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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?

 

Timmyb01

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2014, 09:28:24 AM »
I don't have anything crazy old probably my 900 global break s75, I can speak for a guy on my Monday scratch league he is averaging 230 with a black ice battle zone.

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2014, 09:29:44 AM »
brunswick bvp punisher

TheGom

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2014, 09:47:26 AM »
X Factor

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2014, 09:49:45 AM »
Cuda/C from 1995.
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Jorge300

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2014, 09:55:29 AM »
I have a Ebonite Clear Wolf from 1996. Best spare/burnt lane ball ever.
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JamminJD

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2014, 09:59:17 AM »
Visionary Ogre Pearl,Warlock DC Pink always take these two balls with me.

Monster Pike

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2014, 10:01:31 AM »
It depends on the night &/or pattern if known ahead of time... But X-Factor on occasion but original Shift most times.

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2014, 10:23:49 AM »
Right now I have a Y2K.  Ball still flares/hooks a ton on lighter oil conditions.
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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2014, 10:24:43 AM »
I still use my original Blue Vibe. I've had it for 6+ years, a few resurfaces, a couple oil extractions and it still moves the same it did when I first got it. It always seems like I can throw it when nothing else works and start stringing strikes

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2014, 11:16:40 AM »
MoRich Mojave, had that thing for a while.
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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2014, 11:20:34 AM »
Visionary Slate Blue Gargoyle ,Ebonite Tornado, and Black Widow Bite.

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2014, 11:30:05 AM »
I only use Quantums and the last real Quantum made (not any of the Bowlingball.com remakes) was about 15 years ago. Won a tourney this past summer with the Midnight Blue, one of the original 3 introduced January 1994. I still carry the Forest Green, Midnight Blue, Scarlet urethane everywhere and they are going on 21 years old. Good stuff!

I had a Cuda until a couple of years ago. Almost 20 years with that one as well.

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2014, 11:33:11 AM »
On a regular basis I still use a pair of 1997 Visionary Blue Warlocks.  One is drilled 2 inch pin to PAP for tournament or sport patterns.  As far as I can tell, they don't appear to have lost much, if any, hook. 

I have been using them much more this season than in past seasons because our house is rotating between four different patterns and even though they are supposed to be adhering to a schedule of which pattern to lay down, due to maintenance issues with the lane machine or to the mechanics not knowing which button to push or the schedule, you never really know which pattern is out there until you bowl.  The Blue Warlock has always been a reliable benchmark ball for me so I end up using it more often than not.


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JohnP

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Re: oldest ball you carry around?
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2014, 11:57:01 AM »
I use a vintage 1972 caramel Columbia plastic ball (now called a White Dot) as a spare ball.  --  JohnP