There are a few more brands than that available locally: JAC, Catchy, RWB, Sol, Terra (Pill), Bahama, JKA (Ozora, Shinfuji, TK16, Meijin Takumi, Gentosha) . . .
My third Kendama, the DWI Lucifer Rubber Paint surely is still my fav all time banger. Though it's base cup ring is chipped almost the half already. But after received and started seshing the SuLabxFSKD theRex, I have my another all time fav jammer XD
So far I have to say my favorite has been the Craft Slim, probably since my hands are small and it just feels soooo good in my hand and slingers are my jam.
PNW Kotodama S1 and @TerraKendama LBB skateply are my all time favorites! Pics to be posted shortly after I’m done destroying the gym.
Those are definitely great brands to choose from as well. I love my Ozora kendamas and my Kaizen 2.0 and OG Kaizen kendamas.
I also tried a Shiguchi and a few Mugens at MKO and boy, you can really FEEL the quality in those. The mugens are just beech but it feels like some legendary special beech. They had Mugen phantom blue there for just $40 but for some reason I didn't cop one while I could! ACK! They also had Legaxis to try and buy there and I tried one of those too (And bought one for Christmas). They feel incredible as well! So crisp you could almost cut yourself on the ken! The RWB maple, Sweets prime Avalanche, Sweets HG maple, Ozora keyaki, and Pineapple ash standard (copped at mko) are some of my current favorites as well. They all slay hard!
My LBB is honestly awesome. The base cup got a massive chip for some reason while doing a delayed ken flip that hit the tama and the paint it really chipped up half way around the tama hole but it still slays and it is just an all around shredder
More similar to the dawg but it's got its own flavor for sure. Less chunky maybe? Lent my dawgs to friends so i cant compare them side by side at the moment!
Well, this doesn't specifies of what you own... For me slaydawg is straight to the point the best dama i ever held. fits like glove when you get a hold & play with it. I can't stop borrowing it to a friend when i see it Well on an og setup, kaizen is really the best. It's pretty much good for any tricks that i've troed by the time i played mine before. Now my current setup (KM tama X meijin ken) is by far my best setup. Given the fact that previous tk's & meijins are the same, the ken really pairs up well with any tama so far...
I just got a cascade kendama and it is so awesome you could cut yourself on the edges they're so perfect. It's got amazing stall points and it's a fresh natty. And I've never been able to a luners on a fresh natty and with this one with the maple it's easy