Finally the knee has been feeling well enough to throw a few games with these.

On fresh oil(38' buffed to 45" using Control oil) on Brunswick synthetic lanes, started with the highly polished Black Diamond(pin-up version with a ton of Legends Extended-Length polish), ball was very comparible to a highly polished pin-up Terminator I had owned previously, it gets down the lane very easily, due to polish and a 4 1/4" Pin-to-PAP and turns rather hard once encountering the dry back-ends. Pin carry reminds me of the above mentioned Terminator and has excellent carry.  Played around the 10 board and flirted with the gutter on purpose and easily got the ball to recover.

Next the pin-down version OOB(1200 matte I believe), ball is very, very strong and very similar to a pin-down Dynamic Power I recently owned but got rid of due to the fact I probably wouldn't see enough oil to utilize it. This Black Diamond, although it hooks a ton, allowed me to move in to around 3rd arrow and swing ball pretty much as far right as I wanted(except the gutter) and the ball would still maintain enough energy to recover.  FYI, I am not a bowler who likes to swing the ball alot(I am primarly a track player) but I could probably score well with this ball as it has excellent hitting power.  I have yet to alter the coverstock on this one, most likely won't and keep it as my "Oiler".  Also, this Black Diamond in box condition compared to the polish pin-up version is about 4-5 boards stronger and obviously much stronger in the midlane department.

For comparisons sake I threw a pin-down Black Pearl(800 grit scotch-brite with Legends polish), it fell right in between the two Black Diamonds(2 boards weaker than the pin-down BD and 2 boards stronger than the pin-up BD).

If you have any questions about these or any other Legends balls in my stable, feel free to contact me via this website.

I strongly believe Lane Masters has yet another winner in the Black Diamond.

Edited on 8/17/2009 9:29 AM