Hammer's FB page has a short clip of Stef Johnson throwing the Scandal Pearl. Looks damn good on the lane. Doesn't help that Stef is a nice, clean release, and rolls beautifully.

BL.

I don't know if anyone here has thrown it yet, but I'll put this out there anyway.

For those who have thrown the Scandal Pearl, would there be any overlap between this and the Mission Unknown? Still not knowing much about the GB 12.7 coverstock and knowing that the Unknown is asymmetrical, the Scandal Pearl is also an angular ball, symmetrical, and is truly a pearl.

A pearl is the only thing missing in my bag, and while I have the Unknown coming, I'm wondering if I may have some overlap in performance between these two balls that I may want to avoid.

Thoughts?

BL.

Well, after drilling mine last night and throwing it on 2 different patterns, I can tell you that this ball rolls so similar to the Scandal, but about 4-5 boards weaker for me. Maybe the layout that I used on this ball might have added a little extra length, but overall, I am loving the motion that I am seeing with this ball. Very clean with a strong continuous motion in the backends with a controlled skid/flip pop too... I know that sounds weird...

I threw a few shots with my RebeL & Arson High Flare Solid along with this and the Scandal Pearl was longer, when my AHF Solid started burning up and was stronger than my RebeL at the spot. This fits perfectly for what I was looking for. Love my AHF Solid & RebeL for a 1-2 punch, but sometimes the RebeL is a touch too much in the backends, the Scandal Pearl, blended that motion and fits in between.

I hope this helps... Will provide a review on this ball next week, after a few weekend tourneys!

Hey Micheal. What should I put with the scandal and scandal pearl? From what I already have.

Red legend Pearl
Viral Solid
Blue urethane

I'm a two hander

All of them would be my vote. That'd be a decent 5 ball arsenal if you didn't see a lot of breakdown

Quote from: Plowboy300 on September 29, 2016, 02:49:48 PM

Well, after drilling mine last night and throwing it on 2 different patterns, I can tell you that this ball rolls so similar to the Scandal, but about 4-5 boards weaker for me. Maybe the layout that I used on this ball might have added a little extra length, but overall, I am loving the motion that I am seeing with this ball. Very clean with a strong continuous motion in the backends with a controlled skid/flip pop too... I know that sounds weird...

I threw a few shots with my RebeL & Arson High Flare Solid along with this and the Scandal Pearl was longer, when my AHF Solid started burning up and was stronger than my RebeL at the spot. This fits perfectly for what I was looking for. Love my AHF Solid & RebeL for a 1-2 punch, but sometimes the RebeL is a touch too much in the backends, the Scandal Pearl, blended that motion and fits in between.

I hope this helps... Will provide a review on this ball next week, after a few weekend tourneys!

The Scandal Pearl is less in the backend than the Rebel? I can see how longer might be possible but I would have seriously thought it should be more in the back not less.

I threw it again last night and it might have been the user error in the night before...  One of my friends said that I was throwing it a little too hard LOL    the Scandal Pearl is definitely stronger than the RebeL and does have a strong backend finish on the ball too...
The RebeL does get down the lane a lot longer and has a nice controlled skid/flip motion... and the Scandal Pearl is about 4-5 boards stronger overall than the RebeL for what I saw last night. 

DJGOOK - The Scandal & Scandal Pearl will definitely be great additions to your current arsenal and will have everything you will see on the lanes!

The Scandal Pearl still has a strong core, so it blends the pattern more than having over/under problems... this ball also can handle a little more oil than a standard pearl ball too. You will be quite impressed with this ball if you need something for the medium / heavier medium lane patterns.

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But will it finish without over/under in carry down? pearl coverstock makes me think no but now a days...that might not mean much.

Put the pin below the fingers and it will be a slower response to friction which would make it smoother, but still strong downlane