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What about normal H2? 😁 (And of course, with at least 40 deg hardness)

By unforgiving, what do you mean? Do you want less grip? Do you want extra-low throw angle? Do you want extra high power input requirement? Do you want something super-sensitive to the hit angles?

Funk Fu Master asked for a light blade, with the ability of looping - if looping wouldn't have been mentioned, I'd also mention balsa blades, but I think, blades with mostly Balsa within their cross-section will not work. It should be at least two thin/normal thickness of other wood plies...

You can still email a retailer, if he/she has a lighter piece. Table tennis blades are not uniform, they have natural variance in its wooden properties, sometimes you can even ask for 5-15% lower or higher weight, than the average piece. I'd not be surprised, if you could ask for a piece near 80g.

As most of the time, you would want a less bouncy blade, try blades with hard outer plies (Koto, Walnut, Teak, Beech, Mansonia, White Oak, Padauk, Rosewood, Ebony) - but with softer second plies (I think, Ayous as a second layer works better, than e.g. Spruce for this) The key is that it should...

Does somebody still use Kokutaku Tuple 110 (medium pimples, stated 35-38 degree hard sponge, cream white colored, dense)? I just noticed, that recently it has been removed from the ITTF Approved rubbers list. I would be interested, what would be an ITTF approved closely resembling replacement...

I'd suggest considering 7-ply blades with softer (Limba) outer plies as well besides 5-ply blades. For example, Andro Timber 7 Off is very controllable - almost identical to TSP/Victas SWAT in structure. From Xiom, Allround S and Offensive S (both 5-ply) are a benchmark of high-quality all-wood...

I kind of dislike having that big gap between 48 and 53 in the lineup, they should definitely make 50-degree variants for those, who like to test their skills a bit more, but not World rank <#100.

Regarding speed, spin and control, there could be very different understandings, like: - speed in itself does not tell too much, just some mere average - the speed with gears makes more sense, as should help identify bouncy rubbers (high speed, but less gears - poor close game, but less physical...

According to my experiences, the sponge of Palio The Way can be as stated. I ordered a pair of them several months before, it was labelled as having 48-50° hardness, and it feels exactly like that (maybe there could be versions with different sponges out there, or there could be some variance in...

Hi Dan, Thanks for reviewing the rubber Rakza Z! As I saw during your video, you had to hit the ball significantly harder with it, than with other Euro rubbers. I think, the tackiness across different batches may vary, but with the unboosted feel of the sponge, it really asks for power input. I...

If you want a really fast rubber, you can't go wrong with Victas Ventus Extra, I can confirm, that it has great top speed and dynamics (but is still controllable regarding the latest standards). Its topsheet is rather firm, so it can be used precisely with stronger arm pulls. If you want a...

I would suggest getting a proper ITTF legal water-based glue (with most of them, it is fairly easy to glue, once you try a few times), and ordering these from AliExpress: - pick a few (2-3) decent blades, I can safely suggest Yinhe Uranus U3 or U2 or U1 VB (watch for the price, they can be...

My primary guess on the listed parts of the racket is: this could be extremely bouncy and hard to control. Is that, what you want? Another question: what kind of racket(s) do you already own?

I tried V>20 on a somewhat flexy blade - MAX sheets on the slightly oversized DHS TG7 SP (weight: 93.2g - ball bounce frequency: 1205 Hz - structure: Koto outer | Ayous | Koto | Ayous core), which I had in spare from months ago for any special rubber I encounter later. It started out as my...

This is still one of my very favourite blades I own. It is truly a pity, that now it is even more difficult to get - for some reason it is already discontinued - it was available at TT11 and a few other stores, but not anymore. I think Xiom should carry on with manufacturing this. As someone...

For some reasons, many of the Yinhe blades either became unavailable, or are now sold at a heightened price - compared to mid-autumn, last year. Basically, Yinhe blades are very rare to be counterfeited, as far as I experienced, practically all Yinhe blade sold on AE is legit. I have many...

Sad to read that. I guess, that you don't have spare time for these experiments, but maybe once it would worth to try treating a few sheets to at least medium-dark brown. For example, TSP/Victas SWAT is still a thing - maybe recreating them should not be considered as a goal, but it would be...

Speaking of oven, do you consider heat treating some of your wooden ply resources?

Hi Sergio, I thought about a somewhat similar blade to try at some time (nothing like this actually, but with the base idea of harder wood plies inwards - except the core), could you describe, how it was felt to play with this blade, or could you tell us the anti/SP player's feedback in details?