As far as I know there are no particle pearls in the line-up currently. The last one was a ball called The Answer. I think there were some production problems with it; so it was never a big seller.
The NS is NOT a pearl, as far as I know. When polsihed, it does have some reflective properties (maybe that's the diamonds?).
The Legends Masterpiece, although it is technically a resin pearl, seems to me to have all the ball path/ball reaction properties of many companies' polished particle pearls. Its reaction off the breakpoint is like a VERY strong hard arc-ing resin pearl (virtually flippy with some drillings), but its midlane handling is more akin to that of a particle pearl. It handles a surprising amount of oil for me, personally.
The Big Kahuna, probably due to its medium strong (solid low load particle) cover and low RG differential, seems to me to act more like many companies' sanded paricle pearls. Its breakpoint is, again, that of a very strong arc.
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Edited on 5/17/2006 8:27 PM