Talisman cue tips

[poolqjunkie]

Thank you ADR147. I am sorry just cannot see that picture in my mind. When i think of a solid wood dinning table and a plywood dinning table, i actually have a feeling that the solid wood table is more well...soild.

I have actually used many layered tips playing 9 ball. I like Moori S, and I cannot really describe it. It is like it just kind of gribs the ball better.

I personally do not like the brown talisman tips, I found them a bit too hard and I was miscung a lot--but this was about two years ago. I actually like the black Talisman tip more, and found them to hold chalk better. I did not know of a Talisman S, I thought they only had pigskin and WB. So perhaps if I try a soft then i will know what everyone is talking about?

But I would just like to know why? Is it because of the pig skin, or the lamination, that makes the tip 'feel" better?

I also like traingle tips, which is not layered.

Right now, I am using Elk for snooker and I am very happy with it, too.

Edit: I have been thinking about this, and perhaps I am starting to see what you were saying.
May be because the layers are all stack up so the fibre of the leather are running in different directions, therefore making the tip firmer and more durable than a one piece?

[goshow]

Well, i put a tallisman s on my cue a couple of ays ago and played with it for the first time last night. It's a horrible tip.

Miss-cue'd three times in 2 frames while playing a deep screw, on one i nearly went through the cloth.

I'll give it the benfit of the doubt and keep it on for a while longer yet but judging by last nights performance i'll be going back to the elks

[ADR147]

hard or soft version?

[goshow]

hard or soft version?

Soft. Got it from Dave Coutts

[ADR147]

Soft. Got it from Dave Coutts

did you buy the 10mm? - they don't work as well in 10mm - only ever go for the 11mm

[goshow]

did you buy the 10mm? - they don't work as well in 10mm - only ever go for the 11mm

No, I got a 9mm for my 9mm bat. Slight bit of overhang which ahs been trimmed away and shaped as per your tip guide.

Quite disappointed really, maybe i was expecting a bit too much from it. Quite liked the reaction you get from the ball but found it very diffcult to use and not forgiving at all.

As i've already mentioned, i'll persevere and see if it improves at all. I hope so because i've got another couple of them to get through yet!!!!

Do you think there's anything i'm doing wrong Andrew?

[ADR147]

yes 9mm is too thin, they are hard as nails - talisman really only work in 11mm - pm your address and i will send you a couple to try.

[goshow]

yes 9mm is too thin, they are hard as nails - talisman really only work in 11mm - pm your address and i will send you a couple to try.

Well that's extremely kind of you. PM sent.

[robsonj]

I dont know where I'm going wrong but I find talisman tips a swine to play with....................I'll get me coat!

[cocked hat]

talisman tip

Just fitted my first Talisman as my Wooldridge has worn out (very quickly).I bought the right one from the man himself,testing it out tonight,my opinion tomorrow.

[Shanghai Matt]

I tried out one of those red o-min water buffalo tips last month and was so dissapointed with it that it only lasted 3 days before i swapped it for an elk (fount it didnt hold chalk well, and was hard enough that anything other than centre ball hits were a disaster).

anyone had any experience with these and talisman that could give me a comparison? I like the idea of a layered tip to reduce maintenence... but the omin one has put me off a bit.

[ste bed]

i personaly think elkmasters are the best tips there are. i tried talisman tips and didnt like them but i have a red omin on at the moment and i think here very good

[goshow]

Well the tips have come through and I have to say a massive thank you to ADR147 for sending them and sugesting a fiew different options. Had a quick nock on my mates table this morning and the tip is far better. I didn't put quite as much of a dome on the tip as before but these ones feel a lot softer and more usable.

I had lost all faith in layered tips and was about to go back to a BD but this omin is excellent and has transformed my game again. Had a couple of decent breaks in the first frame and was more than happy with the feel of the cue again.

Thanks once again Andrew.
Jim

[ADR147]

my pleasure. the rules are simple with these it must be 11mm for talisman and watch out for fakes. the other i sent you (hercules H2) is a nice tip also designed for 9 ball but very soft i sometimes use one myself.

[snooker warrior]

my pleasure. the rules are simple with these it must be 11mm for talisman and watch out for fakes. the other i sent you (hercules H2) is a nice tip also designed for 9 ball but very soft i sometimes use one myself.

andrew why do they have to be 11mm only ????????????????????????????????? , the one i got from you off ebay (i sent you an english fiver in the post) i have fitted and trimmed down to 9mm and played around 40 plus frames now and i have to say it is superb,no miss cues,it feels much better than the diamond i have used for years,,it needed virtually no shaping and feels firm,but not to hard