After reading my reply's, I noticed I did not get across my point very well. To sum up what I was trying to say, and more so forgot to mention, is that ff strings do not stretch. The inertia created by the limb is stopped by the tips more violently, which lead to tip failure in softer material. I guess thats more along the lines I was trying to get at. This concept is one of the reasons, regardless of string, for tip overlays.
Think of it this way. Take a stick and strike a tree with it, the tree will not give and snap the stick. Hit a bail of hay with a stick and the hay will absorbed the strike and not break the stick. Dacron is hay and ff is the tree. After thinking about it, I get what you were saying about hand shock. I was not quite thinking right when I read your post. Sorry.
Last edited by burniegoeasily; 03-25-2011 at 10:40 AM.