This is a glass fiber that is also in a resin, so the final product is even harder than linen phenolic. With the leather-based tips, you can have them installed just like any normal tip. The cushion of the leather material, even with the super hard leather break tips, is enough to preserve the bond of the glue holding it on. Samsara True Break Jump Tip. 3 Reviews. $15.95. $19.95. Save: $4.00. Samsara has been searching for a hard leather tip that would be good for breaking and jumping without damaging the cue ball, but something that still had enough grip to control the cue ball. After many years it became apparent that there was no such tip available in the market. The regular LE Phenolic Tip that most of your players have; Black, Dark Brown, and Carmel colored ones do not damage anything unless you are digging it into the table everytime you break. Here are some test results from a cue maker on the G10 and LE Phenolics; Legnthwise compressive strength G-10 phenolic(55,000psi) vs. LE phenolic(15,000psi) The harder leather at the base of the tip improves stability and enhances feedback, while decreasing tip deformation. The Navigator Break Impact is a hybrid phenolic break tip. Most phenolic tips are designed to generate power, but at the cost of cue ball control. The Break Impact tip's hybrid construction provides tremendous cue ball ICEBREAKER+ Jump/Break Tip. $27.00. ICEBREAKER ® Phenolic/Leather Cue Tip Tiger Products challenged itself in creating a jump/break cue tip that makes it easier for the user to execute close-quarters aerial jump shots and execute an iceberg shattering break shot. All of this without sacrificing accurate cue ball control and avoiding the Chalk has grit in it. The grit is driven equally into the surfaces of two equally hard materials like phenolic-phenolic. For leather against phenolic, the grit goes mostly into the tip during tip-ball contact. But you don't have to take my word for it. Get a brand new ball and shoot a dozen break shots with a phenolic tip and then look at the Best Cue Tips for Breaking: Leather VS. Phenolic. In recent years phenolic tips have become popular on break cues, replacing classic hard leather tips for many players. Phenolic resin tips are good for players who want to add more power to their break because they can transfer the maximum amount of energy from your cue to the cue ball. The original design of phenolic with leather in the middle was to cut down on mis cues. It was introduced in the ATCM when Cue makers were getting letters about using the one pieice phenolic/tip combo. It serves double purpose because it will also jump. For jumping and breaking I like a quarter shape. JMO. HOLDS CHALK LIKE LEATHER: The Bulletproof Break Tip offers superior chalk-holding ability compared to leather or phenolic tips, making it an unrivaled choice for accuracy and control during your game. With the ability to be scuffed, the Bulletproof Break Tip will maintain its chalk-holding ability for the entirety of your game. Silver Member. Jun 16, 2009. #23. mrgoochio said: One would not need to argue As it is written, ALL phenolic tips are banned regardless of which cue it is on. True! but read the contradictory statement from Bill Stock, in which he said that "jump cues will not be affected." This exclusion needs to be inserted into the rule book. 0Nnw.