Awesome job, glad to have you back doing vids again! Keep up the great vids.

Great video! That is a legit leverage layout you put on that thing. Watching it wobble down the lane is hilarious… it’s so maxed out. Looks great though! Before this video I was “eh” but now I can actually see the use for this in my bag.

I love this ball as it's extremely difficult to polish plastic balls even with a spinner but a reactive ball is dam easy to polish faster and also can be done by hand. This is truly special. Purple one is hott too.

Looks like a great option for the twig, right up my alley! It's purple to boot, lol. Great stuff Nick

Awesome. My purple Hammer is so strong, This thing is What i am looking for to drill

You should compare all the unique spare-like balls. I have a Radical The Spy and it has no business being as good as it is.

I like to see how it reacts as a spare ball during the 6th, 7th and 8th game of an 8 game block. It might store energy and who knows. There was a reactive ball like this called the scout/r from Columbia 300 back in the early 2000’s. Thanks BrunsNick!

I got this for my first bowling ball I will use it in about a week and a half for the first time I can't wait to use it

The TWIST cover with the T Zone bullet weight block. Ok 👌

No more looking for scouts 🤣🤣

I have the Spy, love it

Shot 650 with it the other day. Love the AXE

I just got the spy, that ball is stupid good

Bowlers Supply put 1 in the truck for me tomorrow!!!!!!!

I got the Hammer Black Widow Viz-A-Ball, I can go straight with it and give it hook on spare shoots. It's plastic but has the Gas Mask core. A+ spare ball. This would be a good ball to compare to the Hammer AXE ball on the pro's & Cons with the two bowling balls. 👍🎳🎳

Looks like it would make a good short pattern ball

I have a brunswick rhino, blue pearl that I put 1000 grit surface now it will hook for me personally, it's a dual purpose ball for me. I'm a two hander btw.

hard to believe Hammer AXE been out 1 year now,seems like just yesterday

Really want to get this one, but that reactive shell makes me nervous about corner pins. I don't completely flatten my release for spares anymore as I've found myself being more accurate keeping it closer to my natural shot. If this Axe hooks a good deal more than a Storm Mix or Motiv Sniper then I might run into 10 pin trouble. Tough call.

Honestly I would love to see a line from Hammer of Resin Pancake balls at different coverstock strengths. I love pancake balls with label layouts, the most controlled motion you can get, but still plenty of hit when they match up right. I have a Grey Rhino with label and on a drier house shot that thing hits as hard as any modern ball today. Dynamic cores can help, but they can also hurt. The simple sweeping controlled ball motion of pancake is not to be underestimated.

This would be a weirdly good ball on beat up lanes for the last game or 2

I have a 500+ rev rate and dont like to move super far left. I probably can throw this ball in a traffic jam on the lane and have immaculate reaction!

This is definitely a ball for the House of Pain!

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nice review mate, cool ball too! Care to compare it to the black widow Viz-a-ball?

Raw hybrid review please!

I have a new 1 2 league ball arsenal with the black widow viz spare ball and this new axe spare ball 🤣

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Hey Brunsnick! next hammer ball review can you please do the pink black widow urethane.I might get it but I need someone's input

Would be nice if brunswick had a custom shop. Id happily order that cover on the spy core.

I was planning on a Purple Hammer but this might have changed my mind

Please compare Hammer Axe to Storm Mix

Not a spare ball, but used to love the Brunswick Power Groove back in the day. Weak core but great cover. Sneaky good ball.

I would have liked to see you crank your wrist and throw straight up second arrow. I play two-handed and I've done that with my Motiv Sniper spare ball and scored in the 250s. I don't try to throw it out and hope it comes back. Straight down lane.

would love to see the Spy in 13lb or 12lb.

@brunsnick how about a mindset vs envy tour OR mindset vs track Archetype

Am i the only one who wanted to see a spare ball shoot spares in this review? Im not buying a spare ball for high friction

Not sure if you've thrown them, but how do you think this compares to the reactives with pancake weight blocks? I've generally liked balls in the past like the Hammer Razyrs and the Columbia Reactive Scouts

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I have a question in my Sunday night league on old wood with broken down lane oil reactive and urethane are either not right or are too much so i threw a geico viz-a-ball same as the pros on tv used for spares in the early 2000's . I have it at 500 grit and people hated it that i could throw sanded plastic while they struggled to get there equipment to work. So i retired the geico and got me a used spare storm black gold at 90 hardness at 500 grit with a pancake core and the pba plastic ball layout and it will hook and then when i can move in it dies. While the geico with i think the bullet core i could stand 5 to 15 and hook back high flush . So would the axe work with a little bit of surface to it with a pin in palm or a more hooking layout work for speed dominate lefty. Thank you for reading this and i am a fan of your videos always informational.

How's this in comparison with the Track Spare+?

I have a purple pearl hammer urethane and i have a strong but controllable reaction would it work since the axe has a reactive shell.

can this ball be drilled as a full-roller?

when you shoot your spares with the purple hammer do you have to throw that one hard at it ? was thinking of getting a purple hammer to use for spares and when i need to control the pocket on tough patterns

Drilled 1 of these today. This ball reacts exactly like my plastic spare ball. Exactly the same shape. So low friction reactive?

Is it easy to cover the 10th pin for someone who spins a lot, such as a palm bowler or a two-handed bowler?

You gotta compare this to the yellow dot bleeder

As a spare ball, you have to change your hand position considerably in order to get it to go straight. If you apply your normal axis rotation, it will hook enough to create problems on the 10-pin for a right hander. I'm a two-hander, and I've found a way to adjust the way I set my hand into the ball so that I cal roll this over the holes and make it go just about dead straight. If you happen to need it as an emergency strike ball on the dirt, it is MUCH better than a plastic ball.

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I was intrigued when I saw the thumbnail... but nothing in that video would make me use that ball for anything but spare shooting. Even on the good shots it hits like a potato.

Does the Axe have the carbon core like the black widow?

Just drilled up an Axe and a Tundra Fire. I cannot wait to throw them tomorrow. I went with 14 pounds on the Axe because I'm still new to two hands and my speed's a bit low. I think the Tundra Fire will finally be something that I can stay a wee bit further right with. Your reviews of both them were a positive factor for me. Thank you!

Is it me or is it when the axe is rolling it looks like it is wobbly going down the lane.

Question, you reference it's core. Detail and describe it as a spare ball. Obviously picking up spares. However how would it perform and hold up as one's primary ball? Someone who's been out of the game for a while, recognizes & respects the name and just wants a good all-around ball.

I thought the ball isn’t suppose to hook??

What's up with that piece of paper you crinkle between every single shot?

It's a spare ball, why is he using it on first set? I wanna see how straight it goes. Quit hooking it

Another ball for league bowlers to tear up the lanes. 😢 🤦🏾‍♂️