Aesthetically, what’s the most beautiful blade in your opinion?

[CallMeZaddy]

For me, I really like the design of the MJ ZLC, so elegant and symmetrical with awesome looking symbol.

Honorable mentions:
Xiom TMXi Pro - I just love the red design of this as well
Nittaku Gyo-en and So-ten - beautiful blades, don’t like the way they play
Joola ZQH - love this shade of purple

 

[ben1229]

Nittaku Basaltec Outer/Inner.

 

[JJ Ng]

For me, I really like the design of the MJ ZLC, so elegant and symmetrical with awesome looking symbol.

Honorable mentions:
Xiom TMXi Pro - I just love the red design of this as well
Nittaku Gyo-en and So-ten - beautiful blades, don’t like the way they play
Joola ZQH - love this shade of purple

MJ = Mitzutani Jan? I thought you were talking about Michael Jordan for a second!

My vote is Harimoto blade by Butterfly. I like the fact it is a slower carbon blade. The face is a bit bigger than usual (for Harimoto's blocking purpose). And the handle is gorgeous. I don't own one but a friend of mine at the club does. The bow is requested by Harimoto and the three arrows supposedly represent the Harimoto family working together as one.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Any one ply Hinoki blade. The wood grain is amazing.

Ross Leidy has photos of blades that looked like amazing works of art.

Blades

 

[longle]

I really like the design of the Garaydia ZLC

 

[Gozo Aruna]

LV TT blade coz' Butterfly is just not premium enough.

 

[Gozo Aruna]

A well battle worn blade covered in grim & sweat. For the uninitiated, the above is a Darker Speed 90 covered in battle scar, grim and sweat.

 

[NextLevel]

I really like the design of the Garaydia ZLC

I have all the 3 Garaydias just collecting dust for that reason lol!

 

[JJ Ng]

SDC blades as well. They are beautiful. I hope to order one from Sergio but he said the waitlist is six months right now. I am going to focus on bling bling out handle with lots of customization

 

[netdriver]

stiga rosewood series

 

[turbozed]

In person at the Kokusai TT store, the Nittaku Hino series blades looked the best. Simple, minimal traditional Japanese design. Nittaku let the beauty of the wood do the takling. Looked like a piece of art.

 

[igorponger]

Ellipsoid shape, 152 millimeters measured on max. width. The newly fashioned 150 mm blades suck badly, eing unable to provide accurate game.

 

[BaRanchik]

Custom blades are by far the most gorgeous ones.
Among the big brands, I like Nittaku's craftsmanship the best. Basaltec outer, and Factive are my favorite designs.

 

[GarField000]

Andro Kanter FO.
All black with grey and only 62 gr.

 

[SFF_lib]

For me, I really like the design of the MJ ZLC, so elegant and symmetrical with awesome looking symbol.

Honorable mentions:
Xiom TMXi Pro - I just love the red design of this as well
Nittaku Gyo-en and So-ten - beautiful blades, don’t like the way they play
Joola ZQH - love this shade of purple

I like simply pattern personally. My top picks:
Darker Speed 90
A worn out W968

 

[Migzkulit]

Kenta Matsudaira ALC handle.
I like the simple design of it.

or

Tmount's Stardust blades which have Swarovski® Crystals in them and some are made of kiso hinoki (not a one ply). This one's an ALC outer blade like Viscaria.

 

[CallMeZaddy]

In person at the Kokusai TT store, the Nittaku Hino series blades looked the best. Simple, minimal traditional Japanese design. Nittaku let the beauty of the wood do the takling. Looked like a piece of art.

Ooh that's a beautiful blade

 

[Wakkibatty]

Choosing my *one* favorite attractive blade? Jesus - now there's a challenge.

I'm a bit of a woodgrain purist when it comes to aesthetics - I love the look of beautiful timber grain, and while brilliant graphic design and artwork will always be a love of mine, I tend to admire more minimalist blades that let the quality of the timber shine through.

When it comes to the attractive blades I want to buy for myself, the EJ also constantly comes out in me, and I'm like a kid in a candy store -- there's just too many good-looking blades out there to choose just the one.

When It comes to blades I've make for others, that inner EJ however is replaced by my inner forgetful-perfectionist. It's actually quite hard for me to remain truly satisfied with any blade I've made once I've started work on the one that follows it, so as a result, out of my own blades I don't really have that many favorites.

...that being said, there are one or two blades I've made which I still wish I owned instead of selling them off, with the one pictured below being the first one that comes to mind -- largely due to the utterly magnificent piece of Australian Red Cedar it came from, rather than it's appearance 🥰🥰

Really light-weight & low density TT wood with a deep natural lustre to it, is exceedingly hard to find nowadays, so parting with this piece was sheer murder. (Really need to buy myself a better camera though, or else take some photography lessons, as the photos don't really do the timber justice).

 

[superbackhand]

Gillette Super ZLC

 

[hclnnkhg]

Stiga Legacy Carbon