Guys,
Having a very low dynamic weightblock ( as the RAZYR does ) does not preclude the ball from hooking off the dry. What causes ANY ball to hook is friction.
The low dynamic weight system used in the RAZYR limits only the RG and Diff, but has no influence whatsoever on how much friction is created when it reaches a truly dry area.
The more flare a ball has, the better able to handle an oilier shot it becomes, due to the fact that fresh ball surface is in contact with the lane surface with every revolution. The Hammer RAZYR, on the other hand, has very little flare potential and rotates basically over the same area of the ball, allowing it to keep what little oil it picks up in the heads in contact with the lane surface for a longer period of time, thus creating a ball that is much easier to get through dry parts of the lane.
However, when it finally does rotate off the oil track on the ball, or the oil track depletes itself off the ball due to contact with the truly dry lane surface, the very reactive cover then becomes the dynamic force that causes the ball to hook. I believe the RAZYR has the strongest reactive cover ever used on a three piece ball, and therefore should give a strong read of the dry lane once the oiltrack on the ball has been depleted.
To put it simply, You could look at it like this. To create enough energy to strike, a ball has to creat that energy by multiplying the rotational energy of the ball ( core ) by the friction factor. The stronger the core, the more friction can be created in a higher volume of oil, due to "flaring" fresh ball surface on each revolution. The weaker the core, the less volume of oil the ball can handle to create that friction, due to the low/non flaring nature of the ball which NEEDS the dry to create enough friction.
The RAZYR's weightblock is designed to let the high friction on the lane surface be the main factor in creating this energy instead of the core, thus creating a ball that actually NEEDS the truly dry part of the lane to work well.
Trust me, if the lanes get TRULY dry, the RAZYR will hook just as much as those "HIGH PERFORMANCE" pills do on oily lanes.
Two years ago, I averaged over 200 ( 208 actually ) with an old ebonite Tornado warning ( same weightblock as the RAZYR with a weaker cover ). Had to finish it at 800 grit sanded, but it would hook off the dry outside and still carry. Pi$$ed a lot of guys off to because the lanes NEVER got too dry for me!
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