Natty Appreciation Thread

Title says it all! Please post pictures if possible! Left to right: Ash DWI/Sweets F3 Maple, Old Bamboo Tribute (not sure is it is actually a natty)/Old Style Tribute ken, Sweets Stained F2, BHC Beech Tama/Modded KUSA classic ken! Nothing too fancy in my collection, as i have sold a lot of it

 

Nothing like some good wood.

R2L:
(birch) Cookie Monster Ben Herald, (ash) Double Aynedter,
(ash) Mocha Stodd, (walnut) Rojo Gt1, Birch Gt1,
Hickory Gt1.5, Birch Gt1.5 Beeswax and of course a Bamboo Kaizen 2.0

 

Holy GT! I wish I had this collection. I’m sure you shred natties!

 

Haven't had the chance to hone my kaizen maple select or my walnut stripe flow, so nothing.

 

A few of my Nattys (only picture i have on my lap top right now), Can't wait to try my hand at woodburning that ash kaizen and maple craft slim.

Also a huge fan of my KOTO maple/paduk tama, Combines natty slide with some dank tracking, If you ever have a chance try it out, those paduk inlays really do a lot.

 

Nice! I also bought a $11 maple natty off Amazon just to try, and raw maple tamas are so nice!

 

Kaizen 2.0 with a base cup that I drilled myself and a Hickory GT Tama. Also my pride and joy, the GT-KA Cookie Monster. The Kaizen was my first kendama and my favorite natty to jam. The GT is gonna stay fresh as long as I can restrain myself.

 

I have never player a well broken in natty yet, like a broken in raw ash GT. But I played my maple sanga and it was definitely a challenge to play with it at first, but than it started to break in slowly and it was better and better! But than I got my fortress ricefield and I stopped playing on my sanga

 

The rice field is pretty fire though

 

I havent even played my Sanga yet. It is just sitting there on my shelf...cant bring myself to string her up lefty.

 

I have obliterated two GTKAs, and maple sure is fun to break in. There is this point you get to, wondering why people even use paint when you can use a grimy, natty dama that will slap loons just as well, but adjust way more cleanly that painted damas ever will.

 

That's why my first GT is one the way dude
Waiting patiently for my GT 1 Rojo

 

I just wanted to show off my Natty collection. I am blessed to have this collection. It really helps having a variety to knowing exactly what I prefer and what to look for in a kendama. I've laid them out from my most used jammer to the least used Jammer. I love everyone of them in their own special way. If you got questions on how they play I'll be more than happy to give my opinion.

I really love Nattys. I'm somewhat of a practicing purest. I just love the idea of having to play a Kendama more for it to get better.

- Kaizen 2.0x Raw Hickory from GT
- Ash Analog
- pinaple Kendama raw Ash
- ozoro keyaki
- Sol Walnut stripe
- Sol Oak Half-split
- TK-16 remastered keyaki
- craft Tama X Classic(I think) RWB [My gem of the collection, natural lunar, holding it off till I get a lot better]

 

Beautiful

 

Just strung up my 3rd maple GTKA with a Walnut LBB tama,and it SLAYS. Tama is kenditionered, and on walnut, it seems to add a little grip, but I would still consider it natty

 

Sounds amazing! Pictures?

 

That artful wood grain, the texture and that distinctive unique clack; you’ve seen it, felt it, heard it - the noble natty kendama!
Admittedly I have some top of the line painted tama kendamas: Sweets, a Phantom Blue, Glocken Zoomdanke but my heart has been stolen by the unadorned natural kendama. That maple TK16, the Sol Flow, the stunning red cherry Kaizen or the stop-in-your-tracks ISR purpleheart dama... yeah that’s where my love affair with kendamas resides.
The nattys look amazing on my Krom kendama rack. I enjoy seeing them every time I pass by that collection. A natty on the coffee table in the living room or on the dresser in the bedroom always causes me to pause just for a second to savour those handsome woods. But best of all, a natty in my hand, a simple swing spike, that clack into place after an earth turn... yeah, that’s when the natty is at its best!

 

Beautiful. I have been playing kendama for almost a year, and I’ve decided to listen to the hype and give natty a shot. I’ve played with one for about 3 weeks, and it’s a whole new beast. It’s hard weening off of sticky paint, but it changed my lunar turntable game. I can dig it, but I’m still waiting for the moment when I understand why so many players and pros have been praising nattys over any paint, just not there yet.

 

A natty kendama is like a long term relationship: if you put in the work, it becomes one of the best things ever.