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The boy is growing. Gaining length and weight means having to make a lot of adjustments. I see that in our own talented players at that age. And in any case, form is not a monotonic function anyway. Occasional slumps come with the territory.

I don't think conservative is part of her repertoire. She's always on.

I blame the current and past generations for global warming, resource exhaustion, plastic soup, the 6th mass extinction event, the Kardashians, and the upcoming nuclear armageddon. Am I wrong? :-)

My Stellan Bengtsson had a lens, and was AN. And I actually thought all SB blades in the Offensive Wood line were AN, but you're saying I'm wrong and what I'm seeing is in line with that. My SB OW (AN) must have been an anomaly, or perhaps somebody had been swapping lenses... but I don't...

My AN Stellan OW was from around ‘78, ‘79. Maybe ‘80. I did not know about ST ones being made later. Still called Offensive Wood, and with an outer of walnut (iirc)?

I know that Tricarbon blade and am afraid near it. I think you can pick a blade at random and still be guaranteed to have something a bit more controlled... Some have suggested blades. There are too many out there. Some are great to many, and many are great to some. None are great to all...

I think I'll take that as a compliment. Boring is a good thing. We need more boring. Coz' there's not enough love to go round.

I started out with that blade, as a hand-me-down. On the first rubber change, a large strip of the top veneer (over a cm wide) came loose, and the TT shop tried bravely to restore it by using wood filler, and a lot of patience and sanding. I was soooooo lucky because in the club someone saw me...

I did have my ideal blade built. It's koto/limba/alc/kiri/alc/limba/koto, 6.2mm thick, 92g, with a elliptical/conical handle (, modeled after ). The handle has relatively heavy Zebra wood in it, in order to shift balance a bit more towards the handle. I like to play harder rubbers, which tend...

Which only makes sense if you believe there's a totally immersive plot, embraced by all, to prefer winning by shenanigans to winning by actually winning. I choose not to believe this. Call me naïve, but my life is way more fun that way.

To me that's stretching this take-one-for-the-team conspiracy theory a bit far.

I had heard about that before, and all too conveniently forgotten. My own experiences with koto blades are different, but then I've never had a H301. I have come across splintering blades (Stiga, Joola) when gluing rubbers for myself and others. I have a little tube of wood filler handy, part...

Yeah, I pinched myself and just now checked. On my FH sits GA8/50 at "medium" thickness. My BH has FA-G1 at "thick". "Medium" is 2.0mm here, and "thick" 1.8mm. Go figure.

Heh. I strongly suspect it's a great blade. Koto's a wonderful outer, and my experience with thickish cores is also very positive. And it's a beaut.

The Dynasty blade, in the Xu Xin edition? It has koto outers. In my experience that doesn't splinter nearly as much as some other woods (spruce, limba) do. It's not a must per se, but as long as you seal it very lightly play will not be affected, or negligibly so. In Dan's review, he...

Isn't that the marketer's dilemma? You need to build up the suspense for an upcoming event, but you'll also want to ride the high of the current/very recently finished event and don't want to relegate it to the shadows as long as that high ride lasts.

But still, you are showing quality Miu Hirano there.

I’ve viewed, reviewed and reviewed the footage, and counted to three before speaking my piece. And still consider it a lewd steal. Eternity’s a long time, but redemption is there for the taking. All that is required is a selfless display of true sportspersonship. For example, by refusing...

Actually, when Timo Boll supplies injury as the reason for dropping out I'm inclined to believe it. For many other players I'd find your line of reasoning persuasive, though.

I see. And they're calling it "middle" thickness. 1.8 is "thick", 2.0 is "super thick". Interesting perspective there. Me, I like thinner rubbers, and I'd go as far as to consider Nanoflex FT48 at 1.9mm, Vega Pro at 1.8, and Fastarc-G1 at 1.8 very playable. Below that, nah. That's chopper...