Now that is a black widow.
I have only owned one hammer bowling ball in my life in fact I have only thrown one hammer ball in my life. However I love C300 and pretty much all the Ebonite products but have never tried a hammer ball before, except for the one I have now. The hammer ball that I own is the black widow sting. And to tell you the truth I am not that impressed with this ball especially it's recovery to the pocket. I have tried a few things to change the reaction but no luck so far, and I thought that this was going to be my first and last hammer ball. However, my proshop had some demo balls of the new Black Widow Nasty, and I said to my self hell it is a demo ball and it doesn't cost me anything to try it what the hell I will give hammer one more try, just as long as I don't have to pay for it why not. That day I was having a problem getting a sanded ball to recover enough to knock out the 7 pin, which now you can tell I am a lefty. So I pulled out this black widow nasty which is drilled less aggressive than my Sting and Wow is all I can say. Every ball that hit any part of the pocket in that game was a strike. I had 9 out of 11 strikes that game. My friend said to me hay man you got to take that ball back that ball is to good and you are kicking our butts with it. And I said No Way Jose. This ball does exactly what it says it will do. You send it out and it finds the pocket every time. Even when I tugged a few shots it held the line and gave me a few beautiful high flush strikes. My proshop guy Tony Reyes said that the reason I am seeing such a difference in the reaction is because of the new higher RG in the ball. I went back to the sting to really see the difference and there it was again soft 7 soft 7 over and over again. I then when back to the Nasty and flush strike flush strike over and over, again. The only problem I had with the ball and you get it with every ball you buy is by the third game I was experiencing some carry down and I started to leave some 7 pins some soft and some solid. But I fixed it right away with a little more axis tilt. The Nasty is one the best balls I have thrown. It ranks right up there with my favorite ball the Complete NV in fact with a few more games it could very well surpass that ball. I can't wait until January 12 when I can buy one of these balls, it is fantastic. I would buy it now but I just don't have the money until then. Anyway fantastic job Hammer in making this ball. It is sad you really have a winner with this ball and now the widow line is over, but what more could you have done with this line anyway. This ball is Freaking Fantastic.
