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I always seal my blades. The only one that I did not seal is Nittaku Violin. At that time, I wanted to preserve the "orginal" feel. But somehow it withstands all the abuse from rubbers removal. Can't say the same to my Acoustic, because it has limba outerply. That's why I seal my...

@hipnotic: No problem at all. And since you are a bat maker, I do have questions regarding "this type of blade" composition wise. I hope you do not mind giving us the insights. Here are my questions: 1. I notice that in the old day, Stiga Offensive Classic has composition of koto - spruce...

Now I am very tempted to buy...... MUST RESIST !!!! EJ Force is too strong here....... MUST RESIST !!!!

The problem with OC nowadays is that it is too thin, thus too flexible for 40+ plastic ball. It was excellent back in the celluloid 38 mm ball, but not anymore in the current era. You need a bit of backbone (stability) with the 40+ mm plastic ball. I don't say that people should not use it...

Hi All, I know that I still can find Nittaku Violin Carbon Inner offered in many websites, however, when I looked at current Nittaku official website, I can only see the followings: Nittaku Acoustic Nittaku Acoustic Carbon Nittaku Acoustic Carbon Inner Nittaku Violin Nittaku Violin Carbon...

I think Nittaku Acoustic is a product that they have produced with "trial & error" in mind: <Introduction of their new blade --> Acoustic> This is our excellent, out of the world, Acoustic........ wait, the handle is too small for human hands. <few years later> Don't worry.... we have...

I am just curious, why you chose to switch to Yasaka Sweden Extra. Why not going back to your old set up: Stiga Infinity VPS with Vega rubbers (since you were doing very well with those). I am not saying Sweden Extra is bad, on contrary, it is a good blade. But if you are already doing...

Wow, surely Butterfly knows how to charge arms and legs for ordinary all-wood blade. There is no special technology there that justifies such pricing. Domestic prices (in Japan) are reasonable though. The problem is that other TT brands see that BTY can get away with charging too much money...

Butterfly's line of products, previously named Hadraw Series (VK, SK, etc.) have been discontinued if I recalled correctly. However, I just saw a new Butterfly Hadraw 5 recently at Butterfly Global Site (website) and I think that it is beautiful. If I asses correctly, it is made of koto -...

I have Acoustic, Clipper, Korbel and Viscaria and have held my friends' Harimoto FL and ZJK FL (only holding,not playing with them). Acoustic FL (regular one, not the SG or LG types) is smaller compared to those blades' FL handle.

Every time I read Der_Echte's comments on Donic Persson Powerplay, I always want to test my Persson Powerplay again. The problem is my PPP FL (normal and v1 senso) both weigh 83 grams and rather slow. My newer PPP ST (normal, non-senso) weigh 91 grams and 88 grams. They both play...

His shakehand grip is a little unorthodox. He holds it in between traditional shakehand grip and Seemiller grip. His index finger curl on the side of the bat. Had someone asked this in any interviews?

I second the last two comments: Stiga Eternity vps or Stiga Rosewood V. (1) First choice has diamond touch - vps treatment as well, which you are already familiar with. (2) Second choice has no diamond touch -vps, but has different top ply (rosewood) that is harder than limba, so it is a...

I use AK47 yellow and/or red when testing a blade. I like to keep the same rubbers when testing different blades, so that the only variable changing is the blade itself. I used to use Mark V both sides, but as the price is getting more expensive, I switch to AK47 yellow initially, but...

I captured the above picture from the video, because I see something interesting. I think that in that particular year, Xu Xin was sponspored by Stiga. But the handle is DHS? Anybody know the story behind this?

Why do they look prettier than Brokenball? ................... er, sorry, ....what I mean is............., they play prettier than Brokenball...... :ROFLMAO:

I remember the first 2 blades of Stiga Clipper (1 wood and 1 CR version) that I bought were around 6.9~7.0 mm. I hated both of them. Then over the years I bought 3 other Clipper Wood, and I found that they were 6.5~6.6 mm. I like these newer 3 Clipper. Now they are only ~6.2 mm...

My honest opinion on this matter: I am really confused on the DHS rubbers (H3 especially): commercial, provincial, national, etc. One person said that they are the same rubbers manufactured in the same production line, and the ones with best quality designated for national version, the good...

This is what I usually do: I cut my rubbers to the biggest blade I own (either Clipper, Force Pro Black, or Korbel), basically a blade with head size of 158 x 152 mm. Then when I transfer the rubbers to another blades (standard blade of 157 x 150 mm), it is a bit overhang on every side (very...

@mihalichtheone: Hi, you are playing really well for someone who just switched to penhold grip for only 2 months. My question is, what are the reasons that made you want to change to use penhold grip? Are there any advantages that you thought would benefit you if you made the switch?