Heavy vs light blade for pips?

[greenbeanmachine]

Question to experienced pips players -- do you prefer a heavy or a light blade?

I have one Rosewood NCT which is 98g, and another which is 80g. I am wondering which to use with pips and which to use with inverted.

I could imagine that a lighter blade will be good for short, quick, sharp movements, but I can also imagine that a heavy blade will be more stable when flat-hitting, so I am torn between them. With pips I mostly like to play chop-blocks, fast blocks, and punches (penhold FH pips style).

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

I like heavier blades but I also like blades with a softer surface for pips, gives me better control. A hard and stiff blade will act more threatening but a soft but stiff blade will give better stability and predictable response. If you're playing single sided ph, go for the heavier sample

 

[Westy]

Are we talking about long pips with no or little sponge or short pips?

 

[greenbeanmachine]

Short pips. But if you have suggestions for long pips I'd love to hear them as well.

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

Short pips. But if you have suggestions for long pips I'd love to hear them as well.

Depends on what you want to do with them. Cheap Chinese pips like Globe 979, Palio CK531A are fine for some chopping, but they really excel at chopblock/hit. Japanese pips are the best for dedicated chopping

 

[mightymouse]

If it's long pips, many of my friends use balsa blades. Therefore they are usually soft and stiff, yet very light.

For short pips, I cannot find any patterns here. Few of them use 7-ply blades, such as Clipper, P700 and Tibhar Force Pro Black (therefore they are usually heavy) and few of them use carbon blades (can't tell how heavy they are).

 

[Westy]

I personally do not like long pips on light balsa blades. I prefer the opposite, hard and a bit heavier blades with slow damping sponge long pips on the backhand. It gives me more precision and stability in blocking with a good balance in the racket. The dampening sponge slows down if needed and the forehand is ready to fire up if a ball gets higher.

 

[Draycott old man]

I'm now using the Dr N Matador which is 85g it's rated off , the Luxembourg professional Luka Mladenovic who uses inverted on his F.H and Anti on his B.H . I'm using Xoim Jackal and Hyde C55 on my F.H and Dr N Aggressor Pro 1.5 mm on my B H. My B.H are really dangerous with this combination!!! Both in defense and in attack !!!