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kingbaldo

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is the new blue hammer " urethane?"
« on: January 18, 2012, 08:36:38 PM »
have been watching a teammate use this ball in league for over a month now.i must say watching his ball reaction , he has a smuch room as anyone using any resin ball.his ball is a basic label drill pin to side of ring finger,no trick drill.he has not touched the cover except to wipe it off after a shot. kind of makes me wonder if this ball has a "little resin?"anyone else have any input on this? thanks for any and all replys!



 



 



 



 

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Re: is the new blue hammer " urethane?"
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2012, 09:02:06 AM »
Have to remember something.  The new Blue Hammer is not like the one from the 80s.  The new one has a full fledged weight block in it which helps quite a bit with that reaction you are seeing.  I am pretty sure it is a full urethane cover but the core has some dynamics to it.  With what you are saying is true with the layout, the pin next to his ring is going to make the core rev up quicker (providing the distance to his axis) so any shot pulled into the oil is still going to flare and help get into a roll but shots pushed right, when the ball hits the dry, the cover is going to smooth out the reaction and not be as jumpy, which in turn make it look as though he has the same amount of room as anyone else using resin. 



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Re: is the new blue hammer " urethane?"
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2012, 10:17:28 AM »
The company has stated it's a "blended urethane" and not the same formula as the old ones. That's not to say it's bad, I think it represents a urethane type reaction on today's conditions. It also works well polished, which many of today's urethanes do not.


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Re: is the new blue hammer " urethane?"
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2012, 06:03:22 AM »
I just drilled one after switching to 15 lb
I had a 16 lb natural and did well with it, but it seemed to hook early and sort of roll out the last 20 feet.
Ball driller says this is the characteristics of this ball (pin is over my fingers)
 
the new blue hammer is more smooth and arcing(slight difference), seems to carry better so far as well
 


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Re: is the new blue hammer " urethane?"
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2012, 06:14:33 AM »
I'd love to know how the new Blue Hammer compares to the black Pure Hammer, which also had/has a blended urethane cover, coupled with the Blade core (original Hammer core with flip caps for some differential). I still have my BPH and live in dire fear of the day that this balls cracks - it is such a great piece on medium-light conditions, I haven't found a worthy replacement (or another BPH...) yet. :(


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Re: is the new blue hammer " urethane?"
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2012, 04:56:32 PM »
Hammer Tech stated "this is as close to the Old Hammer as it gets."



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Re: is the new blue hammer " urethane?"
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2012, 04:20:28 AM »
Yeah, but that was also said when the Pure Hammers came, and it did not tell anything about the ball's utility. The black and esp. the red PH had (relatively) much stronger coverstocks than the Faball Hammers. The reaction shape was urethane-like, but these balls were rather "different". That's what makes me so suspicious about the new Blue Hammer. Since overall hook seems to be the thing that sells best, I am afraid that it just a reactive ball in a retro guise - strength unknown.


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Re: is the new blue hammer " urethane?"
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2012, 07:38:29 AM »
Thomas,
 
From what I saw of the Black Pure Hammer, it was as much resin as urethane and I only saw it with the stock surface, very polished. Like resin, the more polish you applied, the longer it went and the more it hooked at the backend. The Burgundy Pure Hammer was pure resin and was more for medium-light to medium oil, for me.
 
From what I have seen of the new Blue Hammer, it goes longer than the AMF Hype and the Naturals but not as long as the Desperado and the Avalanche.  I have only seen them dull (P4000 grit, the stock surface) but they seem to hook more than any other urethane with a decent backend and better drive than any except the Avalanche and the Desperado. It's behavior remains urethane-like. While I've seen good drive I;ve also seen them leave 7-10s when the midlane is too dry and they can't retain energy. They're for short oil, not dry conditions, UNLESS you have a lot of ball speed or less than average revs.
 


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