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Thanks for the suggestion Splasher! I was going to try...
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Hello, I have recently gotten into TT more seriously and asked a few tips to my brother in law who is Japanese’s, he’s a club top (but old school) player. My in-laws visiting us took a present from him. He apparently plays with fast blades and Chinese rubbers. I got a present from him, a mysterious blade from a brand that seem to be popular in Japan only, WRM (world rubber market?) which I suspect is a Japanese reseller of Chinese equipment. So I add here a couple of photos. I was after a faster blade and , having tried it, it is certainly fast compared to my previous all round all wood blades ( stiga allround, YSE). I used it with the thin Chinese rubbers he gave me (another mysterious brand to me, Bombard) which have the tensor logo on them but have mega thin sponge so it was an interesting and precise setup but really hard work, the full swing shots were good fast and accurate but physically too demanding for my age and fitness level, the setup was super light- good- but pushes and blocks so hard work, especially blocking was for me impossible as only very active blocks went past the net. So I put my MarkV HPS on the blade. This made the setup fairly heavy but playable and still a lot faster compared to the same rubbers with my previous blades. From this setup, the positives are the big sweetspot, rigidity which I like and less vibrations which I like too, and my fast shots are now proper fast winners.The issue I have is that I feel the blade is giving me a much lower throw, really low. Lifting slow balls with a topspin, impossible. Slow topspins, really really risky. So I was after an advice. Should I respectfully abandon the blade, thank the brother in law for his kind present, not even knowing if it’s good blade or not, or try a higher throw rubber, like Rakza7 soft, or anything that would help me lift the ball?
The annoying thing about this blade is that is shorter than my others so cutting rubber to its height means If i transfer the rubber to my other blades there will be a gap between bottom edge and handle, which might feel uncomfortable.
The annoying thing about this blade is that is shorter than my others so cutting rubber to its height means If i transfer the rubber to my other blades there will be a gap between bottom edge and handle, which might feel uncomfortable.