Listen kinocchio, my cousin who never really had time to play table tennis much, who also purchased the same Hurricane Long 3 as me, is thinking of selling it. He is not 100% sure but I'm just putting this out there in case you are interested. See what's happening in your topic about fixing yours, I personally never had to repair a blade so not sure what the procedure is on trying to fix it, if you can't and decide to look for another blade you can let me know. I personally find the DHS Long 3 superb and in my recent testing on ALL vs OFF blade, I couldn't wait to get back to it. Love the looping power and short touch play. Such a versatile blade and until I went away from it I finally started to understand what people mean by not all rubbers suit every blade. The thing with Hurricane Long 3 is whether you are using tacky, european, 1.7, or MAX rubbers, it always plays superb. Maybe the only time I found it didn't like specific rubber is when you end up with a 36 degrees soft rubbers, exaggerated that mushy feel.