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If there's anyone out there in Europe, who's seriously currently looking for a replacement for their Shakehand Hinoki one ply blade, then send me a PM, as I may be able to help. Just last week I send a shipment of Sköllas (a Shakehand one-ply blade of my own design and development) off to my...

You're correct re: the quality of rubbers on their pre-made blades. They're only really for casual ping-pong players only (not competition use) are aimed largely at their domestic market. Re: Kirin pips-out rubbers -- that info came from the latest sales brochure Loki sent me about a month...

Loki are also going to release (or have released) Kirin range pips out rubbers: short, medium & long.

If you mean 729 Super FX then it's a tacky and dead traditional Chinese rubber when unboosted. I used it for a while a long time ago -- It's actually not a bad rubber for learning on, and can still create good spin, but the sponge is just massively dead out of the packet. A great learning...

You're not wrong about the rarity of genuine Hinoki nowadays, and Kiso Hinoki in particular. Unfortunately this not some short term Hinoki supply issue this time round. Going forwards, this will be the new normal for all slow-growing timber species worldwide, for most of the next millenium...

Yeah sure, happy to. 🙂 I'll keep this as brief as I can, as I've posted this stuff before elsewhere from memory. 🙂 The wood I use in my one plys comes from a very obscure species, which I sometimes need to process a bit in order to make it blade-worthy. It's not a rare or endangered species...

If you really want to try a One-Ply blade (or grab a pair of blades for you and your son), and want them with an anatomic handle, I can easily make a matching set for you for far less than the 400 euro (each!) you're currently contemplating. The only catch will be they won't be made from...

I agree with the reviewer in that video -- there really is almost is a new 'type' of hardness to the sponge... it's hard to explain, but it is definitely a hard sponge, around 47.5 or harder, but it only feels harder than that to me personally when it's attached to a carbon blade. On an all-wood...

Honestly couldn't tell you if it's the same scale or not. I assumed it was. Honestly though, on that point generally, I don't see why Loki would deliberately use two different hardness scales for their rubbers without declaring it. So far as I can tell, they're trying very hard to improve their...

Fair enough 🙂 The T100 is still much harder than the R3P, R3B and R3Pro though. It's just a brilliant rubber for the money,, full stop 😎

Probably the balance between top sheet & sponge really.... That, combined with gear balance. Everyone's playing touch is different, but for me, what makes the T05 a great rubber is neither its top sheet or sponge dominate -- it's actually a really great teaming of materials. The T05 has high...

Haven't played with MXS in quite a while, but going purely from memory... yeah, they are reasonably equivalent in spin... Similar ballpark, if that helps. They're only $35 Australian currently (which is what... 20 Euro? $24 USD? Or thereabouts?) I recommend people just grab one try it and see...

Yeah - much better top-sheet than AK47 Blue and Red. I've used both those rubbers as blade test beds for ages. They're a good rubber for punching / driving / looping when the ball is above the table. Any lower than that however and you struggle with slippage, especially with the Red top sheet...

Yeah I have -- and it's a beast 😎...but a fussy one in terms of blade choice. Am currently head-down arse-up trying to finish a large order, otherwise I would have written a full review. I can however confirm the following: - It"s fast ...like REALLY fast. And very, very spinny. - Grippy...

Hope to have another hit on Monday or Tuesday, will know more then. Again, it's difficult to judge this rubber on the wrong blade, it has such considerable potential to it, I really want to see it at its best, and report what I see as accurately and impartially as possible. I *can* however say...

Really not a bad rubber at all, the R3Pro. I have it on one of my test blades and quite liked it, but the R3blue and pink just suit my game and current favorite blade that little bit better. I've only tried my R3 Pro on a springy 5-ply blade I make with a balsa core and Queensland walnut outers...

Yes it is -- by a substantial margin! Or at least that's the impression of my 5 minute hallway hit last night. Really I need some proper incoming balls though to judge properly -- hitting static balls I throw in the air is too deceptive on its own. I've got another shipment of AK47s due to...

I had a hit with the Telson, but I had it on the wrong blade entirely. I initially mounted it to a thick springy, Hinoki like three ply, with super soft outers and a bouncy core. It was an experiment, but it was also a failed one. When I got home, I pulled it off the soft springy three ply...

I'm having a hit with it later this evening down my local club -- will know more then. Based on my extremely brief and therefore limited hallway hit, I'd say it's a tad slower then a T05. Spin however may be another story... Some of those trajectories I was getting and the kicks off the bounce...

Forgive me, I need to clarify what I meant 🙂 The Telson 100 only felt dead *at first* - ie: during the very first simple bounce test I conducted on it. I wasn't trying to bounce the ball very high at the time, just about 15 to 20 cm or so. It was just your most ball basic control exercise of...