Paid a premium at the pro shop, but the guys were friendly and pretty knowledgeable.  I originally intended to get the regular black widow in a 16#, but they would've had to order it and I've been suffering from Ball Acquisition Disorder (B.A.D.)

Since it's my birthday I decided to go ahead and pickup the BWP in a 15# and have it drilled for the league games I bowled tonight.  I got 15# because the guy was telling me that 16# might actually be too much for that ball and I'd likely get a little more pin action off the 15# since it would deflect a little better than a 16#.  I really wasn't sure, but it sounded good and again... I was suffering from B.A.D.  They got done drilling it just as my first game with my old Ebonite Matrix TPS III was coming to a close.  I also had them scuff it up a little bit because I wanted slight more hook.  We have light - med. oily lanes and they thought that would be good.  Turns out I'd like just a little more hook, so I'll probably have them scuff it some more.

Got to use it in 2nd and 3rd games and it's quite a little bit of a change.  I don't have a lot of revs on the ball, so it doesn't hook in like the video I saw someone else here just recently post, but it does turn left nicely and I really did get some good pin action.  During one frame my whole team thought I was going to leave a 6-7-10 split, but the 7 somehow managed to fall giving everyone the impression of just an easy spare pickup, but when the 7 fell it hit another pin which swung into the 6, knocked it back and killed the 10 with it.  Strike, yay!    I do get to throw it a little bit more outside and watch it come back in versus the Ebonite which was straight down about the 33 board or so and watch it hook into the pocket [hopefully].  

Anyways, feel free to ask questions and here are the links to the pix below.  Warning to 56k'ers they are full sized 6MP pictures.

http://home.comcast.net/~dustinhatcher/BlackWidow1.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~dustinhatcher/BlackWidow2.jpg
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Oh I already thew during league games.  I intend to practice a little more with it, but I've got a pretty good idea of what I want it to do and how to get it there.  
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Hmmmm that's weird.  Everything I've been reading and getting up to date on basically says shiny = less hook (especially with the more oil you're on) and particle/dull surface = greater traction through oil and better hook.  Is there somewhere I can read more about this stuff?  Or do I just keep plugging away here on the forum?
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What do you guys mean when you say backend hook as opposed to just a "hook?"  I'm still learning some of the lingo around here.  
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