The Hattori was probably the most extreme design in the Sengoku lineup. The holes cut into the yoyo improve weight distribution and offer some of the best rim weight you can achieve in yoyo design. Now, in a more affordable mono-metal variation, the HANZO makes this impressive concept more accessible to a broader audience.
The HANZO weighs in at a lightweight 60g, 4g less than it’s bi-metal predecessor, giving it a completely different play experience. It has a light zippy feel on the string with impressive speed and plenty of power to get through your longest combos. PLUS those cutouts in the yoyo body give it a really unique sound in play that’s unlike anything else!
But on a more positive note. I’m already making money with mine. I got a job at an Italian restaurant. I’m the most requested employee in the whole place. I go from table to table doing Parmesan cheese grinds right on top of big bowls of spaghetti and mostaccioli and rigatoni. Nothing wrong with making a few bucks.
What’s a live tooling lathe? I assumed they did these kinds of things in multiple steps, one of which would have been on a milling machine or whatever Diff E Yo uses to do their cutout/decorated halves.
While it would be possible to add a milling operation, a live tooling lathe could do the turning and milling in one set-up, greatly improving the accuracy.
A live tooling lathe is a CNC lathe with an added “sub spindle”, meaning; it spins the part to turn the profile, and can also call out a tool that spins on its own (like a milling machine spindle inside the lathe.) this allows you to utilize off center milling, using the lathe rotary axis as a indexer, and pocketing capability you wouldnt otherwise be able to accomplish in a traditional lathe. All of this is programmable in, and its very impressive equipment.
i attempted the finger grind with mine, my fingers are wide enough to catch the cuts in the sides. as a result the yoyo gripped my finger in an impressive fashion and rocketed off. more of a finger launch than a grind. no pain or anything, no blood. also, no grinding…
that being said, it is a fine player with a very unique visual appeal. i like it a lot. the wind sound it makes is quite unique. as @yoyodoc noted, it does sound like a small drone.
At your own risk
