sdandrea1 What's the answer to my question?
The "official" taper size is 0.355 à the tip to 0.370 @ 2" from the tip in a linear slope.
Par4QC I call bullshit as a .370 ferrule will slide a long way up a .355 shaft.
So depending how thick the paint is it should slide about 2" without friction before reaching the .370 parallel part.
Par4QC And if they are able to make .370 shafts, .335 shafts, .350 shafts, why can't they do .355
They only make 1 lenght .370, .335 and .350. They could make .355 as well but why would they make 8-9 different shafts if they can just make 1, tip trim to lenght and sand down? Same applies for steel : steel shafts all starts as a tube with the diameter of the butt that is shrinked in a hydrolic press to smaller diameters in a certain step pattern (or microsteps for stepless), the .355 taper is just one press shrinking more after tip trimming before applying the chrome finish. .355 shafts require a couple steps more to make (tip trim + sanding/press shrinking) and are more expensive than their .370 counterparts.