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First rule of EJ is to never buy multiple blades at the same time, so I did exactly that. Went to Paris and had Tabletennis11 put together the new Koki Niwa with Victas 15 Extra. Waiting for me at home was the new Butterfly Harimoto Tomokazu with T05’s.
Two high-end blades with top rubber. Me, a clueless amateur. Testing both blades back to back versus Amicus Prime revealed, surprisingly, that I felt better using the Victas set-up rather than the Butterfly Innerforce ALC experience that I am otherwise used to. The ball seemed to sink nice and deep and get hurled back at the robot using the V-15 rubbers. I am sure some of that juicy deep grip can be attributed to the rubber thickness of 2mm rather than the safer T05 1.7mm thickness. Top spins had a bit of a higher arc and I felt confident and cheeky using the Victas blade.
However, going back to play the usual crew at work I found I had no control using Koki in a real world scenario. Balls flying everywhere - again, I should probably not post my hurried observations on a forum before getting used to my equipment but here we are.
Now in my frenzied confusion I got myself a second Koki Niwa and adorned it with Dignics 1.9 on both sides. I have yet to try this murderous thing out against my mates but it feels good, seems a little more direct and has a nice and crisp sound.
EJing is a wonderful thing.
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Harimoto + Tenergy 05 (1.7): 183g
Koki Niwa + V15 Extra (2): 186g
Koki Niwa + Dignics 05 (1.9): 175g (87g without rubbers)
Two high-end blades with top rubber. Me, a clueless amateur. Testing both blades back to back versus Amicus Prime revealed, surprisingly, that I felt better using the Victas set-up rather than the Butterfly Innerforce ALC experience that I am otherwise used to. The ball seemed to sink nice and deep and get hurled back at the robot using the V-15 rubbers. I am sure some of that juicy deep grip can be attributed to the rubber thickness of 2mm rather than the safer T05 1.7mm thickness. Top spins had a bit of a higher arc and I felt confident and cheeky using the Victas blade.
However, going back to play the usual crew at work I found I had no control using Koki in a real world scenario. Balls flying everywhere - again, I should probably not post my hurried observations on a forum before getting used to my equipment but here we are.
Now in my frenzied confusion I got myself a second Koki Niwa and adorned it with Dignics 1.9 on both sides. I have yet to try this murderous thing out against my mates but it feels good, seems a little more direct and has a nice and crisp sound.
EJing is a wonderful thing.
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Harimoto + Tenergy 05 (1.7): 183g
Koki Niwa + V15 Extra (2): 186g
Koki Niwa + Dignics 05 (1.9): 175g (87g without rubbers)
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