Soft cue tips need more maintenance than hard tips to have a correct level of quality.
Soft tips are recommended for free games.
List of density
| Description | Tip Brand |
Density
|
|---|---|---|
 |
Elk Master |
66.8
|
 |
Kamui Black (Super Soft) |
67.5
72.3 78.7 84.8 |
 |
Da Vinci (Soft) Da Vinci (Medium) Da Vinci (Hard) |
68.7
73.6 81.9 |
 |
Black Heart (Soft) Black Heart (Medium) Black Heart (Hard) |
68.7
76.6 88.2 |
 |
Moori (Soft) Moori (Medium) Moori V Moori (Hard) |
72.8
75.5 79.3 84.4 |
 |
Aramith Laminated (Medium) Aramith Laminated (Hard) |
75.8
86.6 |
 |
Kamui II (Soft) Kamui II (Medium Soft) Kamui II (Medium) Kamui II (Hard) |
78.1
82.2 83.4 92.2 |
 |
Le Pro |
88.2
|
 |
Triangle |
91.0
|
 |
Triumph |
92.0
|
FORM
The cue tip must not exceed the width of the diameter of the shaft.
The cue tip must be slightly rounded to provide a better contact with the cue ball.
Ideal forms of a cue tip:
There's 2 angles in his form
Examples of non-compliant cue tips:
It is too flat
It goes beyond the diameter of the shaft
STEPS TO PUT A TIP
This animation presents the different steps to put correctly a cue tip:
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