This is your amazing story of the day. You may wonder what Disapropriated metal is?
Obviously, I’m here to tell you.
So I get this yo-yo from Julio in Japan. It’s 56 mm in diameter 46 mm wide. And it weighs 66.6 grams.
This particular metal is formed accidentally. It results from having molten metal in a vessel that is unintentionally subjected to a peripheral Magnetic field. A certain percentage of the molten mass becomes magnetized as a result.
As the molten metal is poured into a form, it starts changing temperature rapidly. As it starts to set in the form, the magnetism has interrupted the molecular structure in that the molecules are pushing or pulling away from each other and as the metal solidifies, there are small voids created Between the microscopic Balls of metal
To the naked eye, the metal seems perfectly dense. But under magnification if you hold a metal up to a strong light, you can actually see through it just like looking through a screen door.
Once the metal is machined into the size shape and weight of the finished yo-yo, everything is fine.
The problem occasionally results when some imbecile, like myself accidentally leaves the yo-yo in a jacket pocket. The jacket is put through the wash and dry cycle.
As a yo-yo becomes immersed in the very warm soapy water, it soaks up the water like a sponge in a small voids of the metal.
When a yo-yo is subjected to the heat of the dryer, as the water turns to steam, and starts to evaporate the metal molecules, still magnetic in nature, start pulling towards the center and closing the small voids until it becomes very dense and solid again,
The downside is as the yo-yo metal pulls down into what should’ve been its original density in the first place, it decreases in diameter and width dramatically. At the same time, the weight stays exactly the same, 66.6 g… The sign of the underworld.
It’s not very good for sleepers. It’s not very good for front mount tricks. It’s not very good for side mount tricks… It’s not very good for aerial tricks. It’s not very good for thumb grinds. It’s not very good to snap start. It’s not very good for finger grinds. It’s not very good for palm grinds. It’s horrible for DNA and obviously, It doesn’t loop worth a lick.
On the positive side, it actually plays pretty nice for a little yo-yo.
As a lifetime commitment of mine, I only tell the absolute truth. I never stray from the facts simply because it is said that the truth will set you free.
I’m only providing this information as basically a public service announcement so that if Sengoku Ever sends you a metal yo-yo, don’t make the mistake I did and put it through the washer and dryer. Unless of course you wanna end up with a little tiny midget yo-yo.
Fact is stranger than Friction
Gray mini yoyo is a 1 of 5 unreleased Prototype courtesy of Sengoku.
