Winmau Mervyn King Gold 22g darts review

[Getagrip]

These are from Red Dragon darts and cost £25.90, they are a 90% tungsten dart with a gold titanium nitride coating.

They come in the now standard style Winmau plastic slide packaging, just slide the top cover off. They are supplied with a plastic darts case, a point protector, King standard flights and red Winmau alloy stems:

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The back inlay card has a handy checkout chart printed on it:

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The darts are a unique shape that reminds me of a bamboo cane, they have 3 scalloped sections with a groove on each knuckle. There is a few narrow grooves at the rear of the barrel and then it is smooth as it tapers towards the stem. The gold ti colour contrasts well with the red alloy stems:

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[size=large]Dimensions:

Length:

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Width:

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Weight comparison:

Full setup:

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The balance point of barrel only:

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Seems slightly front weighted.

Balance with the supplied setup:

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More centred weighted with this setup.

Medium, short and extra short stems balance point:

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My grip with these:

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Although I hold it near the front I found the darts to be very comfy to hold and I really like the gold ti feel, it has a kind of dry matte type of feel. The darts flew much better than I was expecting, I thought they may fly off at funny angles and spin sideways or something worse lol but they flew with a nice balance and although I usually don't like scallop darts these felt fine to me.

Overall a very nice dart which impressed me by been much better than I expected.

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[*Saber*]

Good review Darren. Thumbs up from me pal.

[uncle poop]

Nice review, those look like a nice set of darts. I may consider these in the far future. Right now I need to keep it cheap (not that these are expensive per-say).

[Getagrip]

These are very nice darts to be honest, I was surprised that I liked them, I always thought the shape was just too weird.

[rabsmith2]

Great review Grip.

[Getagrip]

Thanks Ráb

[jamie373]

By the way gold 22g 19.99 in argos just now. Good review grip

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[Del]

Good review darren , loving the slow mo

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Thanks Del, lol I like watching slow mo fall outs, its like waiting for a tree to topple over Guests cannot see images in the messages. Please register at the forum by clicking here to see images.

[bullseye69]

I had these darts and liked them a lot but mine were very heavy and I ended up trading them for lighter darts. at 22g I think I would love these.

[the_cutter]

Great review! These darts are one of a kind in terms of design.

[jamie373]

not really
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[stuart180]

Good review Dazza, I got a set last year (was on sale in argos for just £7!!)
Really wanted a set just for my collection as they are a really nice unusual set.

[Getagrip]

£7!!!!! wow that is a real bargain!

There is quite a few models from different makers that have a similar design but not sure if the design was originally made by Mervyn as I remember some story that he originally made his darts himself, I guess it has evolved over time though.