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Aleksandar Karakasevic has had signature blades Killerspin Diamond TX Karakasevic, Tibhar Karas and now GEWO Karas Scepter., none of which he used for too long ;) Over the years, he´s been under contract with nearly any brand you can imagine, with the exception of Joola. Former European vice...

I don´t think one millimeter to either side should matter.

But would you like to buy one if you didn´t have to?

For some reason, I felt that with the Treiber blades the "outer" versions give better feedback than the "inner" versions, contrary to the theory. I can´t explain this, but have compared a few FO directly to FI and felt the same about CO and CI. And yes, identical weight, give or take a gram, and...

For me, Treiber enables a bit more spin, with a pretty similar feeling and properties overall. Maybe a thing of technique, but I am not the only one to say so.

Got cut off previously trying to upload pictures, here they are.

I´ve had a Killerspin Karakasevic Diamond TX and also a Podpinka PowerTex (I guess it was called) from a small series custom-made for Andras Podpinka and his business partner at the time. Both combined good speed with very good touch and control. Sometimes, when torn between ALC, ZLC and ICNTC...

You´ll find that TEXALIUM was used in a few blades, a fairly well-known one being Donic Li Ping Kitex. Going from there, you´ll surely find a few more. "Texalium was developed by a company based out of California named Hexcel. It's a fiberglass-based fabric that has a proprietary finish and a...

Yes, it´s common to use different sponge hardnesses with one topsheet, not necessarily different sponges as such, but can be.

There is no guessing here, the core being Balsa is a mistake that originated in some user-generated data base I think, copied and pasted ever since. Since wood is a natural element and no two trees are the same, you might have a soft Kiri core of course, but no Balsa.

Also some rubbers listed are used on pre-made rackets only, not to be sold separately.

BTW if I want to sell it, does it require a separate thread?

Not noticeably bigger than normal. I have rubbers on it right now cut a little wider so can´t say exactly.

It happened ;)

At identical weight I feel Treiber CO pretty similar to Boll ALC but with better spin. This verdict is shared by a 3rd league player who switched from BTY to Treiber CO, with a totally different technique than mine, but could still be a personal thing. I have not played long enough with the...

This is why I like the andro campaign with Gauzy being pictured with R53 "Made for me" and R48 "Made for you". Of course, over the years there have been rubbers that were more demanding than others and the brands gave advice that more skill and practice was needed. Of course, those would be the...

A few impressions of the newest GEWO product, named after - and currently even used by - Aleksandar Karakasevic. I had this blade ordered by a GEWO contract player friend in order to get a nice discount, yet forgot to mention any weight limits. With a catalogue weight of 92 grams mine arrived...

Since the restrictions are ongoing and no real end in sight, you could be seriously worried about the brands, and more so the shops. Employees are on part-time work at some bigger names (those should have some, but no endless financial background) and it is certainly no fun owning a TT shop...

Nothing is wrong with that. The question remains if you could buy the 500HP BMW performance racing version of your car, but at ten times the price, would it bring you so much more joy than the one you have, to justify the tenfold price.

Could it be that the Hexer is so soft that the ball kinda goes "through it" to the blade? Maybe you should put it on your old blade to have a better comparison, because like you mentioned the blade could also play an important role as concerns the overall feeling. Does your H3 behave differently...