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Equipment Boards => Columbia 300 => Topic started by: dougb on May 15, 2012, 06:25:46 PM
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I just picked up a NIB 15 lb Sur-D Pro on Craigslist, along with some other goodies (see the pic).
I believe this was one of the first "soaker" balls that set off the big hook craze that continues today. I found this great vintage Sports Illustrated article on Don McCune soaking his equipment: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1087795/1/index.htm (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1087795/1/index.htm)
I'd love to hear a little history here and some estimates of what this could fetch. Someone has a 16 lber for $400 BIN on eBay.
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That was the 2nd release, not the original. I believe the hardness came in around 75 while the first, the Shore D. was 72 or less.
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The original Sur-D was 68 Durometer... soft enough to make an indent on a ball cup after a few weeks sitting in a pro shop.
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So could this ball be soaked with the same effect, too?
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What is the D-scale reading on it now, Doug?
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The original soakers( Don McCune), not the ones you could buy were soaked in MEK, a chemical that was highly flamable and obviously unsafe. The orignal Shore D was a sponge, the newer Sur D, like I said, was harder and was not as popular or effective.
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Thanks guys. I have no idea what the hardness is now, Ray.
I think I'll put this up on eBay and see what it fetches.
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Bring it by the shop and lets see the hardness and compare with the pearl version that I still have from the PBA tour! If I remember correct we couldn't get a reading of more than 68-70 and the PBA hardness rule was 75! I used it in 1977!!!!!!!!!!