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Ragnar

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Original silver
« on: November 22, 2013, 10:31:07 AM »
Does anyone know when the original Silver Diamond was produced?  I've pulled mine out of retirement and it's looking better than anything else out today.  Averaging 220+ with it.  I'm thinking the original was sometime around '85-90?
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Re: Original silver
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2013, 11:07:22 AM »
Has to be later, early to mid-90's. Id say '92-95
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Re: Original silver
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2013, 01:19:53 PM »
Looks like December 2001.  Seems like they didn't make anything new from the early stuff in 1994/1995 until 2000.  The only thing listed as a Buzzsaw/C pearl was approved in 12/01, but they don't list a color.  On Lane 1's retired ball list, the only /C was the silver.  Everything else looks like /C2.  Look at page 55 of the pdf.

http://usbcongress.http.internapcdn.net/usbcongress/bowl/equipandspecs/pdfs/approved_balllist.pdf
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bowlingnut07

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Re: Original silver
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2013, 02:26:24 PM »
yes the silver diamond was much earlier then 2001 believe me
its more like 1995
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Ragnar

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Re: Original silver
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2013, 03:51:24 PM »
There may be some confusion.  I know that Richie put out a silver around '02, but it was a second generation and not nearly the ball that the original was.  I bought mine used around '03 and it was well used then. 

I even asked Richie and he couldn't tell me.
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Re: Original silver
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2013, 04:45:56 PM »
yes around 01 or 02 a 2nd batch was made but to me it wasnt like the original
that came out in like 1993 or 1994 or 1995 i cant remember exactly either,
u could tell the difference by the silver and how it it looked. it was much more white dot like in the new batch and the original was much more pearl
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JOE FALCO

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Re: Original silver
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2013, 05:41:05 PM »
Always under the impression that YEAR was part of the serial number .. can't imagine Rich not saying that!
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Re: Original silver
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2013, 11:18:53 PM »
What's the serial number?

This should apply to Lane#1 equipment poured in Michigan by Brunswick...

Old chart of Brunswick Serial Number codes.

First letter is the month.
A - Jan. B - Feb. C - Mar. D - April E - May F - June
G - July H - Aug. I - Sept. J - Oct. K - Nov. L - Dec.

Second letter is the year
F - 1992 G - 1993 H - 1994 I - 1995 J - 1996 K - 1997 L - 1998 M - 1999 N - 2000
O - 2001 P - 2002 R - 2003 S - 2004 T - 2005 Y - 2006 Z - 2007 A - 2008

May no longer be the exact same system that gets used by Big B now, but the idea is similar...
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Re: Original silver
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2013, 07:45:37 AM »
I have a friend that has a case of them. Obviously would never get rid if them. :p

Original silver was my only Lane 1 ball, and it was AWESOME.
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Ragnar

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Re: Original silver
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2013, 11:24:05 AM »
J_Mac, serial no. is ELD5381.  So, May '98? 
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Re: Original silver
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2013, 03:30:50 PM »
Quote from: Ragnar on November 23, 2013, 11:24:05 AM
J_Mac, serial no. is ELD5381.  So, May '98? 


Works for me...That was the era when a company would actually make a ball for more than 6 months before kicking to the curb.
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Ragnar

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Re: Original silver
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2013, 04:28:56 PM »
J_Mac, your right.  I wish someone would go back to making balls with PowerKoil 18 covers.  Unlike some of the current stuff (especially it seems by Storm) they lasted forever.
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Re: Original silver
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2013, 04:46:15 PM »
Quote from: Ragnar on November 23, 2013, 04:28:56 PM
J_Mac, your right.  I wish someone would go back to making balls with PowerKoil 18 covers.  Unlike some of the current stuff (especially it seems by Storm) they lasted forever.

I just put holes in a previously undrilled Brunswick Swarm...  PK18 with a strange "honeycomb" multi density core that I don't believe was used for anything else...  Ball is only 5 years old, yet only a handful of people that I'll encounter while bowling will have any clue what it is...

They just don't, and sometimes can't, make coverstocks they way they used to...
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