# The first non G-squared swirl? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [October 27, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350 "2018-10-27T22:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![hobbygod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobbygod/32/120997_2.png) [@hobbygod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbygod)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/44 "2019-04-11T00:02:08Z")
Yeah, that is super nicešŸ˜ He put out one or two runs that used a laser engraved swirl which looked nice. Iā€™d pick one of those up too ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/45 "2019-04-11T00:15:52Z")
I didnā€™t care for the laser engraved swirls, those are always gonna be white. ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/46 "2019-04-11T00:18:58Z")
[https://www.instagram.com/yotoyimages/p/8BXr3StsuZ/](https://www.instagram.com/yotoyimages/p/8BXr3StsuZ/) [https://www.instagram.com/yotoyimages/p/2CZ7Ugtsub/](https://www.instagram.com/yotoyimages/p/2CZ7Ugtsub/) SPYY Punchline by Vendetta c. 2011 ---
**Author:** ![hobbygod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobbygod/32/120997_2.png) [@hobbygod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbygod)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/47 "2019-04-11T00:30:27Z")
Oh man that is so nice. And on my favorite yoyo ever made. ---
**Author:** ![jasonwongzero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jasonwongzero/32/725_2.png) [@jasonwongzero](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jasonwongzero)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/48 "2019-04-11T00:52:16Z")
I remember the first time I saw the swirls were the Vendetta ones in the examples provided by David and Ed. I think all those swirls are really beautiful. Theyā€™re not overly difficult to execute, however, because swirls (like acid washes) hide ano flaws. The hardest colorways/styles to anodize are carefully composited and layered stenciling (not post anodize laser engraving) on solid backgrounds because thereā€™s zero room for error. ---
**Author:** ![yyfben2.deactivated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ccd318/32.png) [@yyfben2.deactivated](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yyfben2.deactivated)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/49 "2019-04-11T03:52:44Z")
I tried to do them and they ended up looking like puke šŸ¤® lol ---
**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/50 "2019-04-11T03:56:02Z")
Vendetta did some really great ano work. I still have a couple of his pieces. ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/51 "2019-04-11T04:15:39Z")
What yoyo is that? Doesnā€™t look like a Peak like I thought it was. ---
**Author:** ![G2\_Jake](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/g2_jake/32/446_2.png) [@G2\_Jake](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/G2_Jake)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/52 "2019-04-11T10:57:45Z")
This is what Iā€™ve always tried to get. Thinner, clean, half circle swirls. Only one shop has been able to do it for me. I tried to help GBA learn. Much wasted money and time on that venture. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/53 "2019-04-11T11:03:21Z")
I feel the magic can happen again. I BELIEVE āœØ ---
**Author:** ![hobbygod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hobbygod/32/120997_2.png) [@hobbygod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbygod)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/54 "2019-04-11T11:19:34Z")
I think thatā€™s a campfire ---
**Author:** ![sloegoe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sloegoe/32/804_2.png) [@sloegoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sloegoe)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/55 "2019-04-11T11:23:12Z")
The Vendetta Swirls donā€™t look all that G2 esque, but the One Drop current ones do look way more G2 than the Vendetta, so I think their attempt to mask what they did is sort of coming up short as seen from the pics. At first I didnā€™t care, then I found out Jake didnā€™t know about it, then I seen the lame cover up attempt and was a bit upset. ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/56 "2019-04-11T11:59:08Z")
Itā€™s a good thing companies have been so conscientious about citing their sources for design inspiration, but Iā€™m pretty sure what ended up grinding Tom Kuhn Yo-Yoā€™s to a halt was Tomā€™s constant bombardment of emails asking for permission to splash anodize. [https://www.instagram.com/p/xhT\_vCBF4T/](https://www.instagram.com/p/xhT_vCBF4T/) Yeah no that didnā€™t happen. Just because you see it as your thing, it doesnā€™t make it YOUR thing. How many times have we seen variations on this same thing. Friction stickers, hubstacks, nipple design, weight rings, profileā€¦ thereā€™s no corner of the yo-yo which hasnā€™t been claimed as intellectual domain - and some cases of specific innovations/patents have merit. But an ano pattern, the original developer of which was not tied to any company and is no longer in yo-yoing? If a fundamental aspect of your brandā€™s aesthetic design is something which you didnā€™t develop, then your claim to it is, at most, perceived. ---
**Author:** ![jasonwongzero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jasonwongzero/32/725_2.png) [@jasonwongzero](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jasonwongzero)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/57 "2019-04-11T14:00:21Z")
Since this topic is sort of about ā€˜colorway originalityā€™, I have a confession. One of the main reasons I stopped anodizing is because everyone started copying fade splash/Skittles splash. I _think_ I was the first to do them and and I credited Brett Grimes who did it in paint (not ano) for the inspiration. But one canā€™t trademark colorways and itā€™s silly and selfish to think you can restrict others from using and enjoying a color theme. So eventually I got over it. I told my wife Iā€™d like to get back into anodizing some day, maybe within the next year after I settle into my new home. (hopefully moving into our forever home within a month!) In the meantime, Iā€™ll just share this photo. They are probably my favorite two skittles anodize jobs. I did them for Clyw Chris as a present to Andre. To my knowledge Andre still keeps these two Chiefs. Knowing they were given as gifts makes me happy. Jason ![DSC00100-XL](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/2/8/12802085cd5162c58cff7abcfe967c77b326ba9d.jpeg) ![DSC00091-XL](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/9/e/09ee4dd58faf14ebbbc90e91965a13b262760b76.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![threebearrries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/threebearrries/32/42073_2.png) [@threebearrries](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/threebearrries)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/58 "2019-04-11T14:06:41Z")
This is one of my favorite colorways of all gimme. Fantastic job! ---
**Author:** ![Applepooh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/applepooh/32/40751_2.png) [@Applepooh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Applepooh)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/59 "2019-04-11T14:56:54Z")
> [@sloegoe](#): > > At first I didnā€™t care, then I found out Jake didnā€™t know about it, then I seen the lame cover up attempt and was a bit upset. Source? ---
**Author:** ![YoYoExpertGarrett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpertgarrett/32/1543_2.png) [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/60 "2019-04-11T15:14:37Z")
> [@jasonwongzero](#): > > To my knowledge Andre still keeps these two Chiefs. Knowing they were given as gifts makes me happy. Black Chief still sits on display at @AndreBoulayā€™s desk. Fantastic looking yo-yo! ---
**Author:** ![da5id](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/da5id/32/48214_2.png) [@da5id](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/da5id)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/61 "2019-04-11T17:09:54Z")
Campfire šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![AndreBoulay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andreboulay/32/69662_2.png) [@AndreBoulay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AndreBoulay)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/62 "2019-04-12T01:03:02Z")
Love, love, love this throw. šŸ˜Š ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/8/f/f8f3c1a578f080f002935f37572bd04122164321.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/6/9/869f727c500270d2f3696ea19f760f9e0c56c81e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![yyfben2.deactivated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ccd318/32.png) [@yyfben2.deactivated](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yyfben2.deactivated)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-first-non-g-squared-swirl/294350/63 "2019-04-12T04:10:34Z")
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