JPen Advice

Rorin is a good blade. Not as fast but good touch.

Otherwise try Darker Speed 70
http://tt-japan.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5_7&products_id=923

Darker's JPen is among the best in the world. Their top tier Speed 90 is out of stock. I have two Speed 90 for collection. Their performance is out of this world. Speed 70 is slower and a bit thinner. But still better than Butterfly and Nittaku blades.

Passionate about TT

Last time I checked in Iruiru, Darker Speed 90 is still in stock.

You may also check this site ping-pong.tw they also make varieties of Jpen blades. I got my 10.5mm american cypress from them. Cheap price and good quality.

Based on my experience, at least at the amateur level, Koreans were the best J-Pen users.
Also heard that Korea now takes up more than 66% of world J-pen market(used to be all CJKs).

If you're based in China, I strongly recommend you to contact somebody in Korea since they still have loads of J-pen blades in the market.

genrel001 said:

Last time I checked in Iruiru, Darker Speed 90 is still in stock.

You may also check this site ping-pong.tw they also make varieties of Jpen blades. I got my 10.5mm american cypress from them. Cheap price and good quality.

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You are right. I thought I was told Speed 90 was discontinued some years ago. I must be wrong.

Passionate about TT

Speaking of advice, I'm also looking for my first hinoki jpen. As you can see I'm using a 10.5mm american cypress, the good thing about it is that its soft, light, and powerful (OFF+) speed but the downside is that it's hard to maneuver due to its thickness and american cypress kinda reacts a little different when playing close and away from the table. I have read somewhere that the thing about hinoki which really separates it from the other cypresses is its stability and consistency despite playing different strokes.

Now, I'm on my quest to find that good hinoki blade but I also want it to be cheap and suits my level. I must admit Darker Speed 90 is the dream blade but I doubt that I can control it (and afford it). My options are:

Darker Speed 25 series (AL, GR, PL---anyone knows the difference between these blades?) 9mm
Yasaka Musashi Gold/Silver 9mm
Xiom Hibi O Seung 10mm--but it has a unique shape that put the weight more on the center which makes it easier to swithc from FH to BH.

I'm playing close table game, always looking for that 3rd and 5th ball attack, and I like to use hard rubbers (either tensor or chinese as long as it's above 47 degrees in the ESn scale).

Thanks.