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*~Hammer Black Widow Venom Video from Videoballreviews.com!~*
« on: July 14, 2008, 08:52:12 PM »
Hi All,

I'm proud to present to you The Hammer Black Widow Venom Video.

http://www.videoballreviews.com/bwv.html

My Take on the Ball:

Another winner for the widow line…I was VERY surprised at how much stronger in the backend this ball is than the Black Widow Pearl.  I was expecting a good amount of overlap, but not at all…The Venom will clear the heads on just about anything, but boy when this thing hits friction does it go left.  The best part about this ball is it will allow most bowlers to stand right on top of the dry spot and stay there longer, while still keeping that aggressive backend move.  It will be fun to see where some guys with hand will be able to bring this one back from!

Compared to the pearl, it is longer and more angular on the back.  While the pearl still makes a strong “black widow” move on the back, it actually wants to read the lane earlier and be a bit smoother in the back.

Bowlers will need to get this though there heads that this is by no means a heavy oil ball straight out of the box, and will go a long ways if it doesn’t encounter some friction.  I have not tried any surface adjustments yet, but im sure with lower grits it could be made to handle more oil.   OOB it did ok with carrydown, pretty much what you would expect from a polished ball

All in all in my opinion a good addition to the Hammer Line Up

As always Comments and Questions are welcome!


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Re: *~Hammer Black Widow Venom Video from Videoballreviews.com!~*
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2008, 07:36:51 PM »
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It also bears mention that many, many balls look terribly similar when you view how they roll on a THS. I know that I can stand in roughly the same part of the lane to throw several pieces of my gear on our house shot. It's how they react on tougher patterns that makes the difference, and that is where the subtle differences in reaction can be greatly magnified.
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Very true Gene, i know first hand on this as it was night and day between my solid and bite, and they looked very similar on a house shot.
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Re: *~Hammer Black Widow Venom Video from Videoballreviews.com!~*
« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2008, 09:57:43 PM »
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There's not enough of a difference to require any more than 1 black widow of any kind you can achieve the same reaction with surface change, hand position and ball speed.


I love comments like this.  With your reasoning all you need is a plastic and reactive.  You can take almost any ball and through a surface change, hand position and ball speed get pretty much what you're looking for lmao.


I wouldn't laugh...  Go ask that old dude on your league who is still rolling a Urethane Hammer or a Rhino or something and still averages 200-220 if he needs a ball for every condition.  There is one in every center I have ever been to.  He would tell you that if you need a ball for every condition, then you need to learn how to bowl.
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Oh no I'm not... that's actually my point.  Any ball can get close to the reaction you want with all these changes.  It's just easier to take advantage of technology and try to keep things as consistent as possible, especially for guys like me that aren't real great with hand positions and the like.  With that said, obviously you wouldn't need all 4 widows.  I was just making a point that you can take any line of balls and find similarities in them.  Especially when they are at the same surface.
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Re: *~Hammer Black Widow Venom Video from Videoballreviews.com!~*
« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2008, 10:09:48 PM »
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It also bears mention that many, many balls look terribly similar when you view how they roll on a THS. I know that I can stand in roughly the same part of the lane to throw several pieces of my gear on our house shot. It's how they react on tougher patterns that makes the difference, and that is where the subtle differences in reaction can be greatly magnified.
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Totally true!

Sometimes a small difference is all that's needed to carry that single pin!  That could make the difference between winning or losing!

Very few top level bowlers can get by with limited equipment.  Norm Duke did pretty well with only the spit fire.  However, he had multiples of that ball!   WRW did pretty well with the ensane LEVRG but he had multiples of that ball.

I think chosing the amount of balls one needs in an arsenal depends on what level of bowler were talking about.

I still feel that you buy a reaction shape.  Most bowling balls can be used on many different patterns depending on the coverstock grit.  I have proved this to myself with the DOOM and BLUE VIBE.  It's the reaction shape your buying for the most part.



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Re: *~Hammer Black Widow Venom Video from Videoballreviews.com!~*
« Reply #19 on: July 18, 2008, 04:51:40 PM »
Hey Sherm...you were making that Psycho look pretty damn good at Sunset last weekend.

...A zillion revs doesnt hurt much either

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Re: *~Hammer Black Widow Venom Video from Videoballreviews.com!~*
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2008, 10:22:53 PM »
The reaction doesn't look as good as the pearl.
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Re: *~Hammer Black Widow Venom Video from Videoballreviews.com!~*
« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2008, 05:02:55 PM »
My brother got his last week.  Must say the ball is working very well for him thus far.
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