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Hi fellow pongistes,
For some weeks, I played with a Stiga Cybershape Carbon CWT that I like very much. I bought it at a very fair price in Vinted to a nice fellow. The blade was not brand new but without any damage. I loved it immediately, and it's normal because it has the same composition than my DHS King acB i've been very satisfied with. And it's only 79gr without any weight added at the bottom.
Unfortunately some weeks after this steal, at the end of a squad championship game, my blade began to have a weird feeling on some strokes : very slower than before, and with a *chboing* sound and vibration, like a very cheap wood blade. It was only on a few strokes, and it was at the very end of the day, so I did not really focused on it. But during the next 2 training sessions, it had that behaviour on every stroke, when hitting most of the surface, whether it was FH or BH. Only the top of the surface was ok.
I removed the rubber, glued again : same behaviour. I unglued the FH and glue another one I wanted to test : same behaviour. Then I remembered that during my last game, I hit the table with the blade while trying to save a ball. There's a clear hit on the edge, but no crack at all, anywhere. I then wonder why the blade became like this.
I bought another one on Vinted. Received it yesterday and glued my usual rubbers on it. But before trying it, I tried again the other blade, on which I changed nothing. And, what a surprise, the blade was exactly how I loved it at first. During one hour, it was perfect. Then, like the first time, it began to *chboing* again on some stroke and to lose its speed. It happened on 1 stroke out of 10, until the end of the session.
I absolutely don't understand what's happening to my blade. Did that happen to any of you ? I would like to keep that blade, but I can't trust it, it can make me lose points at any moment, without any warning. @SDC , or any other blade handcrafters, would you have any clue ?
For some weeks, I played with a Stiga Cybershape Carbon CWT that I like very much. I bought it at a very fair price in Vinted to a nice fellow. The blade was not brand new but without any damage. I loved it immediately, and it's normal because it has the same composition than my DHS King acB i've been very satisfied with. And it's only 79gr without any weight added at the bottom.
Unfortunately some weeks after this steal, at the end of a squad championship game, my blade began to have a weird feeling on some strokes : very slower than before, and with a *chboing* sound and vibration, like a very cheap wood blade. It was only on a few strokes, and it was at the very end of the day, so I did not really focused on it. But during the next 2 training sessions, it had that behaviour on every stroke, when hitting most of the surface, whether it was FH or BH. Only the top of the surface was ok.
I removed the rubber, glued again : same behaviour. I unglued the FH and glue another one I wanted to test : same behaviour. Then I remembered that during my last game, I hit the table with the blade while trying to save a ball. There's a clear hit on the edge, but no crack at all, anywhere. I then wonder why the blade became like this.
I bought another one on Vinted. Received it yesterday and glued my usual rubbers on it. But before trying it, I tried again the other blade, on which I changed nothing. And, what a surprise, the blade was exactly how I loved it at first. During one hour, it was perfect. Then, like the first time, it began to *chboing* again on some stroke and to lose its speed. It happened on 1 stroke out of 10, until the end of the session.
I absolutely don't understand what's happening to my blade. Did that happen to any of you ? I would like to keep that blade, but I can't trust it, it can make me lose points at any moment, without any warning. @SDC , or any other blade handcrafters, would you have any clue ?
