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Interesting. For a 5-ply blade it costs $120USD. So it has to be good. How is the flex? Any good flex when looping hard?

I have used Intensity NCT and DHS Hao2 (commercial version of 656). I find Intensity quite fast and hard. Not as flexible as Hao2 or my current blade (Stiga Celero Wood). But Intensity provides the power needed if you play far from the table. If you have the money I have heard DHS 656 is...

I love the simple wooden look. I can imagine it must feel good in my hands.

There's practically no difference between 2.15 and max. You can boost both thickness. I remember mine is max thickness. Once boosted, the sponge can deliver the strength of the blade better as it's not hard dead. You usually want a thinner hurricane sponge because it's easier to hit through a...

In plastic era I would recommend Stiga Celero Wood. I have done a review comparing it to DHS Hao2 Sent from my ONE E1003 using Tapatalk

Big dipper has received a lot of good review but I haven't tried. Another great option I highly recommend is Target National blue sponge (~$35USD). Plays very spinny game. Not as powerful as hurricane but great control (due to the German sponge). Hurricane 8 is also easy to adapt to. If you...

The factory boosts it to an acceptable level (usually not playable). But if you don't play formal tournament like me, you might as well do a few extra layers of boosting. It feels like tenergy sponge plus hurricane topsheet. Sent from my ONE E1003 using Tapatalk

I have a 41 as well. I didn't remove the factory layer. Put three layers of seamoon and it plays like a 40. Far better Sent from my ONE E1003 using Tapatalk

If sponge hardness =41, put a layer or two Haifu seamoon. Will make it more lively. If sponge hardness =39, don't bother as boosting could make it too mushy. If sponge hardness =40. Grey area. Play a game and see if you need more speed and spin Sent from my ONE E1003 using Tapatalk

Bear in mind in the old days when Japanese hinoki trees were not protected, they harvested some of the oldest trees (the best quality). So you can wait for a 2nd hand Japanese hinoki blade. I bought two of my Darker speed 90 as 2nd hand. Hinoki can be too bouncy in short game. I used to use...

Hinoki (esp Japanese one) is different. It's fast but the ball can "sink" in like a spring. The ball doesn't leave immediately but the harder you hit the stronger the springy effects. It's very difficult to describe in words. But japanese one-ply hinoki are crafted arts. You have to try to find...

Hi I am a penholder. I play RPB usually from mid distance. So far my main blades are Darker Speed 90 and DHS Hurricane Hao 2 (HH2). Just recently I bought the new Stiga Celero Wood (CW) after reading some reviews written by Chinese players. They said CW as a 5-ply wooden blade plays very well...

Most of our penholders are older Chinese. But even they are slower and less powerful, their placement of ball and control can be very dangerous.

Keep the thread going. Sent from my ONE E1003 using Tapatalk

What blade do you have? Rasant grip is semi tacky therefore better at short game. Looping power is pretty great too compared to T05. If you want control I suggest you to go for BF JP02 or JP01. Less spin but still very fast. If money is not a problem why not try a T05 FX? 1.8mm? Sent from...

A good blend of RPB and TPB like Ma Lin is a deadly weapon. TPB gives you more varieties - block, power push and side slice. That's why Ma Lin usually beat Wang Hao despite that Wang Hao is stronger in general.

Get an iron penhold blade on Taobao for like $10. Practice RPB 100x everyday until your grip and swing become very strong. When you pick up your real blade in games, you naturally do well in RPB Sent from my ONE E1003 using Tapatalk

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I see. I am interested to see what the new Fang Bo ALC is like. I think it costs $50 from memory. Sent from my ONE E1003 using Tapatalk

Interesting!!! I have been thinking of DHS Fang Bo carbon because it's arguably the cheapest ALC blade out there. How does it feel? Short game feeling? Is it flexible and good for looping?