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Candlelite300

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Faball green hammer
« on: September 18, 2012, 10:56:16 PM »
I came across a faball green hammer in the pro shop today.  And I was wondering if anybody had any information on it. Thanks

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Here's the pictures
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4690308264494&set=a.4690308864509.2187576.1497616411&type=3
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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2012, 11:16:50 PM »
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Candlelite300

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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2012, 11:26:54 PM »
No this one is solid green. Never seen one like this ever.

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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2012, 03:48:08 AM »
I've seen a few Blue hammers that got greener and greener as they aged, maybe you found one of these?


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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2012, 09:06:00 AM »
No but if i get a chance ill put a picture up.

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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2012, 09:51:57 AM »
Sweet interested to see because the vault didnt have anything on a "green" hammer. Maybe it was an international release?
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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2012, 10:45:45 AM »
I recall Wayne Webb throwing some green equipment in his hey day.

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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2012, 11:47:06 AM »
Pics or it didn't happen! :)

Was it drilled or NIB? Was it after the Ebonite buyout? If it had the Faball logo (and it will actually say Faball), it's probably a Blue Hammer that just changed color over time. The pigment in them caused that.

Or it's mold from it sitting in a box since the early 90's. :)

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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2012, 02:09:05 PM »
I remember seeing a thread pop up once somewhere about a Green Hammer and many of us thought it was a discolored Blue, but when we saw the pics it looked to be something different all-together.  But that's all I remember.  Email Jason Wonders at Visionary (VBPadvertising@aol.com) and see if he has any info it.

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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2012, 07:00:32 PM »
Added 2 pictures

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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2012, 07:35:42 PM »
INTERESTING!! :) Is that the letter I just to the right of the Fab script in the logo? What is the serial #?  That will tell us the place of manufacture and year.

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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2012, 02:53:21 AM »
I've seen a Black Hammer that faded to a darker version of that. I don't have it anymore, as it use to be in my closet, but it was much, much darker. That's pretty odd.
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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2012, 07:35:46 AM »
Just saw the serial number picture. INTERESTING!!! I do not believe it was a  ball that was released to the general public here in the states. Might have been a "test" ball. The numbers are not the same style and sequence, not the same as used on production pieces for release here as far as I know. The appearance of the letter "I" after the Fab script has me confused.

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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2012, 05:06:28 PM »
My guess is that it was a test ball also. I'm going to do a little research and hopefully find some information on it. It is a very interesting ball.

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Re: Faball green hammer
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2012, 06:11:26 PM »
 Before Faball was bought out by the Wonders family, the original owner J.P Fabinich, was making a small amount of bowling balls. These were NOT Hammers, merely called Faballs, after the owners name.

 I thought I had heard that the ones he was making were just polyester balls, but anything is possible I suppose, and this ball could be from that "pre-hammer" era.

 Definitely something worth checking into.
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