Darker Hinoki 5p-2a

[Gozo Aruna]

For those who are interested in some Darker Hinoki 5p-2a real photos right out of the box. I expected that wings will be sanded much more round, so I did that after.
Overall quality is nice. I'm still testing it with different rubbers, so can't give a final verdict. But the blade really has a soft feeling and a kind of Hinoki catapult.
So harder rubbers with not an intense catapult are preferable as I see.
On one side I have Hurricane 8-80 38" and overall I like it.

Handle is not huge. I would say it is minimal option for a bigger hands. A little bit smaller one wouldn't be comfortable for me.

Oh stop it! Please stop it already! Stop it but don't stop Darker. Don't stop making beautiful blades.

 

[merlin el mago]

Information of how plays the blade compared vs similar blades, speed, spin, dwell time, stiffness, softness, hardness, etc.?

 

[MK73]

Information of how plays the blade compared vs similar blades, speed, spin, dwell time, stiffness, softness, hardness, etc.?

Yes, indeed, it would be really nice if you wrote a little review. There are only a few reviews on the Darker 2A series/ hinoki blades to be found on the internet…and most of those are about the 7t, the Esteem and the Speed 90. So would be highly appreciated. I‘m planning to write a longer one on the 7P Carbon when I find the time.

 

[merlin el mago]

I don't own any Darker blade, I'm asking information because I'm interested to buy in the future, thanks.

 

[piligrim]

Very curious why 3 biggest japanese online stores, tt-japan, iruiru and ta-q.jp, don't sell Darker blades. In Europe seems only TT11 has it

 

[Ray]

Very curious why 3 biggest japanese online stores, tt-japan, iruiru and ta-q.jp, don't sell Darker blades. In Europe seems only TT11 has it

Those 3 are biggest Japanese online stores that ship overseas. Spinfactory.de offers a few Darker blades, too: https://www.spinfactory.de/tischtennis-hoelzer/tischtennis/darker.html