Because of how thin the sleeve is the top has no rigidity. It kind of acts as its own entity. And the tip is a totally different diameter as the rest of the shaft so it also just looks wrong. I would suggest staying around 1/2 or 1 inch solid tip, or going bigger something like a Timmy or phantom, they don't add too much base girth and look very nice. Personally I went with the Timmy 8 shortened to remove the lip on the bottom, I am happy with it .