Have you heared? GEWO A. Valuch OFF blade!

[Michal_Z]

I am not selling, lol, but okay - I will get some..

 

[Michal_Z]

Here are pictures..


Who is interrested, contact me

 

[rokphish]

I`m happy for the blade to be in production after such long Testing process.
I have it in the hand when it was in test stage and it was looking like you are saying (Ayous Core 3,0 mm/Kevlar-Karbon/Ayous 0,55 mm/Limba 0,55 mm ) . But it was not the final blade so it could change the properties.
Anyway good looking and feeling blade ... Shame for the bad photo ...

If they send one to me, I could try to make some alternative photos of the blade... Ha!

I took this while waiting for my food to arrive in a small dinner.

More blades photos on my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rokphishtt/

 

[Airoc]

GEWO is a German company.
This blade is manufactured in Germany, as documented on the blade surface.
Not all GEWO blades are made in Germany, though.

 

[Suga D]

GEWO is a German company.
This blade is manufactured in Germany, as documented on the blade surface.
Not all GEWO blades are made in Germany, though.

Thanks.

Looks like they sponsor ttdaily....

Wow, someone has a clear understanding of how advertising on the web works. Amazing!!

 

[Michal_Z]

So, anyone interrested?
Noone contacted me yet, which surprises me ..

 

[bobpuls]

People here are buying only classic blades , they are to afraid to test something new. Only when Malong or Timo is playing with it.

 

[Michal_Z]

People here are buying only classic blades , they are to afraid to test something new. Only when Malong or Timo is playing with it.

Alexander Valuch will soon win some huge tournament, then they will be interrested

 

[rokphish]

Alexander Valuch will soon win some huge tournament, then they will be interrested

Well, it doesn't really work that way.

Jean Philippe Gatien is way more famous, but the blades bearing his name don't do too well.

Few years back, I'll try just about anything. I bought new and used from all over the world. Famous blades and unknown ones as well. From big manufacturers to custom makers too.

 

[iamme]

I think the blade is just too expensive.
it's in the same segment as viscaria, ebenholz, rosewood, carbonado, the xiom blades with zlc....
you also have the andro treiber line which is actually cheaper than this blade.
also gewo is not a very popular brand.

I think if the price was 50 USD it would have sold very well.
but maybe it's not the segment gewo is trying to reach.
it's hard these days, you can get a dhs pg5 with arylate carbon for 35 bucks!!!
729 v6 also arylate carbon 25 bucks!!!!
the chinese are taking things to another level.

 

[Michal_Z]

I think the blade is just too expensive.
it's in the same segment as viscaria, ebenholz, rosewood, carbonado, the xiom blades with zlc....
you also have the andro treiber line which is actually cheaper than this blade.
also gewo is not a very popular brand.

I think if the price was 50 USD it would have sold very well.
but maybe it's not the segment gewo is trying to reach.
it's hard these days, you can get a dhs pg5 with arylate carbon for 35 bucks!!!
729 v6 also arylate carbon 25 bucks!!!!
the chinese are taking things to another level.

For that all I can say is what my grandpa said:

I am not rich enough to buy cheap stuff.

Meaning you should better look for quality and this blade quality is

 

[rokphish]

Now, now, better play nice...

Just because it's expensive doesn't mean of good quality and/or have good feel. Even if it has both, the point of cheaper blades is a good and valid ones.

There are plenty of options of good blades that are cheaper then the asking price.

If going with a blade that's only a third, or a fifth of the price, while having 80-90% of performance doesn't work for you, well, good for you.

I agree that quality of big importance. But going with it as the main deciding factor will make you go broke.

As I heard, the Nittaku Resoud is of excellent quality, which surpasses the blade in question. Costs about €2500-3000.

 

[Airoc]

Even if it has both, the point of cheaper blades is a good and valid ones.

Indeed. I have bought Yinhe Arylate Carbon blades for below 20 dollars, including shipping from China.

The quality was good, the characteristics close enough to more famous and more expensive arylate carbon blades with an animal on them.

Eventually, I liked something else (and more expensive) better, but that could have happened anyway.

I also bought a 9 Dollar 5 play all wood blade. Nothing spectacular, but a rock solid allround/offensive blade like so many others.

HRT are making "clones" of famous Stiga blades. On one seller´s website they say something like "original materials, around 80 % of original quality". The Rosewood V clone I bought for 25 Dollars felt a hell of a lot better than any original Rosewood I ever bought.

This is not to say everybody can find a cheap blade to do the job. Currently, I am playing with one of the GEWO blades and it just feels so right, I wouldn´t want to miss it.

It´s a combination of balance and feel, it fits my hand, and if you find that feelgood factor the price is of no importance.

But if you can´t really test something before you buy, more and more the expensive blades fall through because while collectors are willing to pay fantasy prices for old blades they never play with, second hand prices for ordinary blades are a joke - so if you test something expensive and it´s not what you wanted you lose a lot of money re-selling it.

 

[Michal_Z]

It is a lot of true in what you say Airoc, there is one thing that if you cannot test it its a risk.
But other than that I think - you buy the blade once per few years, its not that big investment overall.
More thinking I would consider about rubbers, that you buy a lot more.
I have my blade over 4 years now and it costed 80 euros or so.
So the price here is not such a big factor, if you compare it with rubbers, the blade is actually cheaper
4 years - one blade .. how many rubbers?

 

[Suga D]

also gewo is not a very popular brand.

Sebas, maybe not at
Desch Amicale Tennis Zéisséng,

but trust me, over here it's quite a traditional and well known brand. Since decades.

I still remember having an old GEWO Milan Orlowski blade as a kid.

 

[Tpackk]

Michal you have right that some players buys blade once per 5 years... but this type of players dont want to spend 130 euros for unknow blade. There are many posibilities that have a lot reviews and they are just great. So probably noone from this group of players dont buy this blade... And there are second type of players (EJ masters) they buy blade once per few months and test a lot and if this player is not rich, they dont want to spend 130 euros only for test blade. Ofc there are few people that will do it and they have to share a great review of this blade. Maybe after that a more people will be interested to test this blade.

 

[iamme]

I have nothing against gewo but let's face it.... gewo is not the same as stiga or butterfly.
Now I know a bit more about gewo but until now to me it was a cheap brand I only saw in balls.
Kind of like dunlop.
Maybe not even a tt brand, just a general sports brand.

 

[rokphish]

Well, you must be deep in a forest or something else, cause even I know Gewo is not a cheap no brand name.

I know it's a major player, more limited to certain regions. In recent year Gewo is starting to become available here in my country, Indonesia. So, it's a big step.

 

[Airoc]

I know it's a major player, more limited to certain regions. In recent year Gewo is starting to become available here in my country, Indonesia. So, it's a big step.

To give it a bit of a history, GEWO has been one of the early major players in Germany, specialising in tables at that time.

Over the years, the brand concentrated its efforts mostly on the Northern part of Germany (other countries/territories I don´t know). Their umbrella brand is Contra, one of the large retailers.

They´ve always had a concept to supply trainers at the basic level quite generously, which is why you saw many so called "trainers" in small countryside clubs in full GEWO gear, and which is why you didn´t want to be seen near any of it

At that time, their rubbers were no match to others, blades I can´t say.

Today they have current ESN technology for their rubbers, more than enough very decent and even excellent blades and are making themselves a name by sponsoring young European players (and the Liebherr Masters College in Ochsenhausen, one of the most renowned places in European TT). In other countries, they partner with great players and clubs, and in South Korea they are already one of the top brands, now partnering with former Olympic Champion Yoo Nam Kyu.

Up and coming European players like Alex Valuch play GEWO (and that means, they really play GEWO) and will make the name even better known in the future.

And to anybody who gets a hand on that HYPE KR rubber, try it. It is one of the most convincing new rubbers of 2017.

And no, I don´t work for them.

 

[rokphish]

I tried Hype EL before, nothing special for the price.