A stiff all-wood with a soft feel?

[MarekD]

Hello. Can you recommend me a solid all-wood with a soft feel?
I liked the feel of the Stiga Clipper all-wood, or the Cornilleau Hinotec OFF-. Can you recommend any other blades?
Thanks.

 

[lodro]

Victas Blockman II , especially together with Hurricane rubbers sound just the combo you need

 

[SFF_lib]

Hello. Can you recommend me a solid all-wood with a soft feel?
I liked the feel of the Stiga Clipper all-wood, or the Cornilleau Hinotec OFF-. Can you recommend any other blades?
Thanks.

DHS Hao 2. Great clear feedback, lots of room for flexibility and catapult effect but very solid due to the hard koto top ply.

 

[Topspinslinger]

I'm going to try tibhar MK7, check it out

 

[S2000]

Hello. Can you recommend me a solid all-wood with a soft feel?
I liked the feel of the Stiga Clipper all-wood, or the Cornilleau Hinotec OFF-. Can you recommend any other blades?
Thanks.

Yasaka Falck W7 is a really solid, 7 plies are, but with great wood feeling. It is like clipper quite fast also.

 

[Topspinslinger]

Would you like faster aswel?
There are so many wood blades gotta narrow it down first

 

[MarekD]

The speed of the wood is not important. Blade does not have to be fast.

 

[MarekD]

Would you like faster aswel?
There are so many wood blades gotta narrow it down first

How can I further narrow down the selection?

 

[Crillo]

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[Topspinslinger]

How can I further narrow down the selection?

Well if your blade works fine and you play well with it keep it. Some just want something new to mess around with which is also fine.
Try to look for similar blades with the same veneers, such as yinhe 437 or butterfly SK7. Both slightly different but still noticable

 

[TTFrenzy]

Hello. Can you recommend me a solid all-wood with a soft feel?
I liked the feel of the Stiga Clipper all-wood, or the Cornilleau Hinotec OFF-. Can you recommend any other blades?
Thanks.

do not confuse stiffness with solid feel. stiff woods by default cannot have a soft feeling

for example primorac blade korbel and stiga clipper all have limba and ayous

but the softer feel is to primorac blade which has the more flex and vibration also, korbel in the middle an stiga clipper is the stiffest/harderst and fastest of all blades

 

[mightymouse]

Nittaku Violin is flexible yet hard. Acoustic is stiffer than Violin but softer. Clipper Wood (not CR version) is stiff yet soft.

Stiff vs. Flexible, doesn't have anything to do with hard vs. soft.

Another example is Stiga blade with hardened top ply. It might be flexible (i.e. not stiff) yet hard. Compare Stiga Intensity NCT (flexible yet hard) with Clipper (stiff but soft).

 

[joshmak10]

What about the all wood version of Viscaria, the iconic Falcima

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

How can I further narrow down the selection?

What handle shape and blade head sizing are you after, if you have a preference?

 

[Gozo Aruna]

Hello. Can you recommend me a solid all-wood with a soft feel?
I liked the feel of the Stiga Clipper all-wood, or the Cornilleau Hinotec OFF-. Can you recommend any other blades?
Thanks.

all wood soft feel only mean one thing: Hinoki!!! Specifically one ply.

 

[Gozo Aruna]

What about the all wood version of Viscaria, the iconic Falcima

Tenergy 05 ===> Rozena
Dignics 09C ==> Glayzer 09C
Viscaria =====> Falcima

 

[damszelfly]

I can recommend Yinhe Uranus U3 as a classical example (thickness: 6.8mm - rather stiff, but not too fast), a bit slower can be Yinhe Uranus U2 Spin (thickness: 6.0mm). From DHS, I can recommend Power G7H (Hinoki top ply variant of the famous budget blade Power G7 with 6.3mm thickness) or Power G9 (thin Koto top plies, 6.3mm thickness). Sword Day Fury (non-pro or pro version, thickness around 6mm) is also similar to DHS Power G7. Sometimes you can also get good deals on Loki Kirin K6 (thickness: 6.0mm). All of these are easy to use 7 ply blades with rather good feeling, most of them are bordering All+/Off- speed.

 

[v100ev]

I don't have a lot of experience with different blades, but from my point of view the one I currently use - Joola Xylo 7 - is exactly what's discussed. It's rather stiff with nice wooden feeling. I would assume the Xylo 5 version to be less stiff with even more feeling, but for me the Xylo 7 is really nice. Also the handle is super comfortable (this is how I decided to go for it - held it in the hand and it was super comfortable from the first moment).

 

[haggisv]

Avalox P700 is like a clipper with an even softer feel. Balsa blades are also stiff with a very soft feel, but they're play quite different to non-balsa blades, which you'll either love or hate.... hard to say until you try one.

 

[wappak]

stiffest all wood i have tried is xion hinoki s7, one of the fastest also