That’s a cool way to train your footwork 👍. It would be a bit difficult to do with our tables, they all fold upwards, but if we could get ahold of one that are two half’s I would certainly try it. Looks like fun too.
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The spruce surface is soft so You shouldn’t put a too soft rubber on there. Also if You like it, the Japanese wood hinoki is similar.
A blade I like a lot also made by soul spin is Nittaku meister built basalt inner. It’s expensive as hell but that basalt layer beneath makes it bendy and hard...
I got one of those blades. It’s slow and stiff. It’s not great to loop with but it’s a great blocker. I like the Appelgren WC 89 much better. I think both of them are made by soul spin in Germany.
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Any varnish First a thin layer with a brush, let dry for at least 25 hrs. Then rough it up with a sandpaper. The layer is so thin it doesn’t make much difference…
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It not about speed, it’s about feel. Chinese rubbers are often deadish but with a little boosting they come alive and plays fantastic, H3 is one such example.
The downside is it doesn’t last forever but the again….
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I wouldn’t try Tibhar MK for this. There are no shortcuts, take a step back slow blade and thinner rubber and most important, training, training and more training…
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It’s all in your head, when boosting with oil it’s mostly the mechanical action of playing that wears on the sponge. The booster oil doesn’t really evaporate. It resolves and becomes part of the sponge. My boosted H3 was sitting for weeks on my shelf without anything happening. It not like...
Since I made the first post I have a hard boosted H3 prov OS 39 on a blade. It’s boosted with 3 fairly fat layers of seamon (the standard one). That worked great. It’s faster and with more spin. I still get easier access to power with the Rakza Z but I shot long a lot and the H3 just feels...
Well, it’s a weight distribution with the center of gravity towards the head that feels heavy. A few grams in the handle won’t matter. So the center of gravity is far more important than the total weight…
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