Papercut Specs:
6061 AL + SS rings
Diameter: 55.5mm
Width: 45mm
Gap: 4.5
Total weight: 63.5g
From yoyofriends:
We have now entered into the year 2024, time truly goes by fast as
yoyofriends is celebrating its 8th anniversary ever since start. We
really want to thank you for all the support for this incredible journey
and make this possibly. Every year we traditionally will have an
anniversary model to celebrate and kickstart our year. This year we want to do another bimetal, we want to create a
somewhat budget bimetal offering that highlights the extreme
manufacturing capability of yoyofriends and our parent
company, FPM. To have an extreme rim design and keep the
cost somewhat low, we decided to go with a 6061 bimetal
instead of 7068. To start this design, we looked into our most
successful budget yoyo, the Shortcut. Shortcut is a 6061
monometal design that is very capable despite its price, utilizing hybrid V and H shape and cuts to bring out the
outstanding power and look into a budget yoyo.
For the 8th anniversary version, we would like to use an
H-shaped structure and use cutting lines like our shortcut. We
decided to take another approach on the outer rim design,
traditionally we have the SS rim pushed down inward into the
yoyo, however this time we decided to make the rim pushed
outward, almost like gluing it on. We also went super risky with
the low contact surface area between the 6061 and the SS rim. This allows the rim width and the weight maximized. giving the
yoyo more bimetal power and a striking look. This is a tall order
as we realize the rim shifts more easily when the yoyo is hit on
the ground. To counteract this we added a concave spot along
the outer part of the contact surface between the two materials,
this when the rings are put on the yoyo, it is less prone to shift
after being hit on the ground. After the first prototype, the player team thinks the rim weight is
simply too much, giving the yoyo too much momentum despite
its already light weight, so for the final prototype we shifted a
tiny amount of rim weight from the rim towards the 6061 part of
the yoyo, making the yoyo still very extreme, lightweight and
have a decent flow.
We tried to name the yoyo something connected to shortcut, Because in a way, it is related to the shortcut, instead of finding
a word that related to shortcut based on meaning, we opted for
the name papercut. Inspired by the song Papercut, by Linkin
Park which is one our favorite song for a couple of our
yoyofriends player. It also contains the word cut, which
identifies the yoyo as it contains multiple cuts on the yoyo to
give it a signature look. Thank you for the 8 years of support and hopefully many, many more years to come.