So which sarado string hole style do you prefer? Do you use a different style for different play? Which version would you like to try out? Offset (Sweets F3 style) Pinched between sarado and ken (REZ style) Traditional centered (TK16 style) Tube through the sarado/ken (KUSA Tribute style) Wormhole (GT style)
So I only have a single negative opinion, and that's the tribute style hole straight through the center. This means that the sarado can't be pushed lower with play, so that the spike last such an incredibly small amount of time in comparison.
Well never thought rez would be the first but that style i saw it before last 2016 mugen musous (during world cup). Never tried it but i guess it's kinda like wormhole & off set f3, but this one kinda make swings more linear especially turns... Preferably, i would go trad. If ever u find the rez style good, imma pick it as well
I agree, Ozora style! F3s were like the extreme version of this. The string hole placement is actually one of the patents that the JKA holds in Japan. Straight from Kendama.org:
@Stuart Barron @htimSxelA After looking at these three Ozora I couldn't be sure which was correct since the 2016 model is the most noticeable I thought it might have been an aberration.
whatever the GT normal string hole falls under. I guess Ozora also since I played a lot of em when I first started
You think it might have skated? Technically the new Meijin (formerly TK16) is listed as a 16-2 kendama but it's hole is still dead center.
I'm not sure of the term 'skated' but would imagine you mean moved/slipped. Drilling into a radius in metal that would be a definite possibility even if held in a jig which I would guess these are. Wood I'm not so sure about as I've not much experience with it. @htimSxelA may have a better insight and may know Ozoras processes too. Yeah Ozora is the only JKA one as far as I have ever seen with the offset hole.
Yes "skated" is what I'm used to hearing/using when a bit hits the surface and walks the surface rather than biting into the material. From the manufacturing videos I've seen from Ozora and others I don't remember a jig being used for the small holes like these or the top of the tama but I might have missed it. I may have to track someone down and ask if the offset hole is a characteristic of 16-2 kendama.
It'll depend on the jigging setup they use to align/drill the hole, but in general, something like this will likely see some variance from piece to piece. The better the jig, the less variance. Like @goenKendama said, sometimes drill bits skate around on the surface a bit before they catch and drill in, so that is something to consider as well. I just checked my ebony ozora, which I assume they took a little more time than normal on, and the string hole is definitely offset on it
Hi guys... just wanted to ask where the difference is in having a stringhole or not.. I‘ve only played with since I‘m playing and now I‘m wondering if there is something good about it to have no stringhole. Greets
If you attach the string in a different way, it'll affect the pull up / string tricks. Maybe string tangle too
I have had Wormholes, F3, Tribute and "standard" stringholes - the way I like it the most is how daO does it. No string hole in sarado but a hole through the spike