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Glued once and tested for 30 minutes. Very controlled inner aramid/carbon blade with soft touch, will work with many rubbers for many styles. Just not what I need. asking price USD 75 plus shipping USD 10

Thank you, I am trying :) Here´s hoping the recent activity results in a sale.

I see ;) The second profile picture corresponds with the straight handle. (The carbon fabric that looks somehow interrupted). The blade with the flared handle has a totally "normal" looking carbon layer.

Yes. The one with the print on is straight, the other one flared.

Best I can do with one shaky hand and a phone in the other ;)

I should probably add that Handmade Levi is the basis for all Red+Black blades sold officially. Levi is the blade builder/developer. Also, I can accept a reduced price of 20 Euro each (incl. shipping), and I am willing to negotiate a combined price for both.

All current/modern Tibhar rubbers are produced by ESN.

This is contrary to my experience. The FO with its fibre instead of carbon and the Hinoki outer veneer feels much softer than an ALC, almost similar to Boll ZLF, quite like an all wood blade. The CO is closer to the ALC range. Why you found the FO hard and stiff, too fast and too hard to...

I think the last two points have the valid questions one should ask before thinking about boosting. 1. Do I need it? If someone plays internationally or in national leagues, quite probably a little extra work is necessary to squeeze even more performance out of a rubber. But for the vast...

Excellent blade, very good feedback, more spin than Boll ALC. If you call that a review ;)

I think it has been well explained. What you consider "plenty" of speed and bounce is not enough for everyone. Spring sponge is even designed to be "enhanced" and corresponds so well with boosters. For me, like you, its speed and spin out of the package is enough, but none of the players from...

So one would think the new Hybrid rubbers are aimed at the Asian market (tacky with tensor speed), not at the European market where tacky rubbers never played a huge role, nevertheless companies suggest that this is "now" what is desired because of "the plastic ball" and the loss of rotation.

No information other than that the one with the straight handle weighs 88 grams, the other (a test sample) 86. On the straight one, some sort of carbon fleece (?) seems to have been used, the other looks more like a normal carbon layer. Asking price for each 25 Euro, shipping included.

Mantra is a Japanese rubber to rival tenergy and might just go out of production over time, supply is low in Europe, don´t know whether Stiga will continue to distribute it elsewhere. Genesis is a hybrid rubber which pretty much plays like a Chinese rubber, sticky surface but very little...

Actually, no, because I don´t have a desire to hit harder. I am kinda old but I am taking time now on learning how to hold back and go for placement over power. Having said that, I prefer a rubber that is faster/has more catapult for those many other shots where hitting hard was never an option...

+1 The whole construction is optimized to be "enhanced" by the player. It´s great out of the box and can get even better, individually.

Aurus (normal/"old") has a very stiff topsheet and felt unforgiving and hard ("total" feeling harder than nominal sponge hardness). Aurus Prime is a new generation rubber with thin topsheet and thicker sponge in max. It felt a bit like t05, not so much catapult as MX-P. But my testing...

Well, the R53 is surely the benchmark for what you describe, over any ESN or Butterfly I know. If you can handle it, no need to go softer, as of course the 5 degree hardness difference will take away a little from the power. However, that R53 power is too much for many anyway, so now there is...

It does feel softer, couldn´t say if by a linear correlation. When the R53 came out it was still a surprise that a sponge could maintain all its power yet feel softer than nominal. When I got my hands on R48, I already knew what to expect from Energy Cell ;) So, don´t ask if R53 really feels...