I was wondering if someone could describe the difference in the various types of tips I have been reading about on the forum. I have not been able to find a good description of the different types. The types I have run across are: Salvador, C tip, Mexican tips, "A" tip and Diabolo. There may be others, but knowing the shapes of these and their various uses would be helpful.
First of all, these are the parts of a tip (by Neff):
A "diabolo" tip has an open "neck" with slim cones to both sides (chin and shoulder about the same). One example is the "C" tip option from Spintastics, that came from a batch that Salvador Martinez from Mexico had made. Here is a photo of the Salvador/C tips:
The original Spintastics tip has a flat chin (their A tip).
The Mexican tips generally have more slanted shoulder and specially chin than the diabolo tip.
Of course, there are infinite variety of tips: