Dude! Can’t wait to hear your impressions on the wooden unresponsive. Shoot, it could end up being Glenn’s Swan Song, you got a piece of functional art and history all rolled up into one
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It’s incredible. I couldn’t have asked for a better player. I love it so much!
The fixie is going to take some breaking in, I think. I’m having a pretty hard time getting good response but I’m hoping once I get some hours on it, smooth out the guts a bit, it’ll play a little better.
But yeah, the unresponsive is better than I could’ve hoped for. I need to come up with a name for it.
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My multi piece Button from Glen is amazing! My recent one piece Bloodcell is a bit snaggy — like I can’t do the engine start on the string without it snagging. But it shoots the moon pretty well and feels great in the hand.
All in all - I really appreciate the unique character in these handmade yoyos and hope that Glen finds his way back to a joyful relationship with making yoyos sometime
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I couldn’t agree more.
This is my first one-piece fixie from glen. I’ve had decent luck with my three-pieces but, if I recall correctly, those even had a break-in period. I might try some chapstick if it doesn’t start responding soon.
To be fair, I broke the string he sent with it when I was trying to stretch it out, before I even threw it 
I’m using zipline kot’n SE which takes a very long time to break in all the way in my experience.
I need to stock up on bulk cotton.
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Same on my Mostly Dead ‘Orse. I’m thinking I just need to put in some time on it and burn through a few YYE cottons before it starts feeling a bit better.
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Let us know when you got a name for it buddy, so glad you like it. Let me know if it Chicken Pot Pie’s lol
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My want to try Bees Wax. Teak is a naturally oily wood. May make it tough to dial in the response.
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I was planning on using bee balm but I think I do have a couple small blocks of beeswax somewhere. You think that would be better?
I’ve never dealt with teak before. It looks amazing. Pictures don’t do it justice. It’s like red, orange, and green. I am a little worried that chapstick or bee balm might not be the move. I don’t want to do something that I can’t take back.
Oh. It’ll chicken pot pie.
I’m having a hard time finding tricks that it can’t do.
It even finger spins.
Beautifully.
I was not expecting that.
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They look incredible!
Note - Teak from SE Asia (real teak) is dark brown like this
Silver Ash, also called Australian Teak or Australian Maple is Flindersia and no relation to ash, teak or maple. Queensland Maple is what I make all my guitar necks from though, love the pink and yellow streaks.
Edit, forgot to get to the point lol.
Flindersia has a more open pore structure and can soak up plenty of oil. This is a teak ‘herb grinder’ that’s been in use for 25 years with no polishing and a Flindersia uke neck that’s had 2 coats of stain and 2 coats of oil, gets rubbed with fresh oil every 6 months or so.
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The unresponsive is beautiful. If you ever decide you want to let it go lmk 
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Man, you make so much cool Sh;t.
You’re saying the dead ‘orse is flindersia (Australian teak/maple) and not actual teak?
Glen sold it to me as “mystery” wood, first thought to be golden wattle. Then later said he realized it was teak. I can definitely see the pinks and yellows.
Are you saying putting some beeswax or chapstick on the axle, most likely, won’t irreversibly damage it?
I really want to get this thing playing right but the only way to get it to respond well is tightening tension too much to be able to really do any tricks.
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I’ve got too much sunk into these to ever sell them 
I wonder if Glen really didn’t want to make it so he threw out a high number hoping I’d change my mind
It really is so beautiful and just plays so dang good.
I don’t think it’s going anywhere for less than quadruple digits.
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Cheers for that!
I reckon it’s probably Flindersia, if you leave it raw and your hand sweat starts to turn the wood grey then very likely.
I have no experience or opinion on whether chapstick would improve response, I’m a double wrapper. It’s unlikely that a small amount will have any kind of permanent effect though.
Also try using stock poly string, either single or double wrapped on the axle. That’s how I broke in my SW Dish.
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I wondered about poly. I’ll give that a try. Thanks!
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Quadruple digits you say…I have to make a phone call, brb.
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