Author Topic: What was the first urethane? (Read 6495 times)

charlest · « **on:** April 09, 2012, 09:50:54 AM »

Was it the AMF Black Angle?

EDIT: I was curious about the first urethane by any manufacturer, not each manufacturer's first urethane.

(And the AMF Ultra Angle was the first asymmetric cored urethane.

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Thank you for your replies so far. Any one else?

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Edited by charlest on 4/9/2012 at 12:59 PM

cpo_bee · « **Reply #1 on:** April 09, 2012, 12:24:40 PM »

If I remember right, yes the Angle was the first.

DON DRAPER · « **Reply #2 on:** April 09, 2012, 01:02:02 PM »

The AMF Angle was the first three-piece urethane bowling ball. The Faball Hammer was the first two-piece urethane bowling ball.

GB300 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 09, 2012, 02:00:07 PM »

+1 to Don Drapers reply

AMF had the Angle

Brunswick had the Edge

Faball had the Black Hammer

Can't remember what Ebonite or Columbia 300 had.

Does anybody remember?

Skip H · « **Reply #4 on:** April 09, 2012, 02:09:35 PM »

I'm not sure on any of these guesses but I think I am fairly certain about the Columbia.

Ebonite - maybe the Gyro not totally sure about that

Columbia - fairly certain it was the wine U-Dot.

Skip

drillbit · « **Reply #5 on:** April 09, 2012, 02:15:35 PM »

Columbia had the Wine U-dot, IIRC. Ebonite, the Mag-12, maybe? Not sure on that one.

drillbit

GB300 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 09, 2012, 03:18:00 PM »

Here's another question for you guys. Do you remember what those balls cost back then?

GB300 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 09, 2012, 03:23:26 PM »

If I remember correctly, my pro shop was charging $129 for either the Angle or the Edge. A huge sum for a ball back then.

This was back in 1983.

Pinbuster · « **Reply #8 on:** April 09, 2012, 03:42:18 PM »

I agree with Don as well.

The cost around here of the first Hammers (Black) were $100 (around 1986). I never priced a Black Angle.

stc067 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 10, 2012, 02:38:42 AM »

I thought Ebonite's first was the black Firebolt.

drillbit wrote on 4/9/2012 12:15 PM:
Columbia had the Wine U-dot, IIRC. Ebonite, the Mag-12, maybe? Not sure on that one.

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Jesse James · « **Reply #10 on:** April 10, 2012, 10:46:40 AM »

Back in the day, the Hammer plant was right near Baltimore. We used to put our monies together and buy a case of them for what worked out to, $75 a piece! That was a great deal back then.

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batbowler · « **Reply #11 on:** April 10, 2012, 12:52:03 PM »

Actually Hammer had several plants where they balls were made! The serial number had a B for Baltimore, U for Utah, and S for St. Louis which is now the Visionary plant! John Wonders' family still operates the St.Louis area plant as Visionary!! They use the same concept of thick coverstocks in all their product lines with similar core designs in the earlier Visionary balls as Hammer!

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