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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Elimeno Pee on February 10, 2013, 06:30:38 AM
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I was just curious, what do people on here feel is the most Angled, sharpest break point ball out there right now? From the looking i've been doing, the First Blood from Hammer looks to be about the most boards from the latest breakpoint, but what do folks think?
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Check out the Dirty Look, the Wrecker, the Terror, IQ Tour Pearl, and the Vow.
They're the sharpest breakpoint balls I am aware of.
Relative to these, I think the First Blood is less sharp, especially being a solid/pearl combo (hybrid).
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Check out the Dirty Look, the Wrecker, the Terror, and the Vow.
They're the sharpest breakpoint balls I am aware of.
Relative to these, I think the First Blood is less sharp, especially being a solid/pearl combo (hybrid).
It might be a hybrid, but when they showed us the magnified micro structure of the cover it was a lot smoother and finer grained than the other high performance cover it was compared to.
The FCC rating for the cover of every Taboo is 10, the First Blood's FCC cover strength is only 8.
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I've seen extremely sharp IQ Tour Pearls. Basically, unlimited recovery.
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Symmetric I'd say the tour pearl. Asymmetric, maybe the hellraiser terror. Any asymmetric with about a .13 mass bias\intermediate differential.
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I've seen extremely sharp IQ Tour Pearls. Basically, unlimited recovery.
Yes. I keep forgetting that one.
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But really... With a radius of roughly 4.3", can any bowling ball be "sharp"? :P
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The sharpest ive thrown is a critical theory with step 2 polish...holy moly...get left folks. My defiant edge oob was severely uncontrollable for me, as was the anarchy....both of which calmed down over time.
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Definitely the IQ Tour Pearl, Critical Theory, Fringe, and Wrecker of the ones I'm familiar with.
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I was just curious, what do people on here feel is the most Angled, sharpest break point ball out there right now? From the looking i've been doing, the First Blood from Hammer looks to be about the most boards from the latest breakpoint, but what do folks think?
Based on BTM's review of First Blood, it was not even close which ball had the most amount of hook based on it's length. To me, this spells "sharpness"
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But really... With a radius of roughly 4.3", can any bowling ball be "sharp"? :P
Perception is everything, as far as human beings are concerned.
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The new Jet Burner is a great angular piece of equipment. Nothing like being able to loft the left gutter hit 5 and rocket back for the first time in years. :-)
Shawn Petty
Jet Staff Member
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The Victory Road Pearl would fit in that category. The Critical Theory is also one of the most angular I've seen.
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I like the 900 Global Dirty Look myself, but the Storm Fire Road, Columbia 300 Vow, Motiv Thrash Frenzy, Brunswick Aura would also be very angular as well.
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The sharpest ive thrown is a critical theory with step 2 polish...holy moly...get left folks. ...
I hesitated in listing balls that I have polished to create a skid/flippy ball, but since you have thrown down the gauntlet ...
I polished my Theory since it was too strong for the oil I saw. Polished (2000 grit + Snake Oil) makes it the flippiest ball I have ever owned, bar none.
I still think this thread is directed at stock surfaced balls
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The most skid/flip or sharpest reaction to friction is the Nexxxus f(P+S). This ball has the sharpest left turn of any of the balls in my bag. A close second right now is the Ringer. For an entry level ball, it has an a strong reaction to friction.
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Victory Road Pearl I think. R2S pearl is the cleanest and sharpest cover ever produced in my opinion. The core is stronger downlane than the IQ Tour Pearl so it ranks above it despite having the same cover.
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My frantic has the hardest breakpoint
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Sharpest for me is the brutal nightmare, too much so when they start to break down :-\
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Can make any ball look like it was kicked to the left by throwng five miles per hour and coming totally around the ball at release. I just don't get these type of threads. It depends on the bowler, layout, and cover finish.
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I'll add the Roto Grip Shatter to what's already been mentioned. It's as angular as any IQ Tour Pearl I've seen.
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For me, it's the DV8 Hell Raiser Terror. Sharpest recovery I've ever had from a bowling ball.
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I think the IQ Tour Pearl is a great ball, and on lighter oil it may give the appearance of being more angular. On the other hand, I am not sure why it is showing up so often here as one of the most angular balls available. It is a low differential symmetric, which doesn't lead one to expect that it will be extremely angular. A quick look at Tamerbowling's digitrax analysis on Kegel Main Street confirms this as it gives about a 6 degree angle of entry. The Lucid is quite a bit more than that and the Nexxxus is even more still. They may not give a hockey stick look on the lane, but as a function of creating angle of entry, both are quite a bit more, at least in these tests. I would guess that a number of the other suggested pieces are the same in that they would give more angle of entry than the Tour Pearl.
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Yellow Misfit. High RG + pearl + extra resin + polish = ridiculous backend if you have some axis rotation and hand
I do see how people see the Terror, Frantic and pearl Victory Road being very angular as well.
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Lone gone daddy,
I'd assume this type of question is more so to form a specific look on the lane. It's like saying throwing a taboo spare hooks just as much as the sync if you rev the taboo more and slow the speed down. For instance, I need a ball that can corner better than 90% of the market. Sure my equipment I have has a great look on the lane. But sometimes, it's not enough. Just like the times when there's a need for a smooth rolling ball.
By the way, way check out the misfit pearl, victory road pearl, fringe, violent eruption( just as good as the IQ Tour Pearl), and the hammer epidemic is you can still find them. Even though I love every storm/Roto grip ball I've ever thrown except the virtual gravity, I was quivering in seat when I saw someone in my league throw that misfit pearl. Utterly ridiculous and probably tied with the Victory Road pearl in the skid flip category.
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