Kamui black ?

[heera2009]

HI GUYS ,
I recently bought a couple of kamaui black soft tips from ebay ,
will recive them in a few days , wondering if anyone has used them , and if so how do they play?
I normally play with talisman soft, but have tried med, and hard , great tips but, the med and hard do have a noise factor which does not suit everyone,
my reason to stick with soft .
I recently went onto the kamui website , because you cant really get hold of them here in u.k, prices varied from £8 each to £11.
I saw a clip on their website where they show small demo of the kamui being
used by a player on a pool table, some awesome shots he pulled off, which i can definatley say cannot be played with the pressed tips.
Any comment or input welcome.

[heera2009]

HI ,
I am updating my post on black kamui tips,
went to the club today and stuck it on the cue , im sure you like to know the test results,
imo, these tips are a touch better than talisman tips , the only thing is when you scuff the tip to apply chalk you can still see the blackness of the tip in little patches ,
but saying that if that does not put you off , then definatley worth a go ,
they hold chalk quite well , not had a miss cue all evening,
i bought the soft version but you can also get supersoft, the soft is a very slight fraction harder than talisman soft , hardley noticable when you are break building,
i have had talisman tips delaminate , not because of my fitting errors , its just a bad tip.
and sure others have too, i cant say at the moment whether they will split or not , but will post later date.
The tip i had was a 14mm , which i cut into 2 , leaving me plenty of tip , so at £9-£10 each it does cost the same as a talisman ,
i paid £18.30 on ebay , from delta sports in taiwan , free p&p , arrived in 3 working days
but does say anything upto 13 days, any comments please post, thanks

[BoBnoGG!n]

thats very interesting. id try it, but, that price for a tip with the possibility of stuffing it up on my small tip (9.2mm) sounds like it could b a risk. +the pro granite tips im using atm seem to be workin pretty good for me. loving the feel, without the mental thought of the possibility of it delaminating. thanks heera2009 im sure there will b others more likely to giv it a go if they hav access to these tips now that u hav suggested they work good

[heera2009]

thats very interesting. id try it, but, that price for a tip with the possibility of stuffing it up on my small tip (9.2mm) sounds like it could b a risk. +the pro granite tips im using atm seem to be workin pretty good for me. loving the feel, without the mental thought of the possibility of it delaminating. thanks heera2009 im sure there will b others more likely to giv it a go if they hav access to these tips now that u hav suggested they work good

HI BOBNOGG,
Cant comment on the tip delaminating just yet , not used it long enough,
but as far as it being pricy , that is true you do feel the pinch especially for 1 tip, but i think as someone posted previously , he makes 3 by cutting them,
i only made 2 as i like a bit of meat on my tips, but you cant go far wrong with granites, i prefer more action from a tip which you do get from talisman and kamui. As far as it goes trimming the tip is like any other just slightly harder so you do need a sharp tool, and to add they shape beautifully and quite easy , chalk well too .

[MikeWooldridge]

which i can definatley say cannot be played with the pressed tips.
Any comment or input welcome.

you're talking crap.

is that welcome?

sorry, don't mean to be offensive, but that statement is NOT true. and i've had a bad day.

(cries into cupped hands....)

[BoBnoGG!n]

you're talking crap.

is that welcome?

sorry, don't mean to be offensive, but that statement is NOT true. and i've had a bad day.

(cries into cupped hands....)

naw there there mike. *pats back* its ok.. everythings gna b alright

[heera2009]

you're talking crap.

is that welcome?

sorry, don't mean to be offensive, but that statement is NOT true. and i've had a bad day.

(cries into cupped hands....)

No offence taken mike, i was just giving my opinion,
I have tried your tips also mike, a very good pressed tip indeed,
I was trying to let other members who didnt already know , and guys out there like myself try something different.
I have also tried numerious varities of pressed tips , it wasnt until i tried a laminated tip for the first time , i realised this is what my game needed,
different horses for different courses, hey mike.
Maybe its the way i strike the cueball, or something but felt that these were right for me!
I can only say from my experience , having seen a few players, play with a pressed tip, and then a laminated tip , again i will say "Definatley more re-action from lam, than pressed" Sorry to the guys out there who believe that pressed tips are mans finest creation .
Miscue with a pressed tip Good chance of chipping it, all that hard work , looking for the right tip from the box, then shaping it , even sticking the thing in the microwave, not to mention any thing else people do for the right 1,
Now how many people who use a lam tip, have chipped theirs, uh, uh, uh,
"NONE" that i know of personally , and thats a fair few players!
Not saying that they might not, because end of the day it is only a tip.
but in most cases, worst case scenerio, you will just need to scuff again slightly , Not replace.
I would like to end by saying , PLEASE check the kamui website, and watch the video clips demonstrating the tip in action, And please ask yourself if a pressed tip can do this?
I might sound like a salesman for kamui , "IM NOT"
Snooker is a "feel" game in short. Somethings for some , and some for others.
Slightly going off the topic, but same point, Not many members here , hold jp in high regards, maybe bad experiences , or whatever their reasons,
I have tried many cues myself , but for me , the "feel" i get with a jp cue , i dont with any other, that does not mean , other cue makers are not in the same league, im sure they are quite capable, but dont work for me.
I am not on my post trying to knock pressed tips, or many lovers of them,
as i said before, MIKES tips are GREAT, and many others out there too
"BUT FACTS ARE FACTS"
Please leave your kind comments , i would love to hear from , pressed tip lovers, and likewise players using lam tips, by the way i could use your support on this subject " lammies"
Final words i would like to add , and back on the kamui topic,
is that personally found them a bit more consistent to even talisman ,
Seriously guys anyone using the black kamui, please leave your comments , whether good or bad experiences, or even dirrerent , it would be nice to hear from you .
Knowing is not what you know
is rather knowing what you dont know. THE END . untill futher posts.

[Bandanna Joe]

I've been playing the Kamui's for sometime on a pool cue.

They are the best tips that I've ever played, and I would agree in your comparison with the Talisman that they are better and are more consistent from tip to tip. They play very similar to the Talisman's, IMO.

I like the Brown Medium's or Black softs which I feel play closely. The black Medium plays quite hard.

[heera2009]

I've been playing the Kamui's for sometime on a pool cue.

They are the best tips that I've ever played, and I would agree in your comparison with the Talisman that they are better and are more consistent from tip to tip. They play very similar to the Talisman's, IMO.

I like the Brown Medium's or Black softs which I feel play closely. The black Medium plays quite hard.

HI BJ
Thanks for your post, i agree , they do play similiar to t-man, hard to descibe in words , but you can "feel it" not tried any other tip in kamui , fell in love with the black soft after a couple of shots. IMO i felt the soft kamaui is slightly firmer , but not in a hard way ? anyone else feel that? compared to talisman.