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I really should try this lol. Maybe this coming Christmas...

You make it sound like FZD doesn't have likely the highest spin ball in table tennis. The reason why he can stay so consistent while hitting so many shots is the amount of spin he puts on the ball on most shots. With the new balls, the reason why the top players remain top players isn't...

Of course the small differences likely matter a lot, if you looked at their statistics at spinsight, you can see where they place you based on your average spin. And I don't think technique matters as much as you think it does, it might distinguish two players of equal athletic ability, but...

Not sure. The custom option requires international shipping. You can buy the Eiger and get it shipped to you as well. But Nexy posts a lot to this website, you can email him with questions.

You really should try to provide photos and prices for everything you list. It increases credibility and reduces the risk of misunderstandings and accusations of deception/fraud. Say whether shipping is included in the price or not and where you are comfortable selling and shipping to.

Yeah, I was being silly That would be in violation of ITTF rules around rubbers and LARC. Dangerous for a player of his profile and for Joola if caught. There are better solutions.

And if BobFL is right, you think AL will be more insightful than anyone posting here? I think AL did a TTD review of his blade no? Maybe we can revisit the footage...

Maybe this was before he got his signature blade? Regardless, as you said, this is not uncommon. Even Fan did it once...

Finally? They have said that forever...

ALC + Hinoki is not that common or popular anymore - Butterfly discontinued for environmental reasons supposedly the Garaydia series though the Amultart and the Primorac are still in production. That said, you have some good options now which were not available even a year ago. First is the...

World Junior champ promo...

@piligrim 's main point was still pretty clear - it was a weight requirement which required wood with a rare density to meet it. The framing affects the perception. We could call them custom blades, heavier blades, or blades with woods that occur in less than 1% of manufactured blades of that...

Pretty much. The original ball has variation in dot sizes and positioning for tracking and how it works with the Spinsight data processors is an open question. But just marking up a ball with dots is not going to work easily without either replicating the pattern on an existing ball precisely...

Data/sources don't speak for themselves, everything is seen through a lens of some sort. Convincing data to one person can lack credibility to someone else. We aren't all going to see eye to eye on such things, but not all such disagreements have significant value on a TT forum.

I think matters will be about what those extra revs give you. Because there were extra revs on 09c and 03 vs 80 but what does that mean and how is that compensated for by 80s speed? but it wasn't like out of the world extra revs, maybe 5% and what does 5% mean in a TT match? The practical...

Many player specific blades are listed as custom made, including Cheng I Ching. My focus here is on the differences between what a player is advertised as using and what is commercially sold using their brand and in such cases where there are differences, whether it is something that deserves...

They can be, but I would rather the topic be discussed with the specifics, not under the assumption that because it is a Tino Boll blade without commercial serial numbers delivered to Timo Boll, it suddenly assumes magical custom properties for that reason. We don't say that because Boll got...

You seem to be more willing than I am to overlook when amateur players claim that customization is going on with pros equipment with hardly any evidence of it in specfic blade playing features. For example, based on our conversation, Zhang Jike is using customized Viscarias because they don't...

This doesn't sound quite right, but at this point, it's not worth digging into (his equipment video is 41 minutes long). Not sure what "commercial national 41 degree" means, and I know you are citing Heming. But basically, what you are saying is that if I buy this rubber...

Wouldn't be surprised if some of the OEMs doing business for Joola and Xiom were the same but even if not, anyone who has used Joola blades in recent years know that they are similar in some ways to Xiom. I think they even used the same language for at least one composite material found in...