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Can you compare to Vega Japan and Vega X?

IFT5000 was discontinued in the late 2010's I believe

Step one is learning how to do a chop block in the first place. Useless and foolish to speculate about and test equipment if you can't even do the thing in the first place

I have not tried the GTPS but I have tried out Sieger PK50 and used Codexx 52, both of which seem to belong to the same lineage as GTPS, but it's still on the list of things to try. GT felt borderline unusable on my SPW where the Codexx 54 feels more friendly, but I put the GT on an Ignito and...

If you want an easy to use Chinese type rubber, I think Loki Arthur China is a good pick. Available from Chinese stores but also from Chtt.se

Watching Kou Lei is always a treat

Have you weighed both blades? I've found weight to be a decently significant indicator of how fast a blade might play relative to the construction

Sriver was introduced in 67, and Mark V in 69, making them 56 and 54 years old respectively. These rubbers were made to succeed the Butterfly Soft D13 and Yasaka Original, with the Original I believe dating back to 53.

Looking at these two pretty good South Korean players, they don't even really "loop" all that much on fh, only to attack a backspin ball, and they essentially don't loop at all on bh:

Just to share my personal experience and not to slander TTS.us, but I have placed several orders through them (though one time by accident because Megaspin is not transparent about who your order will be fulfilled by) and more times than not I have received an incorrect product. I'm sure my case...

Xiom Feel HX

I don't think I will switch from SPW any time soon, I just exclusively use ST handles and I feel like finding good ST handles that my hands truly agree with is fairly difficult. I recently nabbed a Primo Carbon and a Goiabao5, both have nicely shaped handles, but as in a Goldilocks situation the...

Got some bits n bobs today. Codexx EF54, Nexxus Superselect 45, Hybrid K1 Euro. Tried the K1E first and was immediately disappointed, it felt mushy and vague, need more time with this one- it might go better on the backhand. Out of the pack the Nexxus hit me with that sharply sweet booster smell...

TT11, ColesTT, Aliexpress, TT-Japan when ordering online. Paddlepalace when I want to hold a blade in my hands, it is just a 20-30min drive for me.

I recommend getting a faster 5 ply wood like Infinity VPS or Intensity NCT if you're trying to get an upgraded OC, Clipper is 7 ply and behaves fairly differently than OC.

Key word here is made by. Yamato Takkyuu is just the parent brand to TSP/Victas as Champion sports is the parent Brand to Xiom, who has rubbers supplied by ESN. I'm not completely sure which manufacturer supplies the Japanese made rubbers for Victas like Spectol/Spinpips, most likely Daiki, but...

Victas is essentially the successor brand of TSP, both Victas and TSP were created to sell Yamato Takkyuu co products. For a short time both brands existed separately under the umbrella of Yamato Takkyuu, where Victas somewhat acted in a Lexus-Toyota relationship to TSP (Victas acting as the...

I'd recommend Nittaku Factive, you can get it in 1.4 or 1.8. I think it is a better rubber than Mark V and Sriver and you can get it at tt11 for ~$27

Boll TJ looks like a miniaturized version of the old Butterfly Kumpuru, koto-t5000-ayous.

I admit I am also a member of the owns-too-many-SPW club, I have bought 4 of them so far but have only 3 at the moment. I sold one, it was a bit too heavy at 93g but it felt very nice with a dense and powerful feeling, harder and crisper than my other ones. I currently have an 87g one as a...