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From the National Games final:
It's 100% carbon layers. I own 2 Viscarias myself so I should be able to recognize what they look like.
It's 100% carbon layers. I own 2 Viscarias myself so I should be able to recognize what they look like.
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FZD defeated ML at World Tour, China Open 2016, on 18 september 2016, at 13.10 hrs, with 4 - 0.
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Looks like a composite blade to me as well. Here another picture from the latest game between ML vs. FZD at the National Games.
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Ok. I agree. That pic makes it clearer than the other one.
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Yes, easy to see this is a Viscaria (Butterfly's slightly numb clone of my beloved Treiber K blade) with a Stiga handle.
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The man once snapped his blade in half mid match and his spare was a viscaria. Why do we still have this conversation?
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For me, what sealed it was knowing someone who knows him. Hearing them tell he was playing with a Viscaria for sure.
But I don't really know. And things could change. The photos are inconclusive. But photo Giang posted shows the plies better than most.
It doesn't matter to me.
No matter what, it is not the Infinity FZD and Stiga say it is because, when you do see the higher quality photos that allow you to distinguish between the plies, it is clearly a 7 ply blade. And it looks like a composite in most of the clearer photos where you can distinguish between plies.
But the only way to really know would be to walk up and take his racket and take the rubbers off. And have a close look at the naked blade.
Even that would only tell you what he used in one specific tournament.
And it is interesting how, every so often he does play with a Viscaria that has a Viscaria handle.
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Except the Viscaria was introduced in early 1990s so is not a clone of anything.
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I don't think he could play tbe way he does with 40+ balls without a composite blade.
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There are also Super league and trial wins. But the one above just after the Olympics is the easiest to forget.
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Why, I didn't think that quip needed a tongue-in-cheek emoticon. Bzzzt, wrong, obviously!
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Always helps to use one when you are dealing with clueless people like me.
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I'm still confused, then should I get Viscaria, Boll ALC, Long 5, or Carbonado 190????? I want H3 neo FH and T80 BH
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If you are getting TT equipment only because some pro uses it then definitely buy all of them! And couple more to be safe... If you read the thread carefully you understand that you will never get in the shop the same blade as pros. There are some exceptions like prott.vip eshop where you can get to limited "pro" variants of certain brands but still you won't get the same as FZD because he selected his blades from certain badge based on wight and other parameters which you will never know and will never have access to such large pool of blades to test and choose from. Finally even if FZD would give you one of his personal blades (many pros are doing it with rubbers - they giveaway slightly used rubbers to younger players in the team from time to time) it would be useless because you don't have his technique and physical strength. Stay with what you have and train harder!
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