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
http://www.kleptic.com/bw2.jpg
http://www.kleptic.com/bw3.jpg
http://www.kleptic.com/bw4.jpg

thanks

Definitely not the prettiest ball ever, but I don't think the thing has been plugged.  Poor mixing, I'd say.

SH

yeah i got it new from buddies and those definatly look like small plug marks from coverstock repair.

i remember my first bowling ball had been destroyed by playing on really bad lanes and the bowling alley made small drill marks and plugged them and it looks really close to what this looks like, but i paid for a new ball :/

Edited on 10/9/2007 10:39 AM

yeah its obviously not plugged from being drilled for a player, it looks like it had coverstock repair done before it left the factory. like its a blem. and yeah buddies is great. I'm sure they will take care of it, I just wanted some verification on what those marks were.





Edited on 10/9/2007 10:45 AM

I don't see how any bad mixing would cause perfectly round circles like that, and there is one part in the picture where it looks like a big scratch was drilled through several times then plugged. my ball that had coverstock repair done looked exactly like that. they drilled the holes several places in the crack to make the plug material didnt fall out.

if all black widows dont have these markings, something is cleary wrong with this one.

I sent an email to Brian Graham at Hammer Bowling with your photos to see if he can explain this. I'll post the answer when I receive his reply.
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