Although I agree with all of this, we are looking at a $200 kendama. I do realize that rare kendamas have sold for more than that, but $200 is a lot of money to spend on a new kendama. It kinda puts this kendama in a new category on its own.
They are just too expensive for me I guess. I just can’t bring myself to spend $160 ish bucks on a dama rn. But if you can justify that, I’m sure they are pretty nice to play. If you calculate it, you are paying $137.73 for a ken and $17.89 for a tama.
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I got one at mko and I hit a lunar, backflip to inward lunar. Never got a backflip of any kind before and rarely get inwards so yeah it's super honed!
Rod spends a few hours making each one, and skateply isn't a cheap material either. There are plenty of cheaper damas that play great though, Roddama's stuff is just something special.
Sounds likes an awesome dama to use to unlock tricks! I actually got my first lunar on a jumbo Sunrise kendama which is not very good for them.
Yeah to be honest I was really looking forward to these to drop a while back and I saw that the LLB sold for around $70 or something. So when I heard these were going to drop in a regular size I got excited to get. Then they dropped and I realized that I cannot spend that much on one of these. I know the price difference is due to it being hand turned and not spun by that factory. So I do understand why they are so pricy. I was just bummed I can’t put that much down on a kendama yet. Especially when my intentions are to shred it.
Rod dropped 4 more hand turned (not skateply, but other awesome wood combos) today. Gone in the half hour from when I saw them and decided to pull the trigger. There are still a few skateply left.
Why not shred an AWESOME dama? I know money can be tight, but rather than a bunch on POPs (or whatever) you can test that skateply durability and jam jam jam on a quality long lasting hand crafted creation. My LBB Skateply only looks used around the tama hole and by my hand grime on the sword. That stuff takes a serious beating and just keeps on going.
When that day comes when I feel like really treating myself I’ll pick one up. I really liked those last 4 he dropped. I would definitely cop one of those. I almost bought an LLB but I didn’t know if I’d like the size so I waited.