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As a follow up to my earlier comments, here's a YouTube review of the R3 Blue along with its stablemate, the Loki Arthur China, as made by a european-based player (video is in french but has English subtitles) Spoiler alert -- it basically says all the same things I did (eh... It's nice to...

Thanks for the reply. Honestly, I feel that Occam's Razor should be the order of the day here: ie -- the simplest solution is most likely the right one. My advice is find yourself a sheet of Loki Rxton 3 Blue, try it for at least 3 months on your FH side, and see how you go. I would also...

I'm not a coach's armpit frankly, but I do know quite a bit about how blades and technique interact. I'd like to offer you my own perspective (for whatever it's worth) as a blade maker. Based purely on your comments and videos, I suspect: - your current set up has too much catapult -based...

Some really great vids linked in the OP -- thoroughly recommend people have a look at them, they explain the whole brush vs hitting thing very succinctly. As for the whole slow vs fast equipment thing for beginners, the issue that cuts the Gordian knot here is control. Either you can control...

Both matter, but for the record, the handle scales are primarily designed to match / suit the blade. If a blade's panel is designed to have flex in it, you can increase or decrease it's propensity to flex by changing the thickness (or the shape!) of the handle scales, through simple increases...

No love for the Rxton 3 Pink and Blue? Both of these are brilliant rubbers for the price imo. Both are more sticky than tacky, but both have genuine pop to their sponge, without boosting . (The R3P is still one of the most chronically underrated rubbers out there IMO -- it's a genuine low throw...

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Loki have bought out a new version of the Telson 100 that uses an ESN sponge layer -- they're calling it the Telson Germany. Given the OP's criteria, it might possibly be worth a go. It's available in both 45 and 47.5 degree sponge. Even though Loki is a Chinese company, the original Telson 100...

I imagine it should be just fine, yeah. 🤔 I admit I've never used Original Osmo oil on Hinoki myself, as I only work with Hinoki very rarely. Osmo oil is useable on both hardwoods and softwood species though, and Hinoki falls into the latter category, so it should be all okay. Actualky 🤔 all...

Yeah that can work 🙂 Wood glue can seal wood pretty well on principle, but it's performance really depends on the type of glue. 🙂 As for glue being a better approach than lacquer, that's debatable. The main key issues I consider when assessing a sealant are: how does the stuff react to water...

Best of luck with it mate, really hope you make it. 😎👍🏻

You're welcome. But please don't be put off too much -- all I've done here is highlight the biggest and most common problems with trying to make an asymmetric blade mod, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to do... Just hugely difficult and fiddly. Changing the sponge density & thickness with...

Somebody call? 😂 (Reads thread) Gotcha... asymmetric all wood blade mod. One of the biggest problems I find with any attempted asymmetric build or mod, is isolating the two sides from each other. Adding one hard layer to one side of an existing blade, then hoping the rest of the blade...

I can't comment much about changes in the size of a hall changing a blades performance, but certainly changes in humidity can play a large factor. While I've never researched it, it's conceivable to me that the relative humidity in a room can vary depending on its internal volume and...

Re: the OP: Other posters have covered off all the main points (ie: yes, there is an ideal weight for a blade), but one thing I will also add is that there can also be a minimum threshold weight to unlock flex. A couple of blades in my personal collection are on the flexy side. For a lark, I...

Never tried T05FX sorry so don't know a thing about it...though if the sponge is a LOT softer than your stock standard T05 then conceivably it might be better attuned to Hinoki / high rebound softwoods. As for a 10mm vs a 10.2mm blade thickness I honestly doubt it would make a big difference at...

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You're welcome :) Genuinely glad I could help. In response to your follow up questions and comments above: Do high-rebound softwoods in a blade (eg: hinoki) meaningfully improve the performance of Tenergy rubbers? In my personal experience, no they don't --or at least not so much that I...

Ditto -- I used to use the AK47 as a test bed rubber for my blades, but I switched to the T100 ages ago. I find that if I brush a lot as part of my strokes, the T100 gives you excellent spin. If however I just bury the ball deep into the sponge layer, then spin is greatly reduced and the...