Post by: 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. 
)
)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
Post by: cpo_bee on April 09, 2012, 12:24:40 PM
If I remember right, yes the Angle was the first.
Post by: DON DRAPER on April 09, 2012, 01:02:02 PM
Post by: GB300 on April 09, 2012, 02:00:07 PM
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?
Post by: Skip H 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
Post by: drillbit 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
Post by: GB300 on April 09, 2012, 03:18:00 PM
Here's another question for you guys. Do you remember what those balls cost back then?
Post by: GB300 on April 09, 2012, 03:23:26 PM
This was back in 1983.
Post by: Pinbuster 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.
Post by: stc067 on April 10, 2012, 02:38:42 AM
I thought Ebonite's first was the black Firebolt.
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Post by: Jesse James 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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Post by: batbowler 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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