Good blades with hinoki outer ply and composite material?

[Loopadoop]

I have a XVT Hinoki carbon balsa with Xiom Sigma Pro 2 on the 4h. I like it. Cost $19-22

 

[Ioiettino]

I believe that both the Joola Rossi Emotion and Aruna OFF are Hinoki/Koto/Carbon so they won't be what you're looking for.

Well, he did say he was open to inner carbon options. I always mention the TPE Perform when these threads come about, to me the hinoki being thin, heat-treated and backed-up with koto mitigates the issue NextLevel mentions, at least when I tried one (stock Rhyzm iirc). Pretty low throw altogether though, you have to know what you are looking for. I often think about it and may go for it one day if I ever give up on all-wood, as I thought it was fantastic: clear impact, steady, reliable. Maybe more suited to close range, again it depends on what the OP is looking for (or rather, why hinoki).

 

[NextLevel]

Here are the Hinoki outers with inner ZLC/ALC/C that I have.

1. Garaydia ALC
2. Garaydia ZLC
3. Garaydia T5000
4. Tibhar Inca
5. Rossi Emotion


I also have a BBC Hinoki Ghost that doesn't qualify.

 

[7sagittarius7]

Which do you most like and why? Also, a comparison of the Garaydia blades, which is the ratio of the spin/speed/control ?

Here are the Hinoki outers with inner ZLC/ALC/C that I have.

1. Garaydia ALC
2. Garaydia ZLC
3. Garaydia T5000
4. Tibhar Inca
5. Rossi Emotion


I also have a BBC Hinoki Ghost that doesn't qualify.

 

[Mickael]

garaydia are outer construction becausethey are 3 ply of wood.

 

[OrienteTT]

Donic Li Ping kitex.

 

[Tinykin]

One can go custom built with the BBC 9-10-9
http://www.bladesbycharlie.com/9-10-9

 

[Brs]

Garaydia clone from Gambler $40 and you get a shirt thrown in. Deal is so sweet Iskandar Taib would buy two. I hit with one of these and it felt good.
https://www.zeropong.com/composite-...-shirt-p-414?zenid=cpullkilck75pc7p7f6ubd4b03

 

[Konrad Bak]

Nobilis zlc

 

[best_intentions]

Not ALC or ZLC....but if money is no object, Blades by Charlie, BBC Nine with Two Cypress outer layers, nano carbon, white koko, nano carbon again, then bombax core. It's a fun blade to play with.

I guess this is American Cypress because it does feel softer than a Darker hinoki carbon blade I have.

 

[Iggy]

Voting for andro Treibers. I play with FI one and it absolutely meets all of my expectation. It has a lot of Hinoki feeling and help in rotation and TXL adds a lot of hardness. Great feeling blade.

I just ordered this blade after much research. I am curious, have you ever played with Treiber Z - seems like it's the predecessor to FI/FO Treibers. Or do you know how they compare? Thanks!

 

[AMonteiro]

Joola TPE Fight is really good. Very fast and stable for an inner fiber blade.

 

[Magic_M]

For me the best hinoki-composite-blade is the Xiom Zetro Quad

 

[7sagittarius7]

I switched from Xiom Vega Tour to Darker Esteem and I'm very satisfied. The weight of my Vega Tour is 93g and Esteem 77g, and I thought that would be a problem, but it wasn't. Also, Esteem is faster. I was very pleased with Vega Tour, but Esteem's gears are amazing.

 

[trumpet_guy]

The Joola Nobilis pbo-c is one I would like to try:
https://www.joolausa.com/Nobilis-PBO-C-Blade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_wHVnNVj5w Dan's video review with Lily Zhang

 

[Gwenved]

Primorac carbon, outer plies are hinoki, quite fast with good control.

 

[suds79]

Funny you ask. I've been eyeing this Gambler Hinoki Penhold blade that I'm probably going to pick up. I'll report back with what I find once I do. (they have a shakehand version also)

https://www.zeropong.com/custom-batscomposite-pen-c-41_81/custom-gambler-vector-hinoki-penhold-p-468

It's Hinoki and has zylon carbon fiber. A little heavier & thicker which is what I'm looking for in a little more pop.

I don't scoff at Gambler blades because I currently have the Gambler Fire Dragon Touch and it has been a great control, flexy spiny blade. I like it just as much as my Stiga Clipper. IMO same quality. Now they both play completely different. But IMO same quality.

 

[yogi_bear]

Tmount n320

 

[alas26]

Funny you ask. I've been eyeing this Gambler Hinoki Penhold blade that I'm probably going to pick up. I'll report back with what I find once I do. (they have a shakehand version also)

https://www.zeropong.com/custom-batscomposite-pen-c-41_81/custom-gambler-vector-hinoki-penhold-p-468

It's Hinoki and has zylon carbon fiber. A little heavier & thicker which is what I'm looking for in a little more pop.

I don't scoff at Gambler blades because I currently have the Gambler Fire Dragon Touch and it has been a great control, flexy spiny blade. I like it just as much as my Stiga Clipper. IMO same quality. Now they both play completely different. But IMO same quality.

Looking forward to hearing your review! What rubbers will you try it with??


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[suds79]

Looking forward to hearing your review! What rubbers will you try it with??

Similar setup.

H3 neo & most like pailio ck531a.

Ordered the rubbers from ttnpp and haven't ordered the blade just yet. Will probably be a month or so.