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Faball_Frenzy

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Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« on: March 02, 2013, 08:03:47 PM »




That is all!

 

Cobalt Bomb

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Re: Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2013, 08:09:55 PM »
And your point is........

DP3

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Re: Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2013, 08:48:50 PM »
Plan on getting them fitted to one spec or is it just a collection? Plan on selling any?

stc067

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Re: Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2013, 08:59:17 PM »
I used to love the blue pearl!

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Re: Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2013, 10:04:17 PM »
I love the pics!  That purple hammer drilling brings back some memories.  The grip was basically on the top, and the hole drilled through the circle which was your axis.  Those 2 circles left stayed still through the entire shot.   Of course the driller did not pay much attention to where the pin was.....  :D   I still have a NIB 15 Red Hammer at home.  Will not be drilling that up any time soon.
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Re: Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2013, 01:51:02 AM »
My old Pink Hammer looks mighty nice with his brothers and sisters!

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Re: Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2013, 07:00:03 AM »
Should roll up in a tournament with this arsenal.

Would be fun.

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Re: Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2013, 10:33:47 AM »
He's still missing the strongest one, Burgandy! :-)

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Re: Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2013, 11:55:19 AM »
Isn't top left the Burgundy?

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Re: Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2013, 12:36:27 PM »
Maybe I'm being colorblind.  I thought it was a purple.

Faball_Frenzy

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Re: Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2013, 02:52:43 PM »
And your point is........

...to add a new post to the Faball Forum.  Seriously though, thought it might be of interest to post a pic or two of the complete commercially available urethane Faball Hammer line plus a urethane Faball Blue Nail.  Right in the middle is my 16# Black Hammer from 25+ years ago.  The rest of the balls were acquired in the last two months.  Not necessarily intending to keep all of these but for now it makes for a fun picture.

Someone with an eagle eye probably noted that left to right, top to bottom are the supposed strength of hook.

Early this year I posted a WTB on this and a couple of other sites and began to scour Craigslist and EBay with the intention of getting some 15# Faball Hammers.  Through the magic (?) of the Internet, I found seven Faball Hammers and one Faball Nail.  All are single-drill except for the Pink.  Not all are 15#.  The Blue and Purple Hammers were represented to me as 15# but turned out to be 16#.

Plan on getting them fitted to one spec or is it just a collection? Plan on selling any?

So far I have the Red redrilled for me (which is different from the original fit of my Black) which I'm trying to determine if I can make it work.  Then I'm planning to have the Burgundy, Red Pearl, and Pink fitted the same.

As for selling, I think I may at some point but for some reason right now I have an odd collector's idea of keeping them all (perhaps swapping in 15# Purple and Blue...!)

My old Pink Hammer looks mighty nice with his brothers and sisters!

You are correct, sir!  Thank you for the final piece of the puzzle!

Maybe I'm being colorblind.  I thought it was a purple.

It confuses me as well.  The Burgundy and Purple appear differently to me in different lighting...that's why I tried to take pics using only sunlight.  By the S/N, the Burgundy is definitely a Burgundy and by elimination (and by comparing to other people's pics of the Purple) I'm pretty sure the other is Purple although the driller put the thumb right through the S/N  ??? so I can't be 100% positive.
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JamminJD

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Re: Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2013, 05:54:46 PM »
That's a sweet Faball arsenal right there!! Congrats as someone who owned all those balls that is nice to see! Great pic!

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Re: Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2013, 12:27:52 PM »
What about the Blue Pearl Nail? Looks like the Blue Pearl Hammer but has the Nail logo??? I can get pics for the doubters.....
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Re: Eight Faball Hammers and a Nail
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2013, 09:45:26 PM »
I am using a Motiv P7 in my sport league, but I am going to show up with my Nail ball for use as a spare shooter. Had it sanded to 1000 grit to help it straighten out at the end. New finger and thumb inserts