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I have, fairly recently, bought a 1 ply hinoki blade and converted to a Jpen looping style. I am very happy and have no interest in fiddling around with equipment on my main bat any more.
However, I also have a backup cpen blade (a Stiga Allround Classic). It is very thin and flexible and I used to use it (fairly unsuccessfully) with Hurricane. I would quite like to convert it into a ‘He Zhi Wen’ bat (1 sided penhold short pips):
a) Because the style is epic to watch and play (I have tried playing a penhold hitting style with a shakehand bat oriented to penhold and it is very fun)
b) Because classic short pips don’t need to be regularly changed — I can buy one £10 sheet of 729 802 and just be done with it. Won’t be spinny, won’t need to be spinny therefore doesn’t need to be replaced. Two bats, only one rubber to have to change (the tensor on my Jpen bat)
c) I want a cheap, non unfair bat to knock balls around with mates. Obviously playing an expensive Off+ 1 ply hinoki bat with a tensor is unfair and not fun to play against people playing with £2 premade bats.
I am, however, concerned that my blade is too flexible for this new purpose. I have heard that short pips ‘require’ a stiff blade, both for speed in hitting and stability in blocking and that using a flexible blade doesn’t work.
Would playing an uber flexible blade + short pips be so rubbish and pointless that it isn’t even worth a go? Or would it be useable enough to knock a ball around with friends for a bit of fun, if I have no intention of seriousy pursuing the style?
Thanks for any wisdom you can provide 🙂
I have, fairly recently, bought a 1 ply hinoki blade and converted to a Jpen looping style. I am very happy and have no interest in fiddling around with equipment on my main bat any more.
However, I also have a backup cpen blade (a Stiga Allround Classic). It is very thin and flexible and I used to use it (fairly unsuccessfully) with Hurricane. I would quite like to convert it into a ‘He Zhi Wen’ bat (1 sided penhold short pips):
a) Because the style is epic to watch and play (I have tried playing a penhold hitting style with a shakehand bat oriented to penhold and it is very fun)
b) Because classic short pips don’t need to be regularly changed — I can buy one £10 sheet of 729 802 and just be done with it. Won’t be spinny, won’t need to be spinny therefore doesn’t need to be replaced. Two bats, only one rubber to have to change (the tensor on my Jpen bat)
c) I want a cheap, non unfair bat to knock balls around with mates. Obviously playing an expensive Off+ 1 ply hinoki bat with a tensor is unfair and not fun to play against people playing with £2 premade bats.
I am, however, concerned that my blade is too flexible for this new purpose. I have heard that short pips ‘require’ a stiff blade, both for speed in hitting and stability in blocking and that using a flexible blade doesn’t work.
Would playing an uber flexible blade + short pips be so rubbish and pointless that it isn’t even worth a go? Or would it be useable enough to knock a ball around with friends for a bit of fun, if I have no intention of seriousy pursuing the style?
Thanks for any wisdom you can provide 🙂