I just got a KUSA Slim Bands kendama and i love the larger size of the tama. Was wondering if anyone could name some other damas with larger sized tamas for me? Makes it so much easier to do lunars (more room to adjust)
GT-BH & GT-KA, krom slaydawgs/new pro mods, terra prefect, and pretty much all of sol's kendamas all have larger than normal sized tamas
DAMAS WITH APPROXIMATE % INCREASE Krom Slaydawg ~ 3% larger Sol Flow ~ 5% larger GT-KA ~ 4% larger GT-BH ~ 2% larger Craft Plus ~ 5% larger Sol Shape ~ 2% larger Terra Prefect ~ 3% larger Craft Shift ~ 1% larger Craft Slim ~1% larger Krom 1% ~ 1% larger DWI V2 Mods ~4% larger Kaizen slim ~ 1% larger Kaizen shift ~ 1% larger Compatability wise, if you are planning to switch a ken and tama between two kendamas a 2% size difference or less is not super noticable. Once you have a more significant size diference, it won't look just right, and it might feel a little off. I personally love my over sized tamas, I have found that an increase between 2-4% larger just feels ideal for all tricks, but a small increase of 1% or so still makes such a huge difference. Right now I really like my shifts/slims, GTKAs, and krom 1% pro mods.
For me the Slaydawg is the best shape. The Flow feels too big and so does the Craft Plus but the Slaydawg is the best for me at 3%
Thank you guys!! Thank you to @Jasper B. especially for the full size chart lol. Im going to grab myself a slaydawg and see how I like that. I really want a GT-KA but cant find one anywhere!
Yeah, GT-KAs are a hard find these days. I actually got three of them before they were taken off of GT's website, it definitely was worth it. I heard something about a restock within the next month or so. Nothing confirmed yet though. Slaydawgs are dope though! And these days there is less hype than there was when they came out, so many of their dope woods and colorways are just sitting up at kroms website! Try one out if you haven't already
I personally don’t like huge tamas. I like 1-3%bigger. Anything else is too much.the cups just don’t wrap around the tama as much.
Yeah I am not 100% sure to be honest. My % increases are soley based on what I have heard from others, and kendamas I own