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This list was extremely helpful to me back when I had the luxury of trying lots of blades and trying to figure out what made me like certain blades and not others.
It is important to note that it came from the Ooak Forum where they have continued to update it and add more blades when they get the composition.
The link to the thread in Ooak Forum is in the original post.
One thing to note is that there are many blades with the same exact ply construction that play differently, faster, slower, more dwell, less etc. This has to do with several things: how the wood is treated before lamination, how the wood is glued, thickness of the plies, special coatings like NCT, thickness of plies etc.
One thing that you become aware of though, a blade with a certain wood, even if it has a different speed or something, that wood will still have a similar feeling. Limba feels like Limba. Balsa feels like Balsa. Hinoki feels like Hinoki (although there are a lot of blades that use Cypress and call it Hinoki even though it is slightly different/related but not the same). There are also different grades of wood, especially with wood like Hinoki.
But, if you like the feel of one blade with a Koto outer ply and a Kiri, the chances are you will feel enough similarity in a different blade with the same wood.
It is important to note that it came from the Ooak Forum where they have continued to update it and add more blades when they get the composition.
The link to the thread in Ooak Forum is in the original post.
One thing to note is that there are many blades with the same exact ply construction that play differently, faster, slower, more dwell, less etc. This has to do with several things: how the wood is treated before lamination, how the wood is glued, thickness of the plies, special coatings like NCT, thickness of plies etc.
One thing that you become aware of though, a blade with a certain wood, even if it has a different speed or something, that wood will still have a similar feeling. Limba feels like Limba. Balsa feels like Balsa. Hinoki feels like Hinoki (although there are a lot of blades that use Cypress and call it Hinoki even though it is slightly different/related but not the same). There are also different grades of wood, especially with wood like Hinoki.
But, if you like the feel of one blade with a Koto outer ply and a Kiri, the chances are you will feel enough similarity in a different blade with the same wood.
