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I only see single ply hinoki JPen players in vets competition now. When I talk to them there are plenty of players who have never broken their blades. Sample size is only about 100 but there's only 1 or 2 who snapped the hinoki blade. It's most likely that they handle their blades with extra care since they all know that it's more brittle. Moreover, there's greater variance in feel/weight/COR for single ply hinoki so they all fear that they'll never find another blade they like.
Darker is one of the few maker that I can confidently say better than BF blades in manufacturing quality.
Love browsing their official shop as they sell some wacky prototypes and EOL blades.
http://darker.yokohama/shopdetail/000000000060/
Darker is one of the few maker that I can confidently say better than BF blades in manufacturing quality.
Love browsing their official shop as they sell some wacky prototypes and EOL blades.
http://darker.yokohama/shopdetail/000000000060/