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#1237 - 5 ply asymmetric - ALL+/OFF- Another asymmetric composition, but this time the sides are not so distant. Made this one with a more Fh oriented playstyle in mind, so it's flexible, slightly head heavy and it will suit longer strokes. May work well with a hard chinese or hybrid on the Fh...

#1210 - Inner S-AxC - OFF Not a bad looking blade if you ask me... Kinda like if Anders and Harimoto had a baby. The blades, I mean 😅 Available FS. - Limba / Ayous / S-AxC / Kiri core - 89.6g - 6.2mm - 158x152mm - ST (100x23.2x28.8mm) - Balance: 2.7cm (Low)

Thank you. Yes, of course 🙂

#1233_34 - 5ply asymmetric- ALL+ These two look like they are about to drop the hottest mixtape of 2025 😅. A pair of classic looking asymmetric blades, made with hide glue. Soft, not too fast, but with a distinct difference between sides even with just a ball bounce. The Bh side uses much...

#1235 - Outer Innegra - ALL+/OFF- It's been a while since I've used plain Innegra fabric. It's a fun little blade to play with, soft, user friendly, relatively light... It's not very fast but feels elastic, however not bouncy like some all wood blades, feels quite linear without unpleasant...

It depends on the density their using, the photo is not good enough for me to evaluate that, but I suspect it's close to what I'm using. The thing is that Spectra is very resistant to abrasion, so the edges on the blade are very hard to finish smoothly, it's that rugged look that makes it seem...

Pretty sure it's not CNF. I'm 99% sure it's a UHMWPE fiber (Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene), like the Spectra I've been using for years...

#1231 - 5ply - ALL+ What looks like Wenge but isn't? Fineline. Although this blades does have a relatively thick Wenge medial layers, which weigh even more than the core. It's an old school kind of blade, back when rubbers were light and weigh wasn't such a concern. But I did have this...

Sweetspot is the area of a blade face where the mechanical properties are optimal (least energy loss). It's affected by the composition and shape, although the shape of the blade affects more the shape and location of the sweetspot, rather than its size. The composition also affects both, but...

#1225 - 7 ply - ALL+ Most people that 7 ply blades are stiffer than 5 ply blades, that is only the case because 7 ply blades are usually thicker. If you take a 5 ply, split the core in 3 and rotate the center layer, you lose longitudinal stiffness! Wood grain runs in only one direction, so if...

#1222 - Inner sC - OFF- I like the WSC, it's a blade I've used a lot and many customers use it as a reference as well. I've made quite a few variations of it, and here's another one. This one is almost like the original, but I've replaced the Anigre medial layer with Douglas Fir. It does give a...

#1224 - 5 wood - DEF Very unusual composition for this defensive blade. For the top ply, we have a very thin Sycamore Maple layer, the medial ply is a very thick White Fir layer, and finally the core, which is thinner than usual, made from Basswood. The goal was to create a very solid, but at...

Then I would say you want the exact opposite, overall it can be a heavy blade, but it needs to be low balanced so it won't cause BH issues. Not to say that it won't work, but head heavy blades are harder to manage on the Bh, especially if you use heavy rubbers and keep a loose wrist. The...

#1208 - Outer S-AxC- OFF- Relatively stiff but soft blade. The composition itself is light, with a light Koto outer, so the blade is not fast just because it uses S-AxC, the fiber is there to give it stiffness and predictability. The handle is heavy, not hollowed, so it provides a low balance...

If the goal is to make it more head heavy, without increasing the total mass, then we can do that. It doesn't need to be too extreme, it's just a matter of taking some material from the bottom of the blade's face, and putting it on the top, while keeping the same overall area. Same area = same...

I partly agree with you. I also play guitar and built/repaired a few. I wouldn't say they are dorks, I think there are many snobs, as in every field in life. You get different points of view in all kinds of sports, music, etc... You have it in TT too, but I think the base for all of this is...

Sometimes I forget about things I already made. The "Shield" is somewhat what I was saying, but it can be modified a bit by rounding the upper edges and reducing the area on the bottom part.

It's fine 🙂. Well, not really... "Spruce" is a very generic term that, us TT players, use to describe a bunch of woods that are have a similar appearance (grain structure), but may have very distinct properties. Spruce itself has many varieties, Engelmann and Sitka are the most commonly used...

If you want speed then you need stiffness, you can increase the stiffness by either increasing the total thickness or increasing the stiffness of the individual plies (using composites for example). Both approaches add weight to the composition so, disregarding other variables, because Kiri is...

This is already what manufacturers do, many blades out there (mostly with Ayous core) have hollowed handles, even if they don't advertise it. Anyway, it doesn't achieve the same thing as using a different shape does. Technically you can, but it's going to look very weird. Basically it needs to...