Life of table tennis blades

guni4you · Nov 27, 2019

Hi,
I am playing with dhs w968 blade and absolutely love it. I just wanted to know that do blades last like a long time 10-15 years. Or do they become dead or slow after 2 or 3 years? Does the number of times you glue and I glue rubbers make a difference too? Please give information and share info on this topic as don’t plan on buying another blade for a long long time

lasta · Nov 27, 2019

Don't worry, your dear 968 will hold up as long as you don't wack someone with it.

My oldest blade is made in 1976, working fine.

guni4you · Nov 27, 2019

So happy to hear this.Thanks lasta.

yogi_bear · Nov 27, 2019

I had a coach who was given a dhs 08 blade by a Chinese coach when he trained in China. He is still using the blade for 35yrs now

suds79 · Nov 27, 2019

I thought I read once somewhere people claiming that Stiga blades with their NCT (which is some type of hard diamond coating.) wears off over years and therefore loses some of its hardness & thus power but I don't know. That's just one particular brand and line of blades which I'm not even sure Stiga features much any more.

I think it's awesome when I hear someone has a blade for 30ish years.

lVegita · Nov 27, 2019

guni4you said:
Hi,
I am playing with dhs w968 blade and absolutely love it.
[...]
Please give information and share info on this topic as don’t plan on buying another blade for a long long time

Beware that if you use your w968 for a long long long long long time, it may become a Long V

guni4you · Nov 27, 2019

Come on don’t scare me hahhaha

BryanY · Nov 27, 2019

Also the possibility of Zylon degrading over time. (But I’m not sure if this is a factor for table tennis blades, but it was definitely a problem for bullet proof vests).

lasta · Nov 27, 2019

suds79 said:
I thought I read once somewhere people claiming that Stiga blades with their NCT (which is some type of hard diamond coating.) wears off over years and therefore loses some of its hardness & thus power but I don't know. That's just one particular brand and line of blades which I'm not even sure Stiga features much any more.

I think it's awesome when I hear someone has a blade for 30ish years.

Good point! My 1976 blade did have that issue (varnish crackling). But nothing a little sandpaper and a few new layers of varnish can't fix.

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