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Alright, awaiting my C-pen blade, I have been playing with an old racket a club member gave to me (Donic Allplay blade, Donic Vario + Joola 4 All rubbers). He helped me make it a makeshift C-pen (he is a woodworker for musical instruments): we removed the coloured parts of the handle that go...

Thanks. Do you think I can do this still once rubbers are on, and should I cover them with something to protect from saw dust?

anyone know any good guides or threads to sanding penhold blades?

@noisyboy101 Interesting. What would you all recommend for sanding? I guess fine sandpaper and just use the hand to sand down the wing edges on FH side?

@noisyboy101 I will certainly sand. The new N11 blades ('N11S'?, it seems they stopped selling the plain N11) seem to already have some sanding done on the wings of the penhold version but I'll see if that's enough. @songdavid98 'It was mainly because swinging hard with shakehand hurt my wrist...

That's not a common modification is it? Either way that is not bad thinking. I dislike heavy rackets. When I ordered my current one I made sure to ask what the weight would be before I got it, and even if it's a bit lighter than average it still feels a little too heavy imo. I will consider that...

Wow, you have a large gap, and is that a gap on the BH side? I've yet to see someone playing penhold gap the backhand side, only the forehand side a few mm!

berndtjgmann, actually that looks like a price category I could somewhat deal with. I found the DHS PG8 for 20 euros on a reliable Aliexpress store (GH Sports), thinking about what I might pair with it now. Thank you, and great history sir!

noisyboy101, really it's just like you with the SHBH: mine is also terrible, and it is added motivation to try the RPB for me. It will be interesting to see how learning RPB goes. Flatstyk yes, that was my first idea. Really I could not go wrong with that, but I saw learning the penhold as an...

Thanks for all the replies everyone! So yes suds79 I will absolutely try learning to RPB right away. Looking at footage of modern penholders it seems the TPB backhand, or 'push-block'/'punch' as OldSchoolPenholder said it's called, is virtually unused unless they are surprised by a return that...

Hello all! I play TT seriously for a half a year now and play shakehand, but I would like to try C-pen. Why? I believe it may be suited for my play. My strongest play is close to the table push and fast loop. I also have a weird shakehand block when I get attacked on the BH side, I hold it in...