If you bite the bullet and buy a Tiger Moth then spend the extra few dollars and re-install the auto-slots on the leading edge of the top mainplanes. Most Tiger Moths now have the slots either permanently locked or removed completely.
While they only reduce the stalling speed by three knots and the final approach speed of 58 knots is unchanged, the great advantage of operating slots is the loud stall warning they give you with audible 'clacking' noise which you can't miss as you get close to the stall as they pop in and out. Forget the naysayers who claim they are costly in terms of maintenance. The slots are life-savers.
In the mid Fifties this scribe was an instructor on Tiger Moths in the RAAF. I can vouchsafe that Tiger Moth operating slots prevented potential stall/spin accidents and thus saved lives; especially with inexperienced student pilots flying them.
Re a tail-wheel replacing the tail skid. A pilot that used to sell joy flights in the Melbourne area claimed the brakes on the Tiger Moth were ineffective and basically never worked. My guess he couldn't afford or be bothered to have the brakes serviced regularly. .