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Jesse James

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Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« on: November 22, 2013, 03:43:28 PM »
I have:

Black Hammer: Apr. '83
Blue Hammer: Dec. '88
Burgundy Hammer: Oct. '92
Ninja RPM: May '94
Cuda/C : Feb. '95

I never realized just how old these balls were. All of these balls still hook wonderfully. However the Black Hammer, which flares quite a bit......hits kind of tinney, if that is a word. It almost sounds metallic when it hits the pins! What can you expect from a thirty year old ball, I guess?
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Armourboy

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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #31 on: November 26, 2013, 06:36:07 AM »
Ace Supreme ( not sure when it was made, they ceased operations in the early 90's)
Columbia 300 Beast
Storm Eraser
Storm El Nino 2000

MrNattyBoh

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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #32 on: November 26, 2013, 11:08:10 AM »
InSite Almighty -  still use it regularly

Jorge300

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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #33 on: November 26, 2013, 11:15:03 AM »
Well let's see, I have:
 
Ebonite Clear Wolf Spare Ball - late 80's (still my spare ball today)
Ebonite Clear Wolf - NIB (for when the one above cracks in half, lol)
Dynothane Remedy PHD
Dynothane Elixir Pearl - NIB
Storm X-Factor
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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #34 on: November 26, 2013, 11:27:35 AM »
Beast
Ti Beast
Mass Chaos
Trauma Response
Hex

All waiting proper burial.

Zanatos1914

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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #35 on: November 26, 2013, 11:54:46 AM »
Anybody who wants to sale Cuda C - let me know...

BrunsMike

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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #36 on: November 26, 2013, 05:58:10 PM »
Never really thought about this one too much but here's my list:

Ebonite Rainbow polyester. (red, yellow, green, orange, and purple striped)
Morich Awesome Finish
Hammer No Mercy Beatn'
Storm T-Road Pearl
Storm Gravity Shift

This is basically my retired ball list.
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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #37 on: November 27, 2013, 07:09:15 AM »
Insite almighty
Columbia aftershock pearl
and angle evolution
dynothane thing & thing returns
blue gyro (spare)

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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #38 on: December 12, 2013, 03:20:00 PM »
Our center has three Brunswick Mineralite balls from 1946 when the place opened.

Did you know these balls were balanced dynamically by placing them in liquid mercury and letting them float and spin and then marked by hand?

OSHA would have loved the old bowling days ...

Armourboy

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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #39 on: December 12, 2013, 03:34:40 PM »
Our center has three Brunswick Mineralite balls from 1946 when the place opened.

Did you know these balls were balanced dynamically by placing them in liquid mercury and letting them float and spin and then marked by hand?

OSHA would have loved the old bowling days ...

Not to mention the EPA lol

If they were floated in mercury I wouldn't touch the things, not even now lol.

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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #40 on: December 12, 2013, 08:13:52 PM »
Well let's see, I have:
 
Ebonite Clear Wolf Spare Ball - late 80's (still my spare ball today)
Ebonite Clear Wolf - NIB (for when the one above cracks in half, lol)

Loved throwing that ball during the late 90's - was my spare ball but there would be some nights where the lanes were so bad that I would throw it as my primary ball.  Would love to find another on. 
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txbowler

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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #41 on: December 13, 2013, 03:27:12 PM »
Own and still use:

Ebonite XL-5
Pink Hammer
Purple Hammer
Ebonite Nitro
Ebonite Purple Haze

TheGom

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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #42 on: December 13, 2013, 10:47:58 PM »
How about 4!

Roto Grip Cell
Hammer Black Widow
Storm X Factor
Storm X Factor Brand New SIB

Greazygeo

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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #43 on: December 13, 2013, 11:02:39 PM »
That I bought new…..

Ebonite Nitro R2
Storm Lightning Storm
Hammer Blade

Bought used…
Red Hammer
Burgundy Hammer
2014-15 avg 193  Current arsenal....Faball Red and Brunswick Blue Ringer Solid / Maxim spare ball.

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Re: Name the 5 oldest balls you own.........
« Reply #44 on: December 14, 2013, 01:21:25 AM »
I currently have a
U2 Pearl
BUD II
Turbo X
Zone Pro Deep Violet
El Nino 2000
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