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Krom: New Ken Shape "THE 1%"

Discussion in 'The Sesh' started by Dantama, Aug 1, 2018.

  1. Dantama

    Dantama Honed Member

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    So what do you guys think of those new mods? :)
     
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  2. Kendama London

    Kendama London Member

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    They look unbelievable, can’t wait to slay one hard!!

    Hoping to have them in stock mid August
     
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  3. lategreat808

    lategreat808 DS Legend

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    These look awesome, I feel like they will have excellent balance since the cups are almost the same size.
     
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  4. Emil Apostol

    Emil Apostol DS Legend

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    They look similar to the pop shape, but I have a feeling these'll share the plus-size of a slaydawg. I assume the 1% means they'll be 1% bigger?
     
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  5. Jasper B.

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    I believe it is a 1% bigger pop! So slightly less chunky than a slaydawg, but bigger than a pop. It will likely have the largest cups Krom has to offer.
    I am looking into that Rolf mod
     
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  6. lategreat808

    lategreat808 DS Legend

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    I believe it is the Pop shape with a small cup that is 1% smaller than the big cup...so therefore almost exactly the same.
     
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  7. Jasper B.

    Jasper B. Slayer

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    That is a possibility, but I personally doubt it. Krom confirmed that the tama is 1% bigger, and aspects of the ken are tweaked, leading me to believe that it is overall 1% larger. Also from the pictures the small cup is still noticeably smaller than the big cup, but your idea may still be valid. Did you hear about the cup thing from somewhere? or is it just speculation. I am really interested in this shape and will likely buy the Rolf mod to compare to one of my pops.
     
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  8. htimSxelA

    htimSxelA Moderator Staff Member

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    The shape is the same as the BL shape (Pops, etc), but every dimension has been increased in size by 1%.
     
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  9. LineKnob

    LineKnob n00b

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    Hell yeah! Always wanted a scaled up pop. Any info on pricing yet?
     
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  10. lategreat808

    lategreat808 DS Legend

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    I could very well be wrong but I want to say I read that somewhere
     
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  11. lategreat808

    lategreat808 DS Legend

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    You guys are right. 1% bigger than the Pop shape
     
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  12. Instagrom3

    Instagrom3 Honed Member

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    will be getting one for sure, i like the sound of a pop thats a bit bigger
     
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  13. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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    Maybe it's just me but if the measurements are only bumped by 1% I probably wouldn't notice. The largest measurement change, 1.77mm, is only about 1/16 of an inch.

    The measurements below are the Pop specs + 1%.

    total height: 177mm + 1.77mm
    sarado width: 72mm + 0.72mm
    tama diameter: 59mm + 0.59mm
    small (ID) 38mm + 0.38mm
    big (ID) 42mm + 0.42mm
    base (ID) 35mm + 0.35mm
     
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  14. Broc Stauffer

    Broc Stauffer Honed Member

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    I really wish they would fatten up the skinny spike
     
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  15. James Hoang

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    1% doesn't feel like much of a change imo...but then you have the Craft Plus, which is 5% bigger but somewhat noticeable.
     
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  16. Morito Sato

    Morito Sato n00b

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    According to the post of instagram, it looks bigger than the slaydwag shape.
     
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  17. Kendama London

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    Which Mod you guys gonna go for?? Rolf, Iji, Bonz or Fish??

    I don't think Iji wanted the drilled basehole which is interesting...
     
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  18. Dantama

    Dantama Honed Member

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    I think im going for Rolf or Bonz :)
     
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  19. Thomas Ishikawa

    Thomas Ishikawa Honed Member

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    When you see his playing style Iji does do tricks where the ken is spinning on the tip of his finger using the basecup. That’s probably why he didn’t want a basecup hole.
    Personally I’ve never been a big fan of the basecup hole so I’m probably going to pick up an Iji mod haha.
     
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  20. Nick Lectura

    Nick Lectura Moderator Staff Member

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    i'm interested to see if i'll be able to tell about a 1% difference in size, it doesn't sound like a lot.

    then again, i do think that the pop ken is a bit too small and skinnier than most kens. perhaps the 1% increase will even it out
     
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