Freehand 1

Company:

Type:

Yo-yo

Released:

01/2001
Diameter: 57.15mm
Width:
Weight: 65.8grams
Bearing: Size A Duncan
Response: White Duncan Friction Stickers and Duncan Friction Stickers

Freehand 1 History

The Freehand 1 was designed by Steve Brown, originally for Freehand, or 5A, style of play. Released in 2001*, Red, Blue and Yellow were the first colors to be released. A number of other colors and special editions were released later. The goal here is to collect photos of all the original Freehand 1’s, and have them displayed below. Special thanks to Brandon Jackson for allowing the use of his FH1 collection photos. If you have any FH1’s that we are missing in the archive please contact us, thank you.

* We have the release date as Jan 2001, but we do not know the exact month of release. If you have this information, please reach out to us!

Prototypes

Several prototypes were created using different responses. Positive and Negative Starbursts, and friction stickers. Below are some of the prototypes.

Glasseye Prototype Freehand 1. Notes from theglasslab.com: “Here’s a peek at what’s hopefully in store for the Clear Duncan Freehand. If you don’t know the whole story, Duncan was gracious enough to produce a Freehand model for me which would be run in an exclusive clear plastic. Steve had his guys run a test using the clear plastic and it came out all funky lookin. Looks to me like someone was having a good time with the molding machine. Ahem. So anyways, once they get them looking right (meaning clear with no dirt, swirls, or mold marks) Infinite Illusions will be carrying them. Now go put on your loin cloth and rejoice! Click on the pictures to enlarge them.