Thank you all! So JO Waldner Gold and XTreme play quite similar to the Harimoto ALC.
How much different (in playing characteristics) is the Anders Lind blade compared to Har. ALC ?
quite late for the party, but better late than never!
so, after unsuccessful hunt for Moonbeam and MMaze blades (ok, I did find some nice specimens, but I am not willing to spend that much money on a 20+ years old blades) I dipped into inner blades - a lot of people suggested, that these kind of blades play similarly to the upper mentioned two blades. they don’t, but that’s for another post.
so my first inner blade was Xiom TMXi ... amazing blade overall, not rubber sensitive at all, but with sub 47ESN rubber hardness it does get a bit springy. nothing close to Moonbeam/MMaze in feel whatsoever.
got Xiom AZXi Ice Cream Pro, which was amazing, but somewhat heavy and couldn't get it bellow 195g ... which was a mistake to sell it, as it was perfect. the only one that was actually close in feel to MMaze/Moonbeam on ALX side. still hitting my head into the wall for selling it.
had a few outer blades just to realise that I don't like them, except for HAL with which I played for almost whole season of 2025/2026, but is a bit too soft maybe.
then I finally got Harimoto ALC and ... what. a. disappointment. either it was a bad copy, rubber pairing was as it should be (D09c & D05) but this was such a ... on some hits completely dead and on some hits it was vibriting so much I couldn't feel anything.
then I got two blades in one week - JO Walder Gold Edition and then as a present DHS Hurricane Long 5 ST (DHS FL handless are just ... I cannot play with that handle, so uncomfortable).
and all I can say - JO Waldner Gold Edition is nothing, absolutely nothing like Harimoto ALC. JO Waldner is much stiffer, much faster, and has much better, constant feel - short, crisp vibration. not what I am looking for at all, but somehow I really like it. still trying to find the right rubber pairing, Nittaku Hammond Z2 seems a good fit for backhand, FH I am trying to find the right rubber. somehow D09c was not up to my liking on JOWGE, which was quite a surprise.
Hurricane Long 5 is also quite different to Harimoto ALC, it has much nicer feel, a bit muted due to softness, but it's not too soft. with limba outer ply it also is not as springy as I thought it might be, which is actually good as it makes the blade much more linear. it is quite head heavy so I am having problems with BH timing when tired. so far I tried D09c, which is good. Donic C2 which was amazing. andro rasanter C53 on FH was amazing, so amazing in fact that I also glued another rasanter C53 on BH, but this somehow killed the whole blade - it's dead, no feel, no feedback. maybe have to wait a day or two for the glue to completely dry or I just had a very bad day. 🙈
