The Hammer Black Widow Gold is the first pearlized Black Widow since the Red Legend. Like the Legends and Dark Legends, the Black Widow Gold uses the famed Gas Mask asymmetrical core design, which has been a staple in the Hammer lineup for many years. The coverstock on this ball is Semtex Pearl and it comes out of the box with a 500/1000 Abralon combination before being shined with Powerhouse Factory Finish Polish. This polished veneer offers good length, with a strong and angular move off the dry.

All three of our testers found their best reactions with this ball on our medium oil test pattern, with Cranker and Stroker liking it just a bit more than Tweener on the fresh. Cranker was targeting 23 at the arrows and he could get his ball all the way out to the six board at the breakpoint before creating lots of entry angle going through the pins. The polished cover gave him a little bit of hold if he cut it a little short. Stroker likes how much angle this ball could create for his rev rate. He was crossing the second arrow and had between the five board and eight board at the breakpoint. The Widow Gold’s low RG...

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