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thfonz98

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is this a pink hammer or a red hammer...is one just polished and the other sanded(colorwise)?
« on: January 26, 2005, 07:38:45 AM »
i have a urethane hammer and cant really tell if its a pink or red.  My teammate gave it to me with a bunch of other stuff when he moved away and told me if i polish it it would be pink(as of right now its sanded i can see the circles of the 2 side sand job on it).  and by looking at the 123bowl.com pics i cant tell. So i ask what is the following? and is the only difference between the two is polish and surface(i would presume this)? is the red considerably darker?

couple pictures of it:
it next to a wine udot nad a towel with red in it for comparison:  http://home.comcast.net/~thfonz98/hammer.jpg

the hot pink thumb slug in the hammer:
http://home.comcast.net/~thfonz98/hammerpinkslug.jpg

123bowl pages:
http://www.bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=292
http://www.bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=287

i was thinking of plugging and redrilling it just for fun. single drill about 2"pin w/w.hole.
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Re: is this a pink hammer or a red hammer...is one just polished and the other sanded(colorwise)?
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2005, 03:50:43 PM »
Best way to tell is to take a Durometer to it.  IIRC, the Pink Hammers punched about 85-87, while the Red Hammers were in the high 70s.

On edit:  The old Hammers were notorious for changing color over time, so you might not be able to tell just by looking at it.

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Re: is this a pink hammer or a red hammer...is one just polished and the other sanded(colorwise)?
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2005, 07:03:08 AM »
The first picture definitely looks like the Pink.  The Pink is considerably harder and will hook less than the Red.  I use a Pink as my spare/toast ball.  It also works well on short patterns with screaming backends until carrydown sets in.
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Re: is this a pink hammer or a red hammer...is one just polished and the other sanded(colorwise)?
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2005, 08:23:08 PM »
what is the serial number?
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thfonz98

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Re: is this a pink hammer or a red hammer...is one just polished and the other sanded(colorwise)?
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2005, 09:19:01 PM »
not that dark, sorry

im out of town till sunday night. so i cant get the s.n. till then
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thfonz98

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Re: is this a pink hammer or a red hammer...is one just polished and the other sanded(colorwise)?
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2005, 08:49:43 PM »
btw the serial is 9IUP07838, INFO ANYONE?...the I may be a 1
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khamûl

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Re: is this a pink hammer or a red hammer...is one just polished and the other sanded(colorwise)?
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2005, 10:03:40 PM »
pink hammer from the Utah plant, 1989 (the first year of release).

the red would be very "fire engine" red, especially after getting some oil soak into the coverstock.  it also had a slightly more natural porous coverstock with the rougher factory finish.

the pink was designed for those that got too much ball reaction from the SO pearl hammers of the day.


either would be pretty much a spare ball or lighter oil arsenal ball in todays environment.
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Re: is this a pink hammer or a red hammer...is one just polished and the other sanded(colorwise)?
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2005, 10:29:45 PM »
It definitely looks to be a pinkie allright, but if it is drilled like I think it is, it will really be for the toasted lanes.

 Looks to be over the label with the pin above the thumb. Had an old hammer drilled like this by Del Ballard ( back in the day!). It was set up to play the track area is what I was told.  Early roll with mild backends, and the pink was already a mild ball to begin with.
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thfonz98

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Re: is this a pink hammer or a red hammer...is one just polished and the other sanded(colorwise)?
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2005, 01:14:52 AM »
pin is about where the flash reflection is, weight hole is about inch deep

http://home.comcast.net/~thfonz98/pinkhammerdrill.jpg

THANKS FOR THE INFO THOUGH GUYS!!
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