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These were the first inner fiber blades, which I had tried. I can confirm, that both are super controllable. Unfortunately there is no more stock of Pro Feeling at any sellers I have tried recently.

Goldarc 5 is not really like a hybrid, but a very well-behaving ESN with no obvious initial chemical treatment, so basically it keeps its playing characteristics (and weight) from the first to the last moment - such rubbers are very rare in the ESN scene.

Technically, it has similar structure to Clipper, maybe the second plies are not the very thin ones seen on Clipper, somewhat thicker - so it is similar to TSP (Victas) SWAT, just a bit thicker, almost like Xiom Solo. Of course, the top ply is much harder than the top plies of the mentioned...

While I don't have D09c in any near future at my hands, the most of the other featured rubbers are familiar to me. Initially, I saw a lot of potentials in Sanwei rubbers, but I had to admit to myself, that I have issues of executing shots consistently, because many of their more advanced...

Accidentally it is just in plan for me to study your statement regarding the throw angle being heavily affected by the blade. I already tried Battle II Gold Edition on a blade with fairly direct angles (Sunflex Zen OFF 5 - Mansonia top plies, thicker Koto second plies - Mansonia is harder than...

Yes, I was also quite surprised. I purchased a few of this blade, and I can say, that the deviation of the wooden ply thicknesses is pretty low. I don't think, that the Stiga equivalent would be much better - best part of it, that this blade is steadily sub $40 on AliExpress. I had to sand the...

I've got my hands on Battle III (both side 39°), so I matched it with a high quality blade offering from Friendship as well (Rose 7). I am excited to see, how this setup will perform. Once Patrick (thePongProfessor) made a review of a few novelty class Stiga 7 ply allwood blades, and based on...

Just a fun fact - if somebody want to play long pips almost like OX, but with sponge, Yinhe Qing has a "0.5m soft" sponge option. I ordered one, and the whole rubber just came at 19.8g uncut for me, and I don't need to bother how to glue a spongeless topsheet. Pip bending is a serious thing...

There is also an option for a somewhat bouncy backend rubber within the Focus series: 729 Focus III Plus - it is the same topsheet as Focus III Snipe, just the sponge is different, I think they say, it is a Japanese sponge, there are two hardness options: mid-soft and mid-hard.

Limba top plies can also have this hologram effect, sometimes at a comparable level to average Koto top plies. For me, the upper third of the picture is definitive. Limba top plies can have many open pores (look for darker brown stripes, sometimes in very small groups near each other), which...

Take a look at these pages: https://www.wood-database.com/koto/ https://www.wood-database.com/limba/ Search for the picture with 10× Endgrain label, and make observations: Koto has a relatively dense and light toned distinctive network pattern here, which Limba does not have Of course, you will...

Actually, it is not quite just putting it away - I have used them on very few sessions, and the trick is maybe that "breaking in" is done not just by using actively the rubber, but using it, then storing. Somehow it happened with many of my Chinese rubbers (only Chinese, not with ESN...

I must say, that I misjudget Loki Rxton III rubber somewhat. When I assembled a racket with it, its sponge was really dull "out of the box", so I just put it away for several weeks, but today I tried it again, and now it has better feeling and significantly more speed, so it is not nearly as bad...

Sorry to rebut your findings, but I have seen many different samples of blades with Limba and Koto top ply, and while this sample has almost entirely straight grains, it is still Limba (I cannot recall any Koto top ply having the slightest curve in its grains). Koto does not have this many open...

Maybe it is more expensive, but haven't you simply tried V>22 Double Extra (50°)? Presumably, many of the people involved in the development of V>15 Extra were also there in its development.

Maybe it would worth to compare H9 blue with a ~10$ sheet of Friendship Cross blue (46), just for the sake of "science".

I think, there are still a few medium pips readily available (at least from AliExpress, where I buy most of my chinese stuff), only listing the ones I already own: - 729/Friendship: - 563 Pro: great medium pips with relatively firm cylindrical pips, sponge is not too fast, and the whole rubber...

Now I had a test session with Pro Dragon L (mid-soft). Mid-soft sponge actually feels at least 45°eu (~36˚chn), the topsheet feels somewhat even harder, but with good elasticity. I fitted a pair on an oddball 729/Friendship Z-1 blade (this specimen had a bounce frequency of 1491Hz, weighed 86g -...

I can remember, that you created an even slower (flexier) blade - that was an all-Walnut one with just 970 Hz (if mistaken and not that number, it was still under 1000Hz), you said, it was a truly experimental piece with a kind of fun factor, but way too flexy to use in general.

I think, they could do a Yasaka Rakza XX + Victas V22 + Stiga Mantra Pro group review - mounted on premium wood blades like Stiga Rosewood NCT VII.