Jpen TPB tips

[Lazer]

Thanks for posting this 🙂

Don't want to derail the thread, but do many J-Pen players prefer no cork in the BH side?

I've heard recently a lot of J-Pen players actually prefer no cork on the backhand, so I'm intrigued you chose to remove it, and all the reasons why. I'm new to J-Pen myself and am currently experimenting with using it as well in order to better understand it's nuances.

As I understand it, the cork is there only to provide grip and dull vibration. Does the cork somehow interfere with backhand side technique? (I'm in the process of developing up my own line of J-Pen one plys, so all these subjects are of enormous interest to me).

There was several reasons for me doing this.

1. I wanted to test a 1 ply Kiso Hinoki blade
2. TT11 happened to have this blade on special
3. I wanted to use RPB with long pips

I wasn’t really prepared for the backside cork, but it seemed reasonably easy to remove. And it was…

No for me it doesn’t make any difference. The only thing being a little bit more weigh, and maybe a little less feeling.

It’s fine to keep the cork, I think it may increase the feeling of 1 ply by keeping one side naked. But that’s it.

Why not make it an option and glue it the time of ordering.

I put the rubbers upside down to get more playing area, don’t know how legal that is, don’t care really. The red one is Rakza 7 and the black one is DHS C7 with sponge.

Cheers
L-zr

 

[Wakkibatty]

There was several reasons for me doing this.

1. I wanted to test a 1 ply Kiso Hinoki blade
2. TT11 happened to have this blade on special
3. I wanted to use RPB with long pips

I wasn’t really prepared for the backside cork, but it seemed reasonably easy to remove. And it was…

No for me it doesn’t make any difference. The only thing being a little bit more weigh, and maybe a little less feeling.

It’s fine to keep the cork, I think it may increase the feeling of 1 ply by keeping one side naked. But that’s it.

Why not make it an option and glue it the time of ordering.

I put the rubbers upside down to get more playing area, don’t know how legal that is, don’t care really. The red one is Rakza 7 and the black one is DHS C7 with sponge.

Cheers
L-zr

Thanks for that. 🙂

Making it an option is a good idea, but I have decided to move away from doing so much custom stuff, and focussing on pre-made blades instead.

With the J-Pen, I was actually thinking of supplying the cork separately as well with the blade, but supplying it pre-cut to shape along with either some appropriate glue, or else with decent quality double-sided PSA already attached. That way you just have to peel it off and attach it to the BH side if desired, or else discard it if you prefer the bh side staying bare.

 

[Lazer]

Thanks for that. 🙂

Making it an option is a good idea, but I have decided to move away from doing so much custom stuff, and focussing on pre-made blades instead.

With the J-Pen, I was actually thinking of supplying the cork separately as well with the blade, but supplying it pre-cut to shape along with either some appropriate glue, or else with decent quality double-sided PSA already attached. That way you just have to peel it off and attach it to the BH side if desired, or else discard it if you prefer the bh side staying bare.

I wouldn’t supply the glue but a loose sheet of cork would be appropriate together with some glue recommendations.

Cheers
L-zr

 

[jbvttcc]

Thanks for posting this 🙂

Don't want to derail the thread, but do many J-Pen players prefer no cork in the BH side?

I've heard recently a lot of J-Pen players actually prefer no cork on the backhand, so I'm intrigued you chose to remove it, and all the reasons why. I'm new to J-Pen myself and am currently experimenting with using it as well in order to better understand it's nuances.

As I understand it, the cork is there only to provide grip and dull vibration. Does the cork somehow interfere with backhand side technique? (I'm in the process of developing up my own line of J-Pen one plys, so all these subjects are of enormous interest to me).

Since real Jpen plays only one side for both forehand and backhand (TPB), on the backside there’s only the cork directly above the handle for finger grip and for the remainder, a (usually) black paint sheet.
If you’re playing TPB, the cork doesn’t interfere

 

[JJ Ng]

Since real Jpen plays only one side for both forehand and backhand (TPB), on the backside there’s only the cork directly above the handle for finger grip and for the remainder, a (usually) black paint sheet.
If you’re playing TPB, the cork doesn’t interfere

When I played Cpen with RPB, I really missed the cork because, let us be honest, putting your sweaty finger on an inverted rubber is very slippery!

When I played Jpen, the blade was light. My coach ended up putting an ox long pips on top of the black paint sheet. I liked that set up too. When I was too far away from the table, my coach taught how to just chop the ball back with the long pips side when someone looped to my far backhand side.