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Attacking shots yes, it does have very close similarities for me to T05 Hard version. I could not tell any large differences between these 2 on similar outer ALC blade on FH to FH and BH to BH drive hitup, though my friends T05H would be at least a couple of months old, while my MX-D was at...

Grips the ball excellently in most conditions for a grippy type rubber. There is a noticeable catapult that keeps base speed extreme, though what’s great is it’s fed through in a linear way from a compliant low end increasing with a bigger effect and accompanying loud click on the strongest...

Oh I get what you mean, sorry went way over my head….

No anti, only normal inverted type. For anti info the best forum is OOAK. Even if it’s off topic I don’t think anti manufacturers list sponge hardness and obviously would not be 45-55 deg as they go toward mainly softer lighter more dampening sponges. You are probably right about pip structure...

Another update: Purchased MX-D in Red Max when T11 listed as a weekly sale. I have to say this rubber is excellent. Reminds me of speed glue era when I had Bryce 2.1 speed glued with 2 layers on Tamca5000 (I oscillated between Primorac Carbon/Gergely21) as was the trend then. The click sound...

Maze Passion glass fiber outer construction. Limba outer. 5.6mm thickness. H301 arylate carbon inner type construction. Koto outer. 5.9mm thickness. Without needing to have experience with both woods, it’s already clear the feeling would be completely different to what you are used to...

If you want to go with the above suggestion of changing rubber, Bty Rozena or Yasaka Rakza 7 would naturally slow the game down, as when you are attacked you won’t feel the need to defend so actively/forcefully so to overcome your opponents spin - as T05 is so spin sensitive. Also short game...

I had a similar train of reaction hence my question 2) which is more self reflective for OP to consider. Maybe it’s a flex that I have used x amount and I have subjectively this x amount of knowledge as a result, though at the end of the day everyone has different ball feel, mechanics so we...

It seems to me you are a 45-48 deg hardness type of guy :) 1) Is 45-48 the sweet spot range for limba users? I fluctuate between hinoki and koto blades and my sweetspot is 50-55 deg for hinoki and 51-53 deg for koto, so I’m curious to know for your strokes this is what feels right to you. 2)...

I completely agree. At this rate Butterfly will become a specialist “blade”brand that no one goes to for rubber much like Stiga in the 90’s/00’s with Allround Classic, Offensive Classic, and Clipper Wood. Mendo MP was the closest they got before their forgettable Magna, Neos, Innova overpriced...

It could be a pivot toward Butterfly marketing 09c even harder to stop the bleeding of DHS taking more and more market share. If people know SALC is faster and lower throw it would be logical to pair with slower, higher throw rubber for current ALC+T05/D05 cashcows. If T05 is too fast then...

I’ve noted the lightest Viscaria SALC referenced so far has been 88g, with most in the low 90’s. Has anyone purchased or know of someone with a lighter specimen? It would be impossible to know and pure speculation, I wonder if normal Vis and SALC are using the same stock of Koto (and its 3+5...

Anti can’t generate much by itself. It is reliant on the spin on the ball already, the little spin that can be achieved with frictionless is via reversal - from an incoming topspin given back as backspin or vice versa for an incoming backspin given back as topspin. A faster anti is not so bad...

Rubber is red, will probably be too obvious with black shoe wax haha, need to be more low key like boosters 😅

Any particular brand of silicon?

As majority of tacky users boost their sponge (quite openly), for anti material users what’s the best method to create a more frictionless topsheet? I have a dying 2 year old Dr N. ABS2 Soft I can experiment with. Also would be interested to know if the same method would apply to treating long...

I went away and tested quite a few rubbers in the past few months. All in max sponge. Rakza 7 is extremely good for BH. For FH lacks power due to not enough topsheet hardness (or is it stiffness?). FH loop driving is erratic for me and not confidence inducing. Spin insensitivity excellent for a...

Although it’s on a harder sponge, I found durability of Rakza Z Extra Hard excellent. Topsheet still maintains some tack even after 6 months playing around 4-6 hours per week including comp. Works out to be 100-150+ hours right now in various conditions: smaller humid PCYC type hall, dusty open...

You have great touch ! Interested to know what goes through your mental checklist to set yourself up to play these short blocks? Thumb or index pressure? Middle or tip of racket? Stable or downward chop block motion? Weight neutral or pulling back slightly?

It’s quite an experience playing against negative self talkers: “So many nets/edges against me” (after they themselves hit a net/edge a few points earlier) “There’s so much humidity in this hall/the lighting is bad/the table is slow/the ball doesn’t grip” (conditions are the same for both)...