Yeah I agree the blue is better for the burn, just heard the purple hits harder but suspected its too early (own blue but not purple, grass always greener).    Curious to try my red razor finally as its urethane but with very high RG (think significantly greater than 2.7) so it might have the length and will probably carry better than the blue but we shall see.  Its supposedly pretty strong too so might need fresh oil.  Have a feeling if going Faball route for serious burn you need the red pearl or maybe even the pink.

DP3,

I don't know whether or not Hammer has discontinued the BH; but am still seeing it available on several internet web sites.

Based on my experience with it, I'd say it was, in all practicality, a super-mild resin, weaker than the current acknowledged weakest resin, the Tropical Storm, nee Breeze. Officially, Hammer calls it a urethane, while Storm also calls the TS a resin.

For the last 2 seasons, thankfully, I have had no need to use the BH, but I still keep it around, just in case. I have used an older ball that is slightly stronger than the BH but weaker than my Tropical Breeze Hybrid, an AMF Orbit Extreme. The Orbit, which I got from Ebay about 2 years back, does handle a ton of dry and I use it at 4000 grit, not the stock polished finish. It also truly has a urethane type of backend even though I drilled in on the stronger side.

The Orbit has a small differential on the order of .024", if memory serves. During this times I had a Messenger Ti Pearl, but it is stronger and needs more oil than all those I've mentioned so far. For me, it required/was useful in true medium-light oil conditions.

Can always get one of those old rubber balls with a hardness in the 90s for the house that doesn't believe in lane oil.  My opinion is if a house is too dry for my blue hammer (polished and slip agent to hell) probably don't want to bowl there because will tear up your equipment.  Like that house that bowlingzuki guy on youtube rolls all those old gems at.

Quote from: HackJandy on August 12, 2017, 02:28:02 PM

  Like that house that bowlingzuki guy on youtube rolls all those old gems at.

 Yea, can you say "Swing shot" with a Manhattan Rubber?
Sheesh.

In 1967, I could; In 2017, I cannot. "NO, YOU CANNOT!"

After reading all this, I am thinking about the track spare+ more and more, as it is true burn. Or the widow spare. Any key differences between the two?  Also, unofficial thoughts on turtle wax as it as silicone (I believe) to act as a slip agent. Polishing the ever living ________ out of my pitch black doesn't quite make it clean enough when I decide to use it. I know it may not react at all at that point, but that just may be what I am looking for

Neo-tac has the Glide. Is that roughly the same as control it?

Well I tried it as I am as stubborn as a bull and I wouldn't mind turning my pitch black into a spare ball only worse case scenario. It still hooked off of a 10 pin. After league was over, I threw it a few shots through where we had been playing and the ball did seem to skate through the dry heads and mids, but had a hard arc in the back end. Granted my speed was down some as I had my bowling shoes off and was just walking up to the foul line to throw a couple test shots as an afterthought. I may keep the pitch black in my bag with this surface, and still pick up a spare+. I liked what I saw.