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Joker-1

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oldest ball you carry around?
« on: November 19, 2014, 09:20:19 AM »
Lot of people continuously buy the newest and latest ball claiming that the ball has died. The reaction is maybe a 1/4 of what it used to be, but i still carry around my black taboo. Whats the oldest ball you still use?

 

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #61 on: November 27, 2014, 04:33:46 PM »
Lane 1 golden nugget. Ball still hits like a tank.

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #62 on: November 28, 2014, 04:37:23 PM »
I still use an ebonite turbo X    still hits hard. Lol
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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #63 on: November 29, 2014, 11:00:51 AM »
Still occasionally but rarely use an old green Quantum.

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #64 on: November 29, 2014, 04:10:12 PM »
Oldest I have used this year is an Ebonite Mission although my pink Hammer from 1991 still makes occasional appearances when lanes are fried

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #65 on: December 02, 2014, 07:52:19 AM »
Update. Oldest ball in bag that I'm using once again: Columbia 300 Gold Dot, a pearl urethane piece that's, like, an 82-84 hardness. Purchased it in 1989. Carried 200+ average using it (on wood lanes during the old ABC short oil era). It was my go-to ball whenever I needed to keep things right of the head pin. Now it's virtually a spare ball piece unless the lanes are super torched.

See 123bowl.com link: http://www.123bowl.com/ball.cfm?ballid=518
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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #66 on: December 02, 2014, 03:10:02 PM »
Quantum Sage Tour - May 1997 Release

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #67 on: December 03, 2014, 11:32:43 AM »
I wasn't going to post on this, but after struggling mightily on a flat 27 ft pattern for 2 weeks in my singles league, I got a 30 year old black diamond out of my garage, and beat my previous high in the league by about 100 pins over 4 games.  I had tried polished urethane and plastic on the pattern, but the old hard rubber ball handled the carry down way better than the other stuff. Guess I will add the Black Diamond to my short oil tournament arsenal. 

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #68 on: December 03, 2014, 12:01:45 PM »
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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #69 on: December 03, 2014, 03:12:39 PM »
Oldest ball I commonly use is a Faball 3D Offset Maxxx, rolls like a champ but is beat to hell due to its many games of use. Oldest ball I own is a Black Hammer but it doesn't see much use and is in poor condition.
I wasn't going to post on this, but after struggling mightily on a flat 27 ft pattern for 2 weeks in my singles league, I got a 30 year old black diamond out of my garage, and beat my previous high in the league by about 100 pins over 4 games.  I had tried polished urethane and plastic on the pattern, but the old hard rubber ball handled the carry down way better than the other stuff. Guess I will add the Black Diamond to my short oil tournament arsenal.
27 feet is ridiculous! :o I sometimes get tempted to try out rubber bowling balls, even if just for fun, but I don't know if anyone would want to drill one up for me due to the smell.

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #70 on: December 03, 2014, 05:07:14 PM »
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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #71 on: December 04, 2014, 09:52:01 AM »
lane 1 black raspberry

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #72 on: December 05, 2014, 06:35:59 AM »
Original Burgundy Hammer, Danger Zone, Sapphire Pearl Zone

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #73 on: December 16, 2014, 12:57:16 PM »
I don't bowl often...last three or four years, none at all aside from two office parties.  But one of the two-ball totes that went in the center contained my Roto RH (the Roto equivalent to the Yellow Dot bleeders) and my Rotogrip Gold Grenade (mid 80's pearl urethane). 

The shelves still also have my Vector II, U2, Nail (the original) and a few others that I would not hesitate to use today if I ever found the interest in throwing a few lines...

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #74 on: December 17, 2014, 12:59:10 AM »
My original CELL, but it's not with me daily. Usually when I travel and bowl houses I don't know anything about. 2 bags, one 3 ball bag for league (HyRoad, Wrecker & spare ball) and a 2 ball traveling bag (Cell & Lane 1 Chainsaw).
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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #75 on: December 18, 2014, 10:15:46 AM »
Storm, Flame Series, Red Hot is my dry lanes ball, rarely use it though, maybe once or twice this year.  Purchased around 2002, maybe?