Thanks! It's 85 g, feels a bit lightweight for me. I don't know if 10 g more would make a difference., but I think I would like the feeling of more weight and harder/direct contact. But I don't if clipper is more hard/direct compared to the carbonado?
My Clipper CR is 87.6 grams, so I wouldn't worry about the weight of a clipper. To me, it feels quite nice. A good blade with adequate power. A good blocking blade. Many people loop just fine with it. If you want a Clipper, there's nothing wrong with it.
Having said that, the Carbonado 45 is a very well respected blade, and should be adequate.
Well, I just sold the w45 and won't go back as I felt it was too light. Thinking of clipper with fastarc c-1 on both sides Or maybe g-1 on forehand 😯
However, the clipper may be a nice and oomphy (and cheap) blade to use before I spend money on something that may be toooo oomphy for me?
Can you tell me more about Korbel why you like it?There are 2 classic blades that stand the test of time (according to my experience): Butterfly Korbel (for 5-ply allwood) and Stiga Clipper Wood (for 7-ply allwood).
You can buy a Clipper and use it for the rest of your life. It is enough for us (mere mortal).
Thanks mocker and yoass! This was my first blade after a 20-year break, just sold it today. Back in the days I used different classic all-wood blades (banda, appelgren). But for some reason I didn't care so much about the blade. Was more focusd on the rubbers and the glueing process.
However, after using the c45 for a half-year into my comeback I didn't feel the oomph. Difficult to describe my my playing style. I'm tall (1,90 m) and prefer to stay quite near the table which means that I often want to kill the point early. So serve and kill the 3rd with forehand, or return with forehand/backhand loop, and kill the 5th ball.
Haven't tried the more powerful carbons out there, maybe I should jump the train already? However, the clipper may be a nice and oomphy (and cheap) blade to use before I spend money on something that may be toooo oomphy for me?
As I use Chinese rubbers and blades myself, it could be a bit difficult to help you in the right direction. But I would have checked some alternatives to Clipper as well, if you didn't buy it yet. Of these below I have only used the DHS PG9 myself, and that's a quite fast 7-ply wooden blade, but there's good control as well. Almost all Yinhe and Sanwei blades I've tried have really nice finish, and really good value for the money. All these blades seem to have a weight around 90-100g, so they might be in the right area. As you're Swedish, I attach some links to Swedish stores.
https://japsko.se/sv/offensivstommar/998-6169-yinhe-898.html
https://wookiesports.se/bordtennis/stommar/typ/offensiv/dhs-power-g9-off/
https://revspin.net/blade/dhs-power-g-pg9.html
https://wookiesports.se/bordtennis/stommar/typ/offensiv/dhs-power-g12/
https://revspin.net/blade/dhs-power-g-pg12.html
https://chtt.se/varumarken/yinhe/yinhestommar/yinhe-uranus-u-3
https://revspin.net/blade/galaxy-yinhe-uranus-u-3.html
https://chtt.se/varumarken/sanwei/sanweistommar/sanwei-fextra-7
https://revspin.net/blade/sanwei-fextra-7.html
So, finally decided to go with the clipper. Any suggestions on rubbers for this blade? Backhand: mainly flicks and loops, forehand: mainly loops and powerloops (has to be spinner than Rakza 7). Calibra LT, Tenergy 05? Other suggestions?
If you can master (and afford) it, T05 would fit these requirements. That does imply your level of consistency needs to be high, especially in the short/touch game, in serve reception and so on.
Me, personally - I like T05 a lot, but do find it a bit too temperamental in the short game. No problem on good days, a frustrating amount of trivial points lost on less stellar ones. That's why I prefer G-1 in the end - a soft of kinder, gentler kin of T05.