Oh, thanks juncction! I have definitely noticed the lack of tournament matches, and while I understand the value behind advertising the atmosphere of WBO tournaments to potential newcomers there is a small audience (you, me, and probably like 10 other people on the WBO at most) who are interested in seeing the play-by-play of how the tournament unfolded. It's good to know that there is someone out there who appreciates some of the more "competitively-oriented" content on my channel.
Anyways, back to B:D, I just took a look at all the bearings in my B:Ds, and I'm afraid that it only complicates the mystery further.
[Image: kQK428k.jpg][Image: riSfjnB.jpg][Image: 9soDXnI.jpg]
They are in the same order that they were in the first/second pictures in my last post (Left = new, opaque, long casing, Middle = new, translucent, short casing, Right = old/broken, opaque, long casing). I don't really have a good enough camera to show the difference, but you can kinda see it.
Both my old Sonokong B:D and the one that looks like it from the listing have an NSK Shield Bearing, while the translucent one only has a metal bearing. You can tell by observing the small gap in the center of the metallic ring on the B:Ds on either side, which is absent in the center B:D. However I'm even more confused by this than before because the (supposedly fake) one with the metal bearing spins almost twice as long as the (supposedly real) one with the NSK Shield Bearing?
¿¿¿Is it possible that I got one legitimate B:D and one fake B:D from the same listing???
Also, @[Kai-V], what Angry Face is referring to is a different kind of Bearing inside the B:D. Both are metallic rings, but one of them is simply a metal ring while the other is a NSK Shield Bearing (think Dranzer S vs. Wolborg 2, or the two different kinds of bearings inside Burning Kerberous).