Tibhar AKKAD - New blade Designed by Nexy

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7ply all wood blade, designed by Nexy

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(pic by Oscar)


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(pics by Gongryong at Tak9 Cafe)
 
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The Arche was essentially a Kim Jung Hoon 7 ply with one side different outer and lighter overall by 5 grams average (maybe by burning the core some more), maybe a touch more solid.

Go ahead and place your winning bets Oscar (Nexy Korea President Moon Ui Bae) will come on the forums and give a long spiel about what caused him to design it, what his concepts were, and why this is different from what is around. Being different isn't exactly producing world beating sales given the overall small market for TT goods and long entrenched (in minds of buyers) positions of larger companies, but his brand of different is good - both for the sport and for consumers.
 
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Go ahead and place your winning bets Oscar (Nexy Korea President Moon Ui Bae) will come on the forums and give a long spiel about what caused him to design it, what his concepts were, and why this is different from what is around.

Yea I am really looking forward to hearing his explanation. Especially, about the Akkadian or Sumerian words on its surface.
 
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BTW, it DOES look a lot like Rubicon, except maybe for the darker core. What's the thickness of Akkad? Rubicon is 5.9mm.
 
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it does not look like 7 ply blade .... according to this bad photos it looks like core is made from multiple ply of wood . but i can be wrong ... maybe 10 ply blade ?
 
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I thought exactly the same thing as Bobpuls, it looks like 4 layers of core. Maybe it look this way because of the burning?!?
Not sure about the top ply either, it's a very close grain, it may have been stained which makes it even harder to tell. I'd be very interested to know. I got to see some of the Nexy blades up close last week, they are really well made and look impressive.
 
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Is this uvungkol?
Some testers are guessing it is an European version of Rubicon. In my opinion its top-ply looks very similar to that of JOOLA Maya and Donic Balsa Carbo Fibre/Fleece which is Yaya(=Lati=White Wenge), so I agree with arg0.

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(pic by jw at Tak9 Cafe)

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What's the thickness of Akkad?
I asked one of the testers about it and received a picture. It looks around 5.9~6.0mm.

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(pic by jw at Tak9 Cafe)

it does not look like 7 ply blade .... according to this bad photos it looks like core is made from multiple ply of wood . but i can be wrong ... maybe 10 ply blade ?
I thought exactly the same thing as Bobpuls, it looks like 4 layers of core. Maybe it look this way because of the burning?!?
Better quality pictures here.

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(pics by jw at Tak9 Cafe)
 
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Some testers are guessing it is an European version of Rubicon. In my opinion its top-ply looks very similar to that of JOOLA Maya and Donic Balsa Carbo Fibre/Fleece which is Yaya(=Lati=White Wenge), so I agree with arg0.

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(pic by jw at Tak9 Cafe)

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I asked one of the testers about it and received a picture. It looks around 5.9~6.0mm.

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(pic by jw at Tak9 Cafe)



Better quality pictures here.

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(pics by jw at Tak9 Cafe)


Lati - interesting. A quick search shows that although it's also called white wenge it has very different properties that the normal wenge. It's lighter and softer, somewhere between walnut and ash. Similar grain structure though. I really do like it when manufacturers use different woods.

Thanks for the info.

As for the core, these new pictures do suggest one piece to me.
 
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