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There really isn't anything holding back the handful of actual manufacturers to publish COR graphs just like how speaker or headphone companies publish frequency response graphs. I don't see Butterfly or big brands doing this but I could imagine some obscure Chinese brand starts to do it. For...

I think the Volant Phoenix could be a pretty good BH rubber. Granted I got it in 39deg, but for FH I feel it lacks the bottom strength. Probably booster could help that but it's a pretty soft rubber already. I saw this Polestar-P as well before and while Liu Shiwen might have given her input on...

Finished with boosting and glueing. Looks just like a H3 BS. Tomorrow I will know if it plays the same as my first sheet.

Is the "expensive" sheet also 40 degree hard or 41deg? Probably the 40 degree sponge is weaker than 41, but even the 41 is fragile.

And Wang Chuqin sure beat himself too. I wonder at 0-2, 4-6 what the coach said to Zhou Qihao, probably they took his dog as hostage or something serious.

I should have not brought up Anthony Hopkins and you in the same sentence. Your Hannibal Lecter is showing all of a sudden 😰

Yes, those require "special" glue. I think Donic Formula First is the preferred glue for varnished blades. There is a Donic Formula varnish and conveniently the varnish and the necessary glue are named identically.

I never tried the TG3 because I also believed that it was designed for penholders. Did you play with blue sponge or just normal? Getting original H3 with blue sponge is a "semi-difficult" task. TG3 with blue sponge is super rare. B2 was for me one of the transitioning rubbers from grippy to...

I don't know why I speculated yesterday if the glue bond is weak or the sponge or the pips. I just cut into the bubble and checked. The sponge is the weakness, I can see some sponge remnants on the little pips. Rubber autopsy works.

I don't know about that rubber, but some "older folks" told me that Haifu Whale was like this too. If one was lucky they got 2 years life out of a sheet and that sheet was cherished like it was some goddess's virginity, but chances were that it bubbled up on you prematurely. Around 2012 I...

So... I was super happy with my Loki Arthur China for about 2.5 weeks. Then it developed a bubble, which I have been expecting since @longle killed a few sheets. It was good fun on the W968, massive fun. I totally get why he is investing in it, heck I am in a dilemma too. I like Glayzer09c, but...

You must be the most clued-up old decrepit weakling in memes. I don't know why but when I think about you I just picture Anthony Hopkins peeing on his lemon tree. I know he's not a kiwi but he sure portrays an old "decrepit" kiwi with a passion for speed, wheelspin and a sense of humor.

That is a bombshell, especially in China and especially some decades ago. Is there more info on this lady?

Yeah, neither of those are helping for sure, but... I don't know. I don't wanna buy frequently since it bubbles up. I have the orange pack from the official Loki store. As Scarfed said I meant the topsheet separating from the sponge not the sponge from the blade. I just mean that it's super...

It is a huge bubble. I think I know the problem. Glues don't stick to the sponge too strongly, it's super easy to remove glue layers from this sponge, I think the top sheet's glue also can't stick to the sponge too well so it let's go. Not a boosting issue or anything else, it's how the sponge...

Wang Hao's curse got me too. It's right in the dead center for me.

On paper this should be a wrap for Shandong Weiqiao but I like surprises. Wang Chuqin strategically placed in the same team as Zhou Qihao, no 11-0 nonsense this year :sneaky:

I hope reality is not too disappointing :D Against the sweat it's really hard to manage. My palm doesn't sweat but my lower arm does and I get sweat onto my palm from there. I think the handle of the racket matters a lot, if it can suck up the moisture or does it get grippier from sweat or...

It's a bit heavy at 54g cut to W968, I guess it would be 53g cut to Viscaria. If one doesn't mind that then really no glaring issues during play.

Finally, I could make a video playing with it. Shoutout to my friend who was game. Btw I'm the lefty. Hot and humid conditions didn't help much, but it was good. LAC black on FH and red G-1 on BH, with W968 in between. I didn't edit the warmup, only the matches and I gave him a 5 points lead. If...