Can anyone who owns either an Ehknown or Eh Spectraply confirm something with me?
How does the finish feel I your hand. Does it has a kind of velvet like feel, or plain smooth feel.
Mine are coming out with more of a velvety feel than plain smooth. It feels nice, but not exactly what I am going for. I’m asking this question just to see if it’s simply mine or if other spectraply oiled finished yoyos are like it too.
The ehknown has a slight satin sheen to it, it’s smooth but doesn’t feel like smooth sealed wood. This older spectraply I have has a slightly rougher finish.
The new eH SpectraPlys are definitely softer than the older Freemonts. I wouldn’t say its oily though. That was one thing I liked about the KNack, the sanded softness is really smooth which makes it great for the tape measure and pull start tricks.
I feel what your talking about with both the ehknown and the rEhnbow. I think it’s a product of the material. I find it handles tape measures better than some of my other woods.
Hmm. Feeling mine now it is smooth, but when it was new it kind of had the feel of a block of styrofoam. From your description id say the Eh new is similar to yours, but I can’t be sure. I am assuming with a little bit of play, your “velvet smooth” will become normal smooth.
I’m getting the impression here after throwing one for a bit that SpectraPly has a bit of break in time in finish and response. It’s hyper responsive at first