What are some particular things that HAVE to be.... In kendama for you? for example, my lighthouses and lunars have to cover the tama hole or I stop doing the trick.
About this, my lh and lunars never cover the hole firstly, because it could land on the hole and this ruins everything, and secondly (it is my own research) landing lh flips on a hole (sometimes) ruins the rim of the base cup. Since about 3 months I think, I play with the hole facing right (except I am doing trades) and the basecup of my prime is still in a very good condition after 3 months.
About things that has to be - I don't play when I have a knot on a string. Every time I see or feel there is a knot, I stop playing. To untie it, I use small fork and it always work
yeah if there is ever a knot I stop instantly. I run my fingers down the string to straighten it out after every single line.
I used to be that way. Then I had to rotate my tama for lighthouse stuntplane fasthands. Now I do it both ways.
Can you go more into detail about how your base cup is damaged? Does this damage happen when you have a miss and it rim of the cup slips into the hole and gives it a dent? I’m jamming a prime right now and am learning double juggle lh and I’m beating up that base cup. Mainly because I haven’t perfected the trick but some may be related what you’re mentioning and if I can I’d like to avoid that on my next freshies.
Yes, I have never heard this from anyone, but from my experience, when I was dping lh flips I used to land sometimes with rim pf the base cup in the hole, and firstly, the trick failed, and secondly, it really destroys the base cup in my opinion. Here are few photos which shows what I m writing about.
That boy is shredded! Mine is starting to show slight signs of that but I definitely have a while to go before it looks like that!!!!
DEFINITELY no knots, no silk string (yuck lol), and my lunar tricks usually have to be like this. I can't do it on the side or the top like some do
May/may not get flack for this, but all of my damas have a snug four finger length string. I’m also a bit anal about natty setups and what wood tamas go/match with what wood kens. Barring some setups that I’ve accepted cannot be saved as such, I also like my spikes as fresh as it was out of the box or as close to it as possible (except those I got in a trade that were already worn down).
Same here! has to be snug four fingers, but my fingers are def smaller than yours so its probably a different length. And also I like sharp spikes as well.
Eggy Tamas...? I say NO!!! *note to self: must purchase external calipers (Maybe I won’t go to that extreme... Or will I?)
For myself, I pay attention to how I look when I’m filming tricks. If my movements aren’t aesthetically pleasing I won’t be satisfied. Sounds vain, and probably is, but it’s just something I’m concerned with.
Five fingers just sounds like a mess of string to me. I get tangled after my string stretches around four fingers honestly.
If you go that precise, you'll go insane trying to find perfectly round tamas. Wood changes size and shape slightly with environmental changes, a round tama in the summer might be a little off in the winter. Best to just jam and if it feels good keep playing that dama. lol Although.. you can do a quick check just by placing the tama in a cup and seeing if it makes contact with the cup rim 100% of the way around. If it doesn't, then something is off round (tama or cup rim). You can figure out which one is off by holding the cup still and rotating the tama around in the cup. If the gap between the rim/tama remains in the same spot as you rotate the tama, then the cup is out. If the spot moves depending on how the tama is oriented, then the tama is out.
I actually put a knot in my line above the tama since I can't stand the bead dropping out when I do a trick. Hence the ring on this tama: Been known to rework the string hole from the inside of the tama to smooth out the area for beads/bearings; binding is annoying.