Ball NPS Score: 100.00
- Cover Stock: Ultra Vision Hybrid Reactive
- Weight Block: Rotary Core
- Color: Deep Purple Solid/Silver Pearl
- Factory Finish: 1500 Polished
- Flare Potential: 5+ inches
- Lane Condition: Medium Oil
- RG Differential: 16#-0.049, 15#-0.054, 14#-0.046, 13#-0.037, 12#-0.021
- A few tiny pit holes in the cover stock of the ball are normal
- Description: Looking forward to the new Nomad Dagger, we are relying upon the proven Rotary weight block design to carry the success of the series in to the future. This unique core shape fits so many different styles of bowlers! Strokers, crankers, and tweeners alike have found success with the Nomads...in fact, the Nomads have come to be must-haves in Wes Malott''''s tournament aresenal, too. And with an Ultra Vision Hybrid coverstock, the Nomad Dagger comes prepared with a 1500-grit polished finish. Matched with this Rotary core, it''''s a lethal combination. You need this ball. Roto Grip - it''''s all about the ATTITUDE.

Nomad Dagger review #1

My specs: left hander, 230 plus average 3 & 5/8th and 1/16th up, 17+ plus ball speed ,bowl in several leagues in 2 counties and bowl in about every tournament locally and state and nationwide.

Layout recommendation from Mike Sinek: 60x5x65, pin to the right and lower side of middle finger, box condition and no additional weight or P-hole. Simply incredible hooking power in the back end of the lane. Stronger then a Rogue Cell overall and fits very nicely into the Nomad line, but I think a much cleaner reaction then a Nomad Pearl, which for me tends to be long and snappy. Roll an 809 series in after only practicing 4 games, did take it up to step it thru the pads to 4000AB to clean up the coverstock a little more and even  look cleaner and stronger after 20 games.



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Rick Mitchell
Roto-Grip Staff Member
Roto-Grip Staff writer
York-Adams USBC board member
PSBA Sergeant at Arms
USBC Bronze Level Coach

The Nomad Dagger is a great addition to the Nomad family. The Dagger has a hybrid cover stock. This cover stock change allows the Dagger to be cleaner and longer through the fronts with a more angular move off the friction down lane than the Nomad solid.  For me, this is the best of the Sword line.

This ball cleared the heads great.  In the mid-lane the ball revved up nicely and made a solid, smooth move to the pocket. The Nomad Dagger reminds me a lot of my Mystic.

My ball is drilled with the pin just below the ring finger. This layout on a house pattern allowed me to play inside and swing the ball out to about 7-8 and watch it flip and drive back to the pocket.  I could also play down the ditch with a little more speed and watch the ball take a dramatic late turn with devastating results.
I can’t wait to try this on the Cheetah 35 foot oil pattern.

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Mike Johnston
Roto Grip Staff
USBC Certified Coach

I drilled this ball with the pin and cg stacked under my ring finger with no extra hole. The pin on this ball was approx 3" which put the Cg just above my thumb. To compensate for the additional thumb weight this created, I drilled the fingers deeper to get the thumb weight to zero.
     I used this layout to give me a skid/flip reaction for use on shorter oil patterns and on house shots as they break down. My Theory is drilled in a similar manner. Recently in league, my Theory was too strong for the fresh oil, so I used the dagger for the 3 games. The polished, hybrid cover, provided the extra length I needed yet still gave me a strong, controlled move off the break point. Like all medium to strong reactive balls, getting the Dagger onto the friction too early caused an earlier move off the break.
    The Nomad line, with surface alterations as needed, will provide the bowler a nice 3 ball arsenal to work with on medium to short patterns
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Senor RotoGrip

The Nomad Dagger can get through the heads with the best of them. The ball plays good from any part of the lane. The ball has a very nice mid-lane roll and continuous move on the back ends. Out of the box condition it handles the oil better than the solid. This ball can be played straight enough to up the ditch and deep enough from any arrow. This Nomad Dagger will make a good bench mark ball.
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Tony Szeluga
Roto Grip Staffer.
Retired All Army Bowler

This ball is exactly of what you think it is. It is a combination of the Nomad Solid and Pearl put together. The great mid lane reaction of the Nomad Solid with the hard snap and continuation through the pocket of the Nomad Pearl is what this ball is.  If the Pearl snapped at the back end and went to long for you and the Solid read the lane to early and didn’t have enough snap on the back end, than this ball is great for you.  It works well on wood and synthetic lanes. In my opinion, it is a great ball.

My specs: 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 with 2 inch buffer and dual angle 40x5-1/2x30 – the pin is above the fingers in the middle

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BRANDON HARRIS
Amateur Roto Grip Staff

if you want a ball to go long have huge backend hook and hit like a train this is the ball for you!
i got this ball two weeks ago. i got it for high school bowling for when the oil starts to carry down and to get a ball that hits very very hard. i threw this ball in a ball try-out put on by storm and roto grip and immediatly fell in love with this ball immediatly.

this ball is also very versital. you can play inside outside straight up the lane. i think this ball would fit in anyones arsenal.

so if your looking for a ball that hits hard has huge backend hook and a ball that goes long this is the ball you want

Dagger #2
35 x 3 ¾ 50 pin up above middle finger and box condition

 My specs: left hander, 230 plus average 3 & 5/8th and 1/16th up, 17+ plus ball speed ,bowl in several leagues in 2 counties and bowl in about every tournament locally and state and nationwide.

Was layout for me to play the “outside of 5 areas”, and the flatter longer KEGEL pattern. I practiced and began to trust this ball so much that I used it and roll a 300 one night then a 298 and 800 series a couple night later. Love it standing just right of center, (I’m left handed), and pushing the ball out towards the channel and allowing it to work its magic. I used it on several patterns the last couple of weeks before posting this information.

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Rick Mitchell
Roto-Grip Staff Member
Roto-Grip Staff writer
York-Adams USBC board member
PSBA Sergeant at Arms
USBC Bronze Level Coach
York-Adams Bowling Hall of Fame Member