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I bought it from a collectionner in London who was selling some of his blades.

Played with Sanwei HC-5S/RakzaZ yesterday for a bit and actually it wasn't bad at all. Very spinny, very controlled, very not too fast. HC-5S is a cheap but well made blade and seems to have a very similar to JRE hinoki/ koto/soft carbon/ayous composition. The feel was crispy soft for what it's...

Try this, at least that's what I do and it works with me. Some of it is obvious, but it is important to register and not forget. The very first thing you have to do is to watch his blade and the angle BEFORE he contacts the ball. The sooner you realise there will be some side spin, the higher...

Something tells me that amongst your 90 blades I could find at least one all-wood Acoustic )) Whatever blade I try, this is the wood I always come back to. It's like the good old comfortable slippers. I would greatly appreciate if you could compare S-CZ to Acoustic. Speed, short game, dwell...

Because 75 series are being produced exclusively for the Chinese market.

Due to the big difference in prices between the US/European and Chinese markets Sanwei have two separate lines of blades. Sanwei 75 is a Sanwei blade which is being made for the Chinese market. You never know with Ali, but I have two Sanwei blades bought there and both are excellent.

The first thing you notice switching from R7 to GA8 is higher throw angle. You'll need to close your racket more and hit more forward. Initially speed feels similar and you need to work a bit more to generate heavy spin. When you adjust, the ball quality is considerably higher. Open ups are more...

Second this. But it's not an inner carbon blade isn't it?

Looks like a good match with harder tacky rubbers like Rakza Z / Z extra hard

Going to play with Rakza 7 / Battle II Gold

There's not much fun at all playing against those.

Looking for a "recreational carbon blade": not too fast, not too slow not too hard, not too bouncy, with good dwell and spin, great feel and most important - fun to play with. My Acoustic blades will most probably stay as my main blades though. Please discuss.

I have Azalea Allround 84g, and it's about as fast as my Acoustic blades, the feeling is just a bit harder than Acu but not dissimilar, a decent alternative for one third of the price. It's a good blade, a very good even in my view, maybe even one of the best Stiga all-wood 5-ply (not that I...

Definitely worth trying.

I've got Azalea FL, it's not massive at all, it's round, conical and has a very narrow neck. It was marketed as a female blade strangely. Acoustic LG handle is massive. But yes, a lighter regular Acoustic would be a great option after Azalea which has a similar feel. And one can find one below...

I played and still play sometimes with G-1, GA8 and Vega X, still have all these rubbers on my rackets. Speed: VegaX>GA8>G-1 There's not much difference, and all 3 are more than fast enough for an amateur Spin: VegaX=GA8=G-1 There are differences in the way spin generated, but all in all...

OK. GA8 is sometimes compared to Rakza 7 and XIOM Vega X, so I'll do it as I played with both. I'd say GA8 has higher throw, lower arc and is grippier, faster and spinnier than Rakza 7. It is slower than XIOM Vega X with similar amount of spin, throw and arc. It's actually pretty similar to G-1...

I play with Acoustic/DHS Goldarc 8 on both sides. Never tried G-1 on Acoustic.

If it looks like a heavy backspin on the serve and you can't really read the amount, it is easier to banana flick the ball on the side, because there's less spin on that part of the ball, and that's what aforementioned Skachkov and many strong players seem to be doing btw. To me, I hate pushing...

I bought a brand new Nittaku Violin with new Fastarc G-1 rubbers on both sides - all for £91. Didn't know anything about Nittaku at the time, so didn't even realise it was quite a bargain until a year or so later, when I switched to Acoustic. )))