Tip identification

[grape...@hotmail.com]

I found 4 tips in my cue case with a J stamped into them. They are
pretty dark and look to have about half of the layers lighter then the
other half.

I have no idea what they are does anyone else have an idea?

[grape...@hotmail.com]

Strange it says there is a reply but I don't see it (two post reported
on google groups). Without me seeing if there is a reply could someone
repost it and let me know if the tips have been identified.

Thanks....

[bk4...@hotmail.com]

I don't see any replies to your post.
Sorry, I don't know about the "J" tip.
Can you smoke it?
;-)
Bob Keller

[Mail Man]

I don't really know, either. But, just as a Wild-Assed-Guess:

. . . Tips for a J&J Jump/Break cue?

Seems to me that J&J had these tips made to their own specs by a third
party, whose name I can't remember right now. Oh, well ...

Mike Collier
Oak Harbor, WA

[ernie]

Quite possibly these tips with "J" stamped on them may be the tips
that the cue stick manufacturer Samasa used. They were made for them
by an outside vendor and were known as J/B tips.

Since certain tip-replacing players appear to have used them on their
break cues because of the extreme hardness, such hardness was also
perfect for jump shots (again, like breaking, requiring maximum energy
transfer to the CB) the J alone might connote "Jump" as J/B also
would. Read more about J/B tips and such tip usage in the following
AZBilliards thread:

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?p=1887086

Ernie

[grape...@hotmail.com]

Thank you to all but I am sure this is a "name brand" tip but I just
can't for the life of me remember who made them. (I know this because
I don't usually buy things unless they have a brand name associated
with them.
I am still hunting down things and am welcome to hearing from anyone
who may know for a fact who made it and what the tip is used for...

Thanks!

[Rodan]

<grape...@hotmail.com> wrote:

I am sure this is a "name brand" tip but I just can't remember

who made them. (I know this because I don't usually buy
things unless they have a brand name associated with them.

I am still hunting down things and welcome hearing from anyone

who may know for a fact who made it and what the tip is used for...

_____________________________________________________________________

The J-symbol may not actually be an alphabetical character.
It might be an image of a hook used by anglers for trolling.

Rodan.

[Mail Man]

"Rodan" <Ro...@Verizon.NOT> wrote in message
news:3ea48j....@whidbey.net...

And, I am certain that the abundant and miraculous waters of the
exhilarating Strait of Juan de Fuca and the enchanting Skagit Bay have been
instrumental in producing Rodan's astute insight into this dilemma ... ;>]].
WAAAAYY better than my guess!

BTW, I think it IS Samsara that makes the custom tips fors J&J -- and, that
the "J" actually DOES stand for "Jump" tip. But. this still does not mean
that ga88's tips are the same as these!

[Rodan]

Mike "Mail Man" Collier wrote:

. . . the abundant and miraculous waters of the exhilarating

Strait of Juan de Fuca and the enchanting Skagit Bay have

been instrumental in producing Rodan's astute insight . . .
_______________________________________________________________

Sometimes insight arises from cruel hindsight. I should have
moved to Whidbey years ago. No more noisy overcrowded
neighborhoods and gridlocked traffic. Just peace, clean air,
and green, green, green. In front of our living room window
a lightly traveled two-lane road emerges from the forest, then
goes a hundred more yards and vanishes back into the trees.

Across the road, houses march down a hillside toward a beach.
Over two of the roofs we can see water; a piece of the five-mile
wide band of Puget Sound which carries all of the ships serving
the Port of Seattle. Container ships, cruise ships and military
ships slide from between the treetops, crawl along the roofs
for a couple of minutes and slip back into the trees.

It is indeed enchanting, but at first it was like sensory deprivation.
The disappearance of the city cacophony was a shock. And there
are no pool halls on the Island, so I no longer had a convenient
hangout. I did get to play some one-pocket with Brad Robertson
and Mike Corbley at Brad's house. They gave me a warm and
friendly welcome but no weight.

Needing some pool-related activity, I thought of creating a pool
sports feature for the Seattle Times covering activities and events
in major pool rooms in the Tacoma to Everett area. The Times
response was essentially, "Pool? No one is interested in pool. Go
away and let us die in peace". My next scheme is to open a club
room here on the Island with three 9-foot tables catering to the
mature and the serious players. Just a "hobby " business, not
expecting a profit (but break-even would be nice). That is, if I
can quit sitting around gawking at the scenery.

Best regards to all RSBers.

Rodan.