I'm using a Lami GSB 136 2MH blank.
I decided to go with the Fuji HNSG sic guides with titanium frames.
however I don't understand the sizing for the tip....?
The blank has a size 16 tube tip.
The tips Fuji says go with the guides I'm using are the PST.
The only one I see with a size 12 ring is the PST 12-10 -12...Am I not right in assuming this would not fot my blank?
Should I be using a UST 12-16-12 instead?
I need the ring size to be a 12.
Thanks!
;^)

Eric,

I just looked in my fuji catalog. For a size 16 tip, either use a
PST16F(10) or (14). Or you can use a UST12F(16). Eithe of which is listed as compatible in their catalog. Hope this helps

Kris

Kris,

That answers my question completly!
Thank YOU very much.

eric

The FUJI SIC (Silicon Carbide series) TIP-TOPs in the PST Style only goes up to a 14 / 64ths inch tube size.

For a larger tube size, If 16 / 64ths is indeed the size that you measured for your blank in hand, (not just off the catalog specifications), Then you need to step up to the UST series.

UST-12mm-#16 tip (or -18) / 64ths ~ $10.

Worth every penny for the UST or PST (which are ~ $12) tips. They are a bit heavy, but nearly indestructible. The flange ring bulges over the frame and keeps the line off the frame. Also, the large toroid ring has a large radius of curvature as the line bends over the ceramic. The cheaper tips have a sharper edge, like an angle in a drilled hole on the inside of the ring surface. The PST or UST have more of a bagel-like cross-section around the edge, without so sharp an angle. I think that puts less wear on the line as it is dragged over the corner. Some of the other turbo-type boat rod tips in the Hardloy ceramics have similar shapes. But the PST or UST series is my 1st choice for surf stix. IMO. -Cliff Hall- Gainesville