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kleptic

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circles on blackwidow cover?
« on: October 09, 2007, 02:30:29 AM »
my black widow came in today. do all black widows have these markings or has this ball been plugged? they look like plug marks.

http://www.kleptic.com/bw1.jpg
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http://www.kleptic.com/bw4.jpg

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KDawg77

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Re: circles on blackwidow cover?
« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2007, 07:22:14 AM »
Just got this from Brian Graham, Hammer Brand Manager (he was out of the office last week):

"The black marks are not plug marks.  They are impact marks that are caused during shipping and during our manufacturing process as the balls roll down the production line.  The Black Widow coverstock is extremely aggressive and is susceptible to phasing (when the coverstock lightens in color).  Once the ball hits something, it will leave a dark circle or mark on the ball.  Once the ball has been thrown a game or two, the marks will disappear.  The impact marks will no affect on the performance of the ball."

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Beef STL

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Re: circles on blackwidow cover?
« Reply #17 on: November 16, 2007, 02:28:23 AM »
When I first saw it, it almost looked like the effects the cold had on my Weapon of Mass Bias:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v379/ANamelessNumber6/Equipment/Cold%20WMB/
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