How to Select Best Cue Tips out of a Box

[JFD_IT]

I've read that a high percentage of elk master cue tips are rejected by players, maybe 10 to 20 out of a box of 50 are no good.
Can someone advise what they are looking for to determine which to keep and why?
Thanks

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[thai_son22]

Scratch the tip with your thumb whilst the tip is to your ear so you can listen if the fibers seperate. I like ones that don't seperate. Find which su

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[TooDark]

Just get yourself an ADR147 laminated tip and save the trouble
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[Dave Walton]

It's preference, in a box of 50 you'll get mixed hardness of tips, some soft, some medium and some hard, I press my thumb nail into the side wall and

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[Mark187187]

I stick my thumb nail in like Dave. I probably select 20 that i'd consider using out of a box of 50 and I give the rest away to a friend who firms the

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[Shockerz]

I've given up sticking my nail in as sometimes the surface doesn't give a decent reflection of what's inside.

A lot of time the outside o

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[pottr]

Just buy a couple of mill bigger.

Use a sharp knife when cutting and burnish the **** out of it.

It'll firm up when you play

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[MrRottweiler]

I would buy a bunch of tips from the same box and then try them out because the clues are in the sound. I've never been able to work out if I prefer h

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[vmax]

Buy a box of 50 TS Long BA tips, they're all the same and all damn good, and this is from a lifetime Elk man.
Why is this on the newbies and int

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[Derek savage]

Or buy a box of Grand tips and select the hardness you want with great consistency . Im playing with a medium and its a great tip..

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