Rizen

Has anyone tried one of their kendamas? How do they compare to REZ? Are there any other good resin companies that have products on a regular basis? I want a REZ but they are like never in stock, any alternatives?

 

I have not tried them but if you do want one you can get them cheaper on etsy than you can on their website.

 

Yeah I saw that too

 

I think there is already a thread on this

 

I s because it is under new management and the old owner had a real website but the new owner (Mac Gil) just uses etsy

 

For real tho I would just wait for the next Rez drop because kris works way hard on his product and he is way cool nice guy his products are always 11/10 that's why they are all out of stock

 

I guess it will be worth the wait.

 

Yes definitely

 

Su Lab recently made a collab dama with REZ.
http://sulab.theshop.jp/items/5872312

 

You can find a thread about REZ vs Rizen here
I actually just got my first REZ ken in the mail today and am absolutely completely satisfied with the product. Kris Cabal does amazing work and his attention to detail and QC on each ken is at a very high level.
I do not own a Rizen setup, but there is a toystore in town where we have kendama club at every week and they are (I believe) the first store to carry Rizen products so I got to check them out and try the demo setup. The QC on Rizens are not at the same level as REZ kens are at, and I believe you can see that in the prices for both.
REZ kens I've seen on the site go for no less than $65. Which is understandable, Kris makes each of them on his own by hand and from what I've read on the other thread, if he isn't totally and completely 100% satisfied with how it turned out then he will not sell it.
Rizens go for, I think on average about $30 or so. They aren't as clean or balanced as REZ is, and it seems like they all suffer from having ridiculously long spikes.
That's all I can say for now, but when I make it to the toystore next week I'll definitely try to get a more in depth comparison.

 

I feel like there is a lot of hate on downspike for rizen. The other thread had a ton of it. Rizen is not nearly as high of quality, and it can be seen, but competition can only cause improvement.

 

That's what's it starting to look like, I suppose people just don't really dig Rizen

 

Was rizen sold to another person or what's the deal with that?

 

REZ = good
Rizen = bad

Just my opinions though. Ive tried rez and rizen, and the quality of rez is 500x as good as rizen

WAIT FOR THE NEXT REZ DROP. ITS WORTH IT

 

I'm making a video on this soon.

 

yo hit us up with the link when you finish the video!

 

Yeah I definitely want to see this video. I have really been wanting to put a natty ash tama on a REZ ken but the REZ always sells out so fast

 

It is really hard for me to express how amazing REZ is. Kris has really honed his craft to something amazing.

Never played a Rizen.

@lategreat808 Follow REZ on instagram and turn on notifications. Save your money. Then you'll be ready for the next drop and you'll know ahead of time (probably) since Kris seems to announce the drop date/time a little bit before.

 

I actually just started being serious about instagram just for kendama so I definitely will. I shy away from social media because I honestly think for the most part it's a fairly negative influence but recently I have been on Instagram because of all the mini-Edits people do. I want to start posting some myself as well because I'm getting a little more tech. @Ben Lowe, do you know if Kris is here on Downspike?

 

Yeah, @Kristoffer Cabal tends to lurk around I think.