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1-ply hinoki jpen blade I just bought
Yesterday I was in a small sports shop in Taipei and I saw some single-ply hinoki blades there and i asked the old guy about it and there was 2 models one copy of senkoh-1 and the other one a copy of cypress. And I asked about the type of hinoki and the price, he said it is taiwanese hinoki and made by a taiwanese guy/artisan/師傅 and the price was 800ntd (28usd) for the shikoh-1 copy as it is smaller and for the cypress it was 1200ntd(42usd).
I have wanted to try single ply hinoki blades for a while, so the day after (today), I went back there and I asked about the blades but the guy behind the desk was a younger guy not the old guy, he said the hinoki was imported from japan and made in Taiwan, I was a bit confused at the moment but I didn't said anything.
Blade selection. There was about 7-10 different cypress copy blades and they were all different in lines and colors it had some light colored and a few dark colored blades. I asked for a ball and the darker one felt softer than the light so I chose the darker one, there was 2 that was dark so I chose the one which had best lines/stripes.
The blade construction isnt the best, but I could say it is better than DHS blades, the surface wasn't smooth at all it feels woody(I think its normal for every blade) when moving parallel to the lines and smoother when moving along with the line.
For the hinoki experts, can you tell which type of hinoki it is just by the photos?
I bought a palio cj8000 pro 42-44 2.2 to use with it.
Specs. The blade weights somewhere below 100 grams 98-99 and the thickness is 9mm.
Video of the blade- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu13684Q2C8
Video hitting a ball- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjWpW1RG3mc
Photos- https://imgur.com/a/x2rHjKd Note: in the pictures the 2 pictures of the blades selection is with different brightness so it might change the color.
Yesterday I was in a small sports shop in Taipei and I saw some single-ply hinoki blades there and i asked the old guy about it and there was 2 models one copy of senkoh-1 and the other one a copy of cypress. And I asked about the type of hinoki and the price, he said it is taiwanese hinoki and made by a taiwanese guy/artisan/師傅 and the price was 800ntd (28usd) for the shikoh-1 copy as it is smaller and for the cypress it was 1200ntd(42usd).
I have wanted to try single ply hinoki blades for a while, so the day after (today), I went back there and I asked about the blades but the guy behind the desk was a younger guy not the old guy, he said the hinoki was imported from japan and made in Taiwan, I was a bit confused at the moment but I didn't said anything.
Blade selection. There was about 7-10 different cypress copy blades and they were all different in lines and colors it had some light colored and a few dark colored blades. I asked for a ball and the darker one felt softer than the light so I chose the darker one, there was 2 that was dark so I chose the one which had best lines/stripes.
The blade construction isnt the best, but I could say it is better than DHS blades, the surface wasn't smooth at all it feels woody(I think its normal for every blade) when moving parallel to the lines and smoother when moving along with the line.
For the hinoki experts, can you tell which type of hinoki it is just by the photos?
I bought a palio cj8000 pro 42-44 2.2 to use with it.
Specs. The blade weights somewhere below 100 grams 98-99 and the thickness is 9mm.
Video of the blade- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu13684Q2C8
Video hitting a ball- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjWpW1RG3mc
Photos- https://imgur.com/a/x2rHjKd Note: in the pictures the 2 pictures of the blades selection is with different brightness so it might change the color.
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