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I will give this question my best guess, but no proven science behind my answer. The wood itself is softer compared to lots of other types of wood used in table tennis blades, in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the blade, which gives it the famed "soft feeling" of a hinoki blade...

I haven't played with Moby-7 blade. I'd suspect it is not as stiff as the single-ply kiso hinoki (Moby) blade. According to the manufacturer's website, the 7-ply is slower but spinnier than the 1-ply, implying it is not as stiff. I don't play with sp, so don't know whether this blade is any...

Yes, I am playing with a 1-ply genuine Japanese kiso hinoki blade bought from this store. My club mates have altogether bought 10 blades from this store in the last year. If you search for my posts on this forum you can see that I am a big fan of this brand, sold by its owner through his own...

Try the MIT ProPro Moby-7 blade. It is a 7-ply Kiso Hinoki blade made by Coach Tony Hsu in Taiwan, and weighs anywhere from 81g to 85g. Costs about $66. Not too expensive to give it a try. See http://ww3.ping-pong.tw/product_info.php?cPath=24_173&products_id=5479.

For $50, why not buy from other places like Tabletennis11.com, which has a sterling reputation, fast shipping and Mantra M sells for $47, and it is on sale if you buy 4 (for the cost of 3).

In the past couple of years I have bought two rackets lacquered with rubbers glued on by TT11. Very nicely assembled with no problem whatsoever. Still play with the racket bought two years ago from time to time, and the rubbers are still glued on tight. TT11 has really good reputation and...

Yogi, Thanks for another great review. Always enjoyed reading your reviews. Just wondering, would you please compare (may be in the form of a table) or rank the top rubbers that came out recently, like Rakza Z, Dynaryz, O7 Hyper, etc. in terms of speed, spin and control. That would help a lot...

In general, I found the PP brand (ProPro made in Taiwan by Coach Hsu) of blades to be very high quality and excellent value. Of course, being from Taiwan originally makes me partial to a local manufacturer, but more importantly, because I have seen and handled the 10 blades my club mates bought...

Konrad, I haven't played with many different blades so won't really call what I wrote before as a true review, but I was really impressed with the PP Moby kiso hinoki blade that I posted my impression of it. Hopefully it helps. The thread is...

Once you get to play with the rubbers sufficiently, please post your opinion. I am curious on how they play and feel. Some of the Revspin.net reviews don't provide much details or not very helpful. Thanks a lot in advance.

I used to play with DHS HL 5, but switched to a single-ply kiso hinoki blade (Moby made by PP brand in Taiwan) and loved it. The feeling is great and dwell time much more than Long 5. The weight is about the same (84 to 94g, depending on the individual blade), but some people don't like the...

I apologize for going slightly off topic from the OP. Just curious where and how to go about getting a used tourney table cheaply. Is there some websites that sort of specialized in this kind of sales? Any guidance is much appreciated.

PP (ProPro by Coach Hsu in Taiwan) makes an interesting 7-ply blade called Zeus II, which has a composition of Koto + ZLC + Ayous+ Sycamore + Ayous + ALC+ Anigre, so it has different properties for FH and BH. Don't know how it plays, but seems to get good review on Revspin.net. The website is...

I am using Revolution Nr. 3 glue, and have so far adhered to the official Revolution Nr. 3 video tutorial instruction saying that for best effect, apply 3 layers to the rubber and 2 layers to the blade. But in the back of my mind, there is always the nagging question of is it really necessary to...

I started playing TT again a couple of years ago, after a 27 year hiatus, and was really surprised how quickly I regained and surpassed my old form while in college 40+ years ago. Thinking about it I'd guess part of it is because of the larger ball that slowed down the game, and another part is...

Yasaka came out with Rakza Z and Rakza Z Extra Hard a few months ago, which according to their own advertisement and some subjective reviews, are the fastest and spinniest rubbers in the Yasaka family.

I started out using scissors, but didn't like the somewhat jagged edge, so switched to using box cutter, just as shown in the video. Recently, saw a tutorial where the person using a box cutter cuts the rubber in two passes, first pass cuts just the sponge, the next pass cuts the topsheet. It is...

Yasaka came out with Rakza Z (at 52 degree) and Rakza Z Extra Hard (at 57 degree) rubbers recently, been getting rave reviews on revspin.net. Supposed to be very spinny and very fast. Just wondering has anyone played with it much yet? Is there any in-depth, objective reviews of it? Very much...

I too found a big bag to be much more useful, especially one with lots of pockets. If you go to the club from the office, for example, you would want to carry a change of clothing along with all the TT accessories and clothing, in winter you would want to have in addition a warmup jacket and...