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WI'll DHS build a custom blade
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I found one that I really like. But the composition is rarely seen. It's a 5 ply blade with one single layer of carbon in the middle. The outer veneer is Koto which I think is a bit hard. I'd like to try a softer veneer for the outer layer and see how it works. There is no blade on the market with that composition presently. I'd like to give it a shot if I could find someone to craft it for me.
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Similar information can be found here, and actually much of what is on the link above appears to be copy/pasted from Stump's site: http://stumpof.blogspot.com/p/stumps-blade-cimposition.html
Another good site for existing blade compositions is: https://stervinou.net/ttbdb/
Both found by googling "Table Tennis Blade Composition"
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I have been looking for a DB where I could find different brands and blades composition. There is a lot here and there you just need to know where to look. The sites above are also good.
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Aside from what Kevin stated, my opinion is many commercial companies Don’t do much that is innovative or different when building blades. They stick mostly with the same woods, the same cores, and rebrand quite often (see Timo Boll blades as an example, or the Tiago Apolonia ZLC which, as shown in TTD”s review video of the blade is the identical composition of his previous butterfly blade...it just has his name on it and as a result costs $250). Plus you are stuck with what you can buy, paying a significant markup, and not having the options you would have with a custom blade maker.
Since I worked with a blade maker here to build a blade, and then started making them myself earlier this year...I’ll never buy another blade again I don’t think. It’s just too enjoyable making my own and they perform just too well for me to pay a 500-1000% markup again. I currently play with two different blades that have completely unique compositions that have never been done, and both use a wood no commercial table tennis company has ever used to my knowledge (at least nothing listed on the sites mentioned above). And they play amazingly well, and the handles are absolutely gorgeous to look at, not painted ash. There are lots and lots of woods not used by commercial blade makers that have excellent qualities for table tennis blades...
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I agree with you 100%. I was recently introduced to several woods like willow, ash, anegre, and a host of other woods. When all I really knew for a long were the more common woods like limba, ayous, kiri, balsa, hinoki, etc. You've got poplar, pines, spruces, walnut, oaks, bamboo and a whole host of others out there.
And just imagine the combinations of woods with carbons. Kevlar, fiberglass, different weaves, different tows, alc, zlc, didn't thicknesses (carbonado series).
This is just going to be totally fun for me. The mad scientist in me is free!!!!
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There are quite a few people who can craft most blade compositions. I make all wood and carbon blades, you can see some of my work elsewhere on this site - pm me if you are interested. Mdp and bobpuls are two who make great blades, also dab is getting rave reviews on ttd too. Plenty of options.
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