I’ve been wanting to pick up a counterweight recently to try out and am wondering if any independent artists make and sell them? I’m definitely going to get a beater counterweight as well for learning and practicing with, but think it would be cool to also have one that’s not your typical dice/cube or D20 shape.
Also, secondary question:
What’s your favorite counterweight?
@DedHed makes superb counterweights, he has a post right now with a very cool looking model for sale.
Chunkeez makes excellent counterweights as well, but their site’s down for maintenance right now.
sho1_leatheryoyoshop_fe on Instagram makes some very cool leather counterweights (and leather yoyos, etc.), but they are located in Japan, IIRC. But definitely worth it.
FairyCrystalLab on Instagram also makes some very nice counterweights, the only folks I know that make soft(er) ones (that aren’t just rubber balls). Also located in Japan, also worth it.
Really, though, you can make anything into a counterweight. I know some folks have used rubber ducks as counterweights, apparently even competed with them. So anything you think is cool, a good weight and size for you, if you can figure out how to get it on the end of a string, you’re golden.
second @DedHed ! Have a few of those and they’re all great. The material is nigh indestructible and the colors POP. Definitely made a collector out of me!
They feel very nice and they are much quieter than plastic counterweights. Fairy Crystal Labs are the quietest but they feel kind of tacky and stick but I’ve been told that goes away if you use them long enough
A super fun song about how life can be terrible sometimes but that doesn’t mean it’s all bad, it actually contributed to a big change in my view of day-to-day life lol
I designed new ones last week and here are the prints. Had some issues with the nozzle so the surface did not turn out so nice, but whatever these are just counterweights