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Well, basically it's a 7 ply blade so the same principles apply. The 7 ply is a softer, less stiff and has a bigger sweet spot. To me it feels almost as an ayous core but not as hollow as a 5 ply. The goal was to make a looping blade that didn't feel too hollow when blocking but still light...

Thank you Carl!

It's silly if you think of blades like viscaria, they could just glue the plies together. But as you said, this way they can get a more uniform look and there is less deviation on the weight of the handles because the wood is more homogeneous. In other cases, like the pattern in TB ALC, it would...

Yes, there are 5 plies, but within those plies you have multiple vertical lines because of the thin glued layers. Let's see if this pic helps. The black lines are the layers that are glued together, then they are are cut vertically (green lines).

Durability wise the "old" method was better. You look at some vintage blades and you can see the handles aged very well, in some of them the wood even turned darker and more beautiful. Because ayous is soft it is more susceptible to physical damage and it also absorbs more moisture. That's why...

The grain is almost always oriented vertically, but that's a different thing. You have the orientation of the wood grain and the orientation of the cut. Older blades have very simple patterns in the handle, usually just horizontal or vertical stripes. These were just 1-2mm thick wood plies...

I'm sorry Carl but lVegita is right. The wood that big brands use in the handles is basically thin veneers that are pre-dyed and then glued together. The wood is cut in the perpendicular direction so that the grain is oriented vertically. They used to do this but with bigger chunks of wood 1-2mm...

Obrigado Caxoera! Tento melhorar o meu trabalho com cada madeira que faço :)

Thank you :)

I wanna say thank you to members Magic_M and Shinshiro for trusting in me to build their custom blades. I really hope you are happy with the result. Blade 26 - This one goes to Magic_M. Straight handle made to his specifications. Very similar to Blade 16 but with Limba outer. The core was...

Dima has read this post. He is playing with this blade in the final (at least the handle) Enviado do meu SM-G531F através do Tapatalk

We were waiting on the official report on that. It's bad news but ok, Portugal still likes you :)

Thanks Magic_M, I'm trying to improve with every build. Enviado do meu SM-G531F através do Tapatalk

Not chinese but it's supposed to be Tenergy 09C. People were suspicious that it was a tacky rubber, i guess this proves that theory.

Ah ah, i was just waiting for anyone to notice. The Adidas Avenger Carbon had one of the most aesthetically pleasing handles in my opinion and some of my handles are based on that. I hope i don't get sued :p

Thanks Simas. Those are my initials SDC. I buy a large sheet of plastic and cut the lens to size using the drill press. The logo is just printed on a piece of paper.

In my opinion the "issue" with TH's FH is all about timing. He has a very aggressive BH and likes to stay very close to the table to pressure his opponents. That's much easier to do with the BH, which is a shorter stroke, than with the FH. So he developed a FH based on waist rotation and arm...

Two more Limba blades, this time using red ALC. Actually, the veneer is dark limba, that's why there are some dark spots in the edges. Blade 24 is a Inner Fiber type composition: Limba/Limba/ALC/WRC/ALC/Limba/Limba - 93.4g - 5.85mm - 1290Hz Blade 25 is a Michael Maze/ Marcos Freitas type...

If he used a chinese rubber on FH for a while he would learn how to properly generate power. Of course that's impossible for someone like him Enviado do meu SM-G531F através do Tapatalk

The 2 "twin" blades had exactly the same weight before gluing the handles, so i was very happy with the consistency. I sourced the materials from lots of places, just search for the blade builders thread wich has a lot of information regarding construction and materials.