As I stuck the bottom tip of my beautiful Thunderhorn into the ground and leaned it against the tree the other day to loop my lift rope onto it I thought..."I've gotta get a tip protector on this thing." I've had leather ones and the rubber slip on's. What's your favorite and why. Pics or links would be good.

The rubber jobbies seem to last longer for me than the leather ones. The leather ones do look cool, though.

I use the black rubber ones, haven't worn one out yet. I've also used the slim rubber ones that come in different shades of brown for slimmer tips. I agree that the leather ones look the coolest, though.

Just did a search. Sorry should have done that first. I'm good thanks.

Longbows I've just always used these, they are cheap and don't fall off

tried them all  leather and rubber   the black rubber ones work best for me

I like the Saunders tip protector best. It has allows the string to move freely.

I never use any.....

Stick some industrial grade velcro over the tip    Just enough to cover the end but not the sides    I have also used duct tape and wrapped it around the side just below the string nocks and left a bout 1/4 to 1/2 inch hanging over then twist that to form a little tail.  Both work great.  A pice of adhesive backed rubber may be better yet....

I've used both the rubber and leather and I use the leather just because they are more traditional looking. I can't say which lasts longer from experience although the rubber probably does but for 3.00 I'm not worried about it and I keep an extra one for each of my bows just in case.

Black rubber on recurves and leather on longbows.

When I need tip protection I just use pieces of an old leather moccasin. Maybe I'll pick up a commercial  grade tip next year.

TJ,

I used some self gripping black tape that I cut into 1/2" x 1/2" strips and strech around the tips top and bottom.  They weigh less than 10 grains total and last quite a while of abuse before re-taping.  The tape provides a form fit and dosnt look bulky and dosnt slow the bow down that I can tell.

A friend on mine used the rubber one on his black widow for years with out unstringing the bow but when he went to replace the string the tip overlay caome off and was told that the rubber ones hold in moisture and thats waht caused the failure, I have always used leather and it works for me just fine.

Baby bottle nipples.

tanned doe nipples

Black rubber ones    


Bill

Finger stalls of rubber/dishwashing gloves.

Like Tom P suggests, be careful with rubber tip protectors.  Moisture that can't escape can easily do more damage to the tip than leaning the bow on the ground.  If you are going to use tip protectors be sure to unstring the bow and let them dry out if they get wet.

I like the rubber slide ones because the ones that go through the string make it a little tougher to twist your string up for brace height