Hammer Black Widow Pearl Bowling Balls
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Black Widow Pearl Specs
The Black Widow Pearl. First she seduces with her looks. Then she kills with her power. With a High Mass Bias core and pearlized version of the Violent Reactive coverstock, she has even more length and backend than her sister. Grab one today.
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Customer Reviews Average: 4.37Write a Review Read all 92 reviews
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71% (65 of 92) |
| I Like It | 13% (12 of 92) | |
| It's Ok | 7% (6 of 92) | |
| I Don't Like It | 2% (2 of 92) | |
| I Hate It | 8% (7 of 92) |
Hammer Black Widow Pearl Reviewed by: bowlingball.com reviews 07/26/2007 13:43
83 of 84 people found this review helpful. Click Layout Image to Enlarge 
Hammer has done it again!
Somehow they were able to bring all the things that you wished your original Black Widow did to their new release, the Black Widow Pearl.
We drilled the Pearl the same way we had our favorite Black Widow drilled. The pin is about 5" from our PAP (5 1/8" over, 1/8" up) and the mass bias is kicked about 2" right of the thumb. We did have to put a small balance hole in the ball and we did this 4" right of the center of the grip.
When our Black Widow is getting to be too much ball the Widow Pearl picks up right where it would leave off. It gave a cleaner reaction through the front part of the lane with plenty to offer on the backend. The way our house shot has been this summer we did decide to go ahead and bring it down from its box finish to a 4000 grit Abralon surface. This smoothed the reaction out and made it a little more usable for our tester.
All in all if you want the perfect compliment to your Black Widow the Black Widow Pearl is the ball to get.
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Hammer Black Widow Pearl Reviewed by: bowlingball.com staff review by Shawn Ryan 07/26/2007 16:54
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
I recently drilled a Black Widow Pearl with a 4 ½ inch pin above my middle finger with the Mass Bias at 75 degrees with no balance hole. I used the ball at box finish. The ball is really clean through the fronts with a nice solid movement in the back. The ball does not provide an erratic turn in the back but a nice heavy rolling turn that hits just as hard as the Black Widow. With the ball being so clean in the front it does tend to squirt on the fresh condition but about five frames in the Widow Pearl provide some serious sting.
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Hammer Black Widow Pearl Reviewed by: Hammer Tester 01/30/2008 08:24
68 of 71 people found this review helpful. 
This is an issue that needs addressed. It should be brought to the attention of the consumers. Is there a problem at Ebonite. They were on top for the last year and a half, after being at the bottom, I am sure all of the bowlers remember the Deal and the Primal Instinct line, don't recall them, there are plenty of bowlers who do, I am one of them. I spent about $450.00 on those garbage balls and got nothing from Ebonite, not even an I'm sorry. Just left us all hanging.
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I purchased a Black Widow Pearl to replace my old one. This new one is nothing like my old one, it seems to have trouble absorbing the oil like the old one. I am also see small cracks around my fingers after one month. If they are having problems I would think that you should steer clear and go with something like Brunswick.
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Hammer Black Widow Pearl Reviewed by: precision pro shops ltd 02/01/2008 19:40
35 of 36 people found this review helpful.
As a loyal Ebonite pro shop and a big fan, I thought I should post this. My post has been removed from all other forums and review sites, I hope this site keeps it up. I hope that there are no issues with the resins that this company uses. After the Widow dominating the bowling world I have seen 3 of the last 12 Widow balls that I drilled come back due to very odd issues. Cracking that looks unique and something else I cannot quite describe. Look out for their stuff, not too sure about it. I am hopeful that they will correct any problems.
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Hammer Black Widow Pearl Reviewed by: BlackWidow08 09/09/2007 23:29
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
I have thrown many different bowling balls but, the Hammer Black Widow Pearl has the sickest backend I have seen. It has excellent length which makes it very controllable. It releases within a few feet of the pins and crushes the pocket. My average before this ball was a 150 and it is now a 180. This ball is AMAZING!!!
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Hammer Black Widow Pearl Reviewed by: the striker 06/15/2007 20:56
4 of 23 people found this review helpful.
If you are going to get a ball with reactive resin on it get the Total Inferno. Now that I got the Hammer Black Widow Pearl and after I bowled with it I got a Total Inferno, best decision to get the Total Inferno.
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Hammer Black Widow Pearl Reviewed by: jaikens 09/27/2008 19:17
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
Just bought this ball for my husbands birthday and tried it at both our bowling alley the same day. I have 2 review in one here.About the Bowler Bowling Hand Right Handed League Average 120 Ball Speed Medium
Positive Review:
When we got it drilled the first thing the guy said is " You know how many bowlers would love this ball right now just because of its excellent scalling" of course hubby felt all proud that I got him a top of the line ball as the driller told him :-)
First time he threw this ball I was impressed. He is a straight right handed shooter and it handled so well and went straight where he aimed. You can actually feel the power this ball has the second it hits the lane. He is 100% happy with its performance. We will also be purchasing one for myself shortly from bowlingball.com of course.
F.Y.I Review:
We have 2 bowling alley here and both use different type of ball return mechanism. The all metal mechanism was scratching the ball when it was sending it back. They advised the scratches were easily removable when we would buff it. Just thought I would share this info as it may be helpful to some.
Thanks bowlingball.com for your great service, product availability and price.
Joelle (Canada)
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Hammer Black Widow Pearl Reviewed by: cerobbins 06/12/2007 12:46
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
I was lucky enough to throw the Hammer Black Widow Pearl bowling ball with the owner of my local pro shop and if you like the Black Widow you are going to love the pearl. It seems to be more controllable yet turns harder on the backend and always crushes the pocket.
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Hammer Black Widow Pearl Reviewed by: brian6977 03/17/2008 05:36
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Specs: 15lb. 2oz. About the Bowler Bowling Hand Right Handed League Average 155 Sport Shot Average 150 Ball Speed Medium Style Tweener
Top weight 3 1/2 oz.
style: Tweener
I had this ball drilled with the #1 drilling for this ball with medium track pin above and between the fingers pap is 5 1/2" and a 4" balance hole.
Now to the good stuff the review itself. I absolutely love this ball i also have a AMF 300 Nighthawk and it was a little to hooky for me on lanes i bowl on so i got this for it's length. It has very good length a sharp breakpoint and massive backend reaction. I just bowled with it for the first time last night on my league and i bowled a 127 just trying to figure out where to throw it, but it picked up the second and third game 182 for the second and a 257 the third game for a descent 566 series. I have a good feeling there are some good games to come with this ball. Well i hope this review will help the tweeners of the bowling world to choose this ball. Thanks for reading my review Brian.
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Print this layoutLayout 1 - Skid/Flip Layouts
- Ball Motion - Length with sharp breakpoint and aggressive backend
- Lane Condition - Medium to Heavy Oil
- Flare Potential - Medium
- Pin Placement - Place pin at 5 1/2" from the positive axis point (PAP)
- Mass Bias - Place Mass Bias in the strong position
- Balance Hole - If needed, place the balance hole at 4" from the center of span on a line through the center of gravity
Layout 2 - All Purpose Layouts
- Ball Motion - Length with controllable breakpoint
- Lane Condition - Medium Oil
- Flare Potential - Medium
- Pin Placement - Place pin at 5" from the positive axis point (PAP)
- Mass Bias - Place Mass Bias near the vertical axis line
- Balance Hole - If needed, place the balance hole at 4" from the center of span on a line through the center of gravity
Layout 3 - Strong/Aggressive Layouts
- Ball Motion - Strong and controllable hook
- Lane Condition - Heavy Oil
- Flare Potential - High
- Pin Placement - Place pin at 4" from the positive axis point (PAP)
- Mass Bias - Place Mass Bias in the strong position
- Balance Hole - If needed, place the balance hole at 4" from the center of span on a line through the center of gravity
Layout 4 - Label layout (Smooth Arc)
- Ball Motion - Excellent length with smooth arc
- Lane Condition - Medium Oil
- Flare Potential - Medium
- Pin Placement - Place pin at 4 1/2" from the positive axis point (PAP)
- Mass Bias - Place Mass Bias near the ball track
- Balance Hole - If needed, place the balance hole at 4" from the center of span on a line through the center of gravity
Layout 5 - Full Roller Layout
- Ball Motion - Strong arc
- Lane Condition - Medium to Heavy Oil
- Flare Potential - High
- Pin Placement - Place pin at 3 1/2" from center of span located in the 7:30 position
- Mass Bias - Place Mass Bias in 2:30 position relative to the center of the span
