Fake Viscaria blade?

[anschutz]

Hello every one, A friend of mine at the local table tennis club is offering me this blade to put my old rubbers on.
What do you think, real? fake?

Thanks

 

[PalashBindal]

The metal tag doesn't looking like a genuine one. The original one has a shining butterfly logo this one looks matte(although that could be due to lighting) Also the blue arylate layer looks messy which doesn't often happen with original blades. The print on the top ply seems to lack the clarity of genuine butterfly blades. So this one's probably a fake

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[anschutz]

Thanks for the information.

 

[Hamasaki_Fanz]

totally genuine m8

 

[Der_Echte]

If it had a ST handle, BAAL would come to the scene of the crime ASAP.

 

[AndySmith]

The metal tag doesn't looking like a genuine one. The original one has a shining butterfly logo this one looks matte(although that could be due to lighting) Also the blue arylate layer looks messy which doesn't often happen with original blades. The print on the top ply seems to lack the clarity of genuine butterfly blades. So this one's probably a fake

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Definitely fake. All of the above is worth looking at, but the dead give-away is the print on the face of the blade. There is a spelling mistake on the real Viscaria ("perfomance" rather than "performance"), but a fake one can have even more spelling mistakes ("arylaie" instead of "arylate", and "peirfomance" instead of "perfomance"). Also, check the alignment of the text on the right hand side. On the original Viscaria, the text is all perfectly lined up, but on this one the text is all over the place.

The plies in the handle don't look quite right to me either.

Here's a good page with some comparison shots (run it via Google translate if you want to read the details):

http://bongban.org/threads/hang-gia...oll-tricarbon-bong-trang-butterfly-3sao.1468/

 

[Olio]

Fake 100%.

 

[anschutz]

Thanks, very interesting. It didn't cost anything so I will glue a sheet of 2 month old tenergy that has been boosted to hell and back with some Hurricane 3 national the same age and see how it plays.

And I think I found where he got the blade from?
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free...nis-Bat-Long-or-short-Handle/32460521009.html

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Last detail, if you are looking at the handle from the metal tag view, in that photo, it seems that the handle is thinner on the left side and thicker on the right. Going from left to right, the plies get thicker. But Andy's post gives what seem to be the most important details.

After you hit the ball around with it, tell us how it plays.

 

[alex rogers]

lol kolja, how do you find out where "he" got the blade from.

 

[say_lapata_plz]

fake, quality very poor, looks like 100% fake

 

[akoozab]

Fake 200%!Carbon is fake,metal tag-wrong placement!Sorry!

 

[Rajah*]

"Peirfomance"
Add me in, +1 its a fake. Pls dont buy that.
If you are getting it for free then use it and let us know how it plays, thankyou
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[raazzz]

Probably fake yes but a pretty nice copy. Tell us how it plays

 

[anschutz]

Got a chance to use it today for about 1 hour. With the boosted hurricane and tenergy the blade is very very fast. Spin is less than my w997 (The rubbers on the fake viscaria have been boosted more) The blade makes a funny deep "click" sound but over all plays very good for a sub $20 blade with good rubbers.