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Personally I like a little bit of feedback, but it depends on the blade, the rubbers and the frequency. I'd also draw a distinction here between vibration and feedback, as people constantly confuse them and use the terms interchangeably, when really, they're totally different. When designing...

I also have a pair of the exact same shoes, and can basically back up everything you've said, with a couple of caveats: TL.DR Version: -- definitely buy this shoe if you can, but don't buy it online. You absolutely MUST try this shoe on first and test it for both comfort, and a high level of...

Nothing. It's just more baseless marketing spin from an industry that has become hopelessly addicted to it. Most mass market blades are sold / marketed based largely around their composite layers, and the myth of high tech engineering. This has very little to do with science, and everything to...

In the case of a blade, materials and engineering are indivisible. The materials guide the engineering and vice versa. Can you substitute timber? Sure... But if you don't use the same timber every time then you don't get the same result, and most good players can spot the difference very...

It's both really.... It's construction variables, AND the wood that matters. Sometimes a wood is easily replaceable, sometimes it isn't, depending on the timber's properties. For example, I've tried finding commercially available alternatives to balsa, and thee aren't any. There's a few...

Plus one on all the above about Planchonella. I have also gone looking for a commercial supply of ANY genus of Planchonella myself in the past, and found nothing (and numerous species of the stuff grows all over the top end of Australia). The Planchonella genus is *not* in commercial cultivation...

There's an outer carbon style blade I make called the Chuditch, which (to me at least) feels reasonably similar to the HAL. Send me a PM if you want any more details.

Any multi-ply blade with a relatively denser core. To give you an idea of what I mean, Balsa has an average density of 150kg per cubic meter, while Kiri's density is about 280 kg a cube. Ayous however has a density of about 350kg per cube, as does Western Red Cedar and some species of Lauan /...

Loki Rxton 7 and 9, in that order.

Balsa gets a very bad rap in blades, underservedly so in my opinion. There's at least one 2000+ ranked national veterans champion I know of who's using a balsa blade, and amongst combination players they are immensely popular. Balsa can make a truly magnificent blade with outstanding power to...

That can be gripper yes, but it depends on the shoe. Your need for the gripper sole also depends largely on the surfaces you play on. I play at several suburban clubs regularly here in my home city of Perth, as well as at the main TTWA centre. The suburban clubs usually play at indoor...

Waldner - for his staggering touch if nothing else; Ulf 'Tickan' Carlsson - because the only form of TT coaching or technique advice I could find AT ALL when I was a teenager, was a couple of illustrated books in our small town public library. My favourite of the two featured Ulf's techniques...

Thank you so much for your very kind words. 🙂 I genuinely hope they get something out of it as well, and I wish you all well with this project. If your engineer wished to speak to me about my thoughts at length, I'm happy to do so, and they are welcome to send me a DM to that end. Given...

Thank you for sharing your perspective Andrea 🙂 I must say, the idea of twiddling with a two speed blade is an intriguing one, and I can see the potential appeal. I myself have avoided using asymmetric dual-density blades personally, for the reasons I outlined in my post. All the customers I...

You're welcome. 🙂 The Skolla is a line of one-ply blades I've been developing and selling non stop for the last four years now. I'll pm you a link.

Yeah happy to 🙂🙂 ...although I wrote this post a while ago now, and I now have a few more to add to the list 🤣 Basically at the heart of it, I just adore the unique playing feel and massive popping-catapult-driven speed and spin you get from a great one ply blade 🥰🥰 Something about the amazing...

It's all good Lodro mate -- I've honestly never tried using their blade, so I don't honestly know how well it works. Looking at the ply composition I can see what they were thinking, and who knows... They might actually have cracked it; the ebony outer layer on one side is certainly a novel...

I've had customers request two speed blades from me before, but when used in in isolation the don't do much. You have to look at the rubbers you use as well. A two speed blade works best when you also alter the rubbers you use to heighten the effect. You put a slower rubber on the slower side...

Welcome 🙂 Always happy when someone comes back to the game. Hope it all goes great for you. Good luck!

Yeah, this happened to me with some cross trainers I bought. Compressive forces on your toe joints can be really nasty. I put the shoes in the post earlier today. Sanwei after-sales service has been surprisingly (and pleasingly) on the ball with my issue thus far. I've managed to speak with...