what exactly is a tipped trowel?

[Brad]

One of these​

good pic.....thanks for that

 

[doug boardley]

not to be confused with a trowel tipped Brad

 

[Brad]

what do you mean, mate?

 

[doug boardley]

a trowel tipped is when you deviate the angle that your notches contact your substrate, say you hold your trowel at 90 degrees to the wall, your ribbed notches are going to be fuller and deeper than if your trowel was nearing 180 degrees if that makes sense!