Hammer Special Effect Review

[Music] CEO Ronald hickland from creating the difference today we're going to talk about the brand new Hammer special effect this ball features the hk22 C solid reactive cover stock it has the Huntsman core shape in it that's asymmetrical it's got an RG of 2.47 a differential of 0.050 and a mass bias of 0.017 we checked the hardness of this Bing ball it was right at 73 we scanned it um it scanned at 4500 which is

interesting that's a little bit lower than typical bowling balls from them because the surface is 500 1,000 1500 Sayer and then finish with crown Factory compound what else is interesting is the absorption rate so we check the absorption rate I'm just going to kind of show you that real quick put a little oil on the ball and typically the hk22 C balls are lightning fast uh this pulling ball in particular seems to be slow which is interesting so we'll have to see uh what that means

and what that does to the performance of this bowling ball uh anyway the layout is our standard 60x 4 and 1/2x 30 we're bowling on our standard house shot and we're going to see what the special effect is about right now all right now it's got that orange smell so that's definitely hk22 c um and uh the colors are unique right we got black we got purple and we got red we got some sparkl iner too so it's a pretty looking bowling ball but what everybody wants to know is how does it

roll Chris what I say about that first shot it don't count that ball look pretty good though for the first shot right I like how it threw the pins around was they scrambling and scraping no they was just scrambling just scrambling let me show you that uh 050 diff 050 is high differential for a bowling ball um not as high as you can go can go as high as 60 but 50 is definitely uh no slouch same shot oh why' you say oh Chris well it

went a little longer than I thought it was going to go but then it did kind of make it almost all the way back and it threw a little Lumber it did throw a little Lumber we got back to back Lumber shots back to back so just want to get all the oil off the ball but so that's kind of interesting right so people will say well why do you say first shot doesn't count that's really why right the first shot the ball doesn't have any oil on it it needs to get some oil on it to begin to give you whatever the true reaction is bowling balls that um are reactive and are uh I don't want to say

good bowling balls but bowling balls that tend to absorb oil relatively quickly tend to have consistent performance shot after shot especially when it's the first couple shots uh balls like urethane uh the first shot hooks a whole lot and the next ball hooks a whole lot less and third HS even less than that and that's kind of one of the reasons why we say say first shot doesn't count but that ball is back toback shots they were right on top of each other with the lines and they were pretty close like pretty close a little bit lighter a little bit longer but pretty close in reaction that's in two boards and it hooked like it was two

boards [Music] in left it it kind of came back right like was trying to come back what do you think about that one Chris man I think that it looks the same every time which is a good thing it it it seems to make a strong move back to the pocket even though it seems like it's a continuous shape

so I feel more continuous than angular right yeah it's definitely continuous but it's actually pretty long for how strong it appears to be yeah I kind of feel that too I feel like with effect it definitely was this way and then that way definitely angular this ball has a more of a feel like um just a little bit earlier and more continuous which maybe that's why it's the solid version of the bow and ball I think it's it it's kind of like in between the first two yeah I can see that too between the

effect tour and the real the normal effect yeah yeah it's continuous shape's definitely continuous strong um I feel like this is a a ball that maybe isn't the first ball out of your bag but maybe if the lanes are a little bit well that's weird though because you would say if the L were a little bit heavier

oil You' use it but I don't see that either though because it it is I mean it's a polished bow I mean I think let's throw it a three or four more times and let's see what it does to the lane or if it you know looks any different looks good H depends real hard I like that I feel like it sounds different when it hits dep pins is you think so yeah it hits him real hard well you know

what they say Chris say nothing hits harder than a hammer yeah that is what they say do you think that's true maybe they say it so it's got to be true right that's money right there and I six pin so it's definitely it's just a stronger continuous type piece I feel like maybe we're getting a little bit more continuation out of it you throw it

yeah cuz that was laced yeah look good and now I got to move what's your move off of a six pin or you a four pin for how straight you plant them one one it is so I got that one a little further left and it it made the move so definitely more hook mid lane and continuous I like it looks good it's a

good compliment to the other two I think right I think this one is the earlier more continuous the normal effect original effect was super long and angular and the tour was kind of smoother right smoother little bit less hooking this one might be the best one yeah let's C the lights on [Music]

six pin again so I mean it's I feel like it's getting a little bit stronger right I feel like because it's not afraid to make the move it's going to force you to chase it like you're going to have to stay in front of it I tell you what I like I like that it's consistent like it is consistent every shot has been the same it's done the same thing from first shot to now no surprises strong

continuous yeah I think it does that really well let's throw one straight I might have to put one of these in my bag right okay that's fine that's fair left in the friction but it was going left just got to be a little straighter with that that's all no problem I do like like you can tell like you can

tell off your hand if it's going to be good or not like that's good so you you can tell you can tell it's consistent it's doing a lot of the same thing repetitively I'm curious to see what happens take that surface off the ball right get the polish off the ball and let's see how much more or less aggressive it gets let me move back in and throw a shot and get that kind of lined in and then we'll take the

off all right so we know at those pins let's put a little service on it see what it does I'm telling you man that ball hit hard all right from 4500 to 2,000 grit let's see what it does now first shot don't count we got to move in a little bit anyway yo R seven

pin what do you think she looks good it's just more hook right yeah little earlier but same continuation yeah same kind of thing too right like it's definitely I think if you're a if you're a higher ball speed player def look at this if you are a lower referee player may look at this I mean I think this one of those

versatile shapes and balls that like you can drill for anybody good length stores a little energy it's continuous consistent I mean all right so now you got more about the brand new Hammer special effect if you want this ball go to our website ctd bowling.com pick you up one uh if you're not a member of our staff get on the

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