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Sponge on my 2.5 split all the way through about an inch around where I normally mishit on the edge, likely because I reglued it on a blade with a smidge of overhang. So I don't think its indestructible either

G09c to Z03 is gonna be a big change. I'd use it on whichever blade you are more familiar with though, so you can gain reference Z03 is also no lightweight so it might be more manageable on Infinity with standard headsize, than Mazunov which is slightly oversized

The sponge is porous but not extremely so. I found cut and glued weights for both my 2.5 and 2.7 to be around 49g so its not really light nor is it heavy

If anything there was a point at which his equipment choices became more conservative. During the speed glue era the fastest blade he used was Rutis (after Violin and Acoustic), then he switched to TBS/TBALC before transitioning to the 7 ply wood Long 3/506 and finally settling on W968. He also...

Before Cybershape we had the Tibhar Swing violin headshape, Banda/Donic Waldner teardrop headshape, Butterfly Klampar/Cypress X boxy headshape

Victas never acquired TSP, they were two divisions of Yamato Takkyuu co. that were merged together to consolidate the product lineup. And VO>102 is not the same as Spinpips, VO series are made in Germany and Spectol/Spinpips are made in Japan. 102 plays a lot more similarly to other modern style...

Its cheap, can't imagine that it would feel that good. But low grade single ply Hinoki doesn't feel that good anyways so might be fine just to have a blade in the shape of a single ply Hinoki. Its hard to get a legit feeling Hinoki blade nowadays without shelling out big money for products like...

Never tried Fextra but its supposed to be a Clipper clone, so its likely not similar to 5 ply blades at all. Clipper is thick and stiff with a soft feeling, whereas Korbel has a harder feeling but is more flexible

Clipper

Hammond is an old school rubber, I'd pick Factive over Hammond any day

I wouldn't think so. Desiccant packets are literally designed to absorb and also hold moisture within itself, which is why you see it used so widely especially in food and material packaging. Whereas paper and towels are also function to absorb moisture but they also do not retain moisture as...

Lmao calling U2 a crappy blade is insane to me. Its cheap no doubt but I think it is one of the highest quality and best performing blades you can buy for the price. It can sit alongside any other 7 ply wood and not feel out of place, so I don't think it's fair to compare its position to...

I would personally pick the Cybershape Clipper over the Wavy, Clipper is similarly stiff to Wavy but Clipper is soft where Wavy is hard, and I feel Clipper is more stable and more predictable than Wavy without giving up the direct/stiff nature of thicker style blades. Wavy does perform more...

For a while, Butterfly was actually offering a custom blade service, where you could request options like handle style and design, blade headsize and composition. This might be one of those IF i had to venture a guess, or it could be a selected custom made for KLH, as he was using the exact same...

TBH I think its still very early, even though the hype was massive, I know people will cement their opinions more in the coming years. I remember it took a bit of time for folks to truly behold T05, some were saying it felt weird and held the ball too long, where some were talking about how it...

Thats the thing, I felt Z03 to only reward active and solid textbook technique. If I hit too soft, if I hit too late, if my stroke isn't properly supported by the rest of my body, and if I don't cleanly swing through the ball, the ball falls off the topsheet or shoots out of the sponge. Z03...

I'm curious as well

G1 is made in Germany, and quite a few Toyotas (at least those designated for the USDM market) are not manufactured in Japan either

What then if someone cannot afford it? ALX series plus G1 are not that expensive in the grand scheme of things but they are also not exactly cheap.

Still got both. I tried to take a better photo: (Left to right, D80, Franziska, Z03 2.7, Z03 2.5, FZDSALC, Vega China)