How long does a blade lasts?

[pedro.dantas]

Just wanted to know, using viscaria for 2 weeks and i'm loving it, how long can i still use this piece of joy?

 

[TensorBackhand]

If you take care of it, probably your entire life

 

[NextLevel]

We aren't pros, we can use blades as long as we like. The only dangers to blades are accidents and overgluing (since wet glue used to frequently can soften and warp the blade but this is rare for players who don't use and change rubber with pro-level frequency.) So your romance can last forever.

 

[pedro.dantas]

We aren't pros, we can use blades as long as we like. The only dangers to blades are accidents and overgluing (since wet glue used to frequently can soften and warp the blade but this is rare for players who don't use and change rubber with pro-level frequency.) So your romance can last forever.

I'm using hurricane 3, if i stick with it i'll have to glue every 8 weeks to boost

 

[lodro]

I'm using hurricane 3, if i stick with it i'll have to glue every 8 weeks to boost

The answer to your worries is simple: Seal the blade properly and the wood will not be affected by the constant use of water-based glue.

 

[tzifos]

The answer to your worries is simple: Seal the blade properly and the wood will not be affected by the constant use of water-based glue.

Also place a silica gel humidity absorber in the racket case and of course by avoiding power-contact with table, floor, umpire, opponent!

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

U don't own a Viscaria, you look after it for the next generation; except if you are EJ. Then all bets are off.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

buy a few of them, you can pass it on to your sons and daughters

 

[joesan-tt]

As long as you do not smash your blade against other surfaces, the blade should outlast you usually.

 

[Brs]

Many people say this about blades lasting forever.

But in the for sale posts, and my own experience, bats often get dings. I use a padded edge tape so thick you can loop with it. Yet my blades typically last two or three years before the edge dings cause flakes of top ply (or plies) to break off at rubber change time. After enough wood goes it's time for a new blade. I don't do the filler or wood glue thing.

Considering I always have two or three of the same blade, that 2-3 year life is about one year of play. And I am not (any more) a bat-thrower or rough on them in that way. It's only from hitting edges or the tabletop. The top ply is incredibly thin and quite delicate.

So your viscaria should last somewhere between one year and forever.

 

[latej]

But in the for sale posts, and my own experience, bats often get dings. I use a padded edge tape so thick you can loop with it. Yet my blades typically last two or three years before the edge dings cause flakes of top ply (or plies) to break off at rubber change time. After enough wood goes it's time for a new blade. I don't do the filler or wood glue thing.

Considering I always have two or three of the same blade, that 2-3 year life is about one year of play. And I am not (any more) a bat-thrower or rough on them in that way. It's only from hitting edges or the tabletop. The top ply is incredibly thin and quite delicate.

Yes, these things suck. Couple of days ago I made a ding in freshly repaired blade...

Now I have a new strategy in mind... As soon as I receive a new blade from Sergio, I'll ask/beg him to be put into queue right away ;-)

 

[SFF_lib]

Just wanted to know, using viscaria for 2 weeks and i'm loving it, how long can i still use this piece of joy?

I am playing a 2013 Viscaria

 

[andfadevarga]

Until you hit in a table. My harimoto is a survivor.

 

[land_killer]

Not sure about for life, but 4 - 5 years wont be a problem at all

 

[GOAT 🐐]

I choose weight and surface of blade before purchase now and buy aeound 3 of the same at once. See which one I like. Depends some one session and done, some for over 1 year, don’t like it over 2 years tho because the glue that the company used to fuse the blade together weakens and hinders performance.

 

[Tony Funk My Racket]

Peeling rubber off, if done carefully and providing the glue used is appropriate, is not a problem on Butterfly blades.
The real potential of damage comes from hitting the table by accident when doing chop blocks or stuff like that.

 

[riemsesy]

Also place a silica gel humidity absorber in the racket case and of course by avoiding power-contact with table, floor, umpire, opponent!

Guess you're playing with a stradivarius? 😂

 

[tzifos]

Guess you're playing with a stradivarius? 😂

no, I am playing with Victas K.M and with Nittaku Goriki. But I want my blades to be in the next years the same weight as they were when I first bought them.

 

[Lando]

I've dropped my viscaria so many times when learning how to twiddle under pressure.
I still drop it a couple times a year lol.

 

[impluse101]

Until you hit in a table. My harimoto is a survivor.

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what did you use to repair the top end of the blade?