The truth is, Der_Echte and I have done some testing uhmmmm, you mean serious biological warfare experimentation on blade weight and feel. (Just for LULZ to piss off the big companies) Most (Carl is generous, try ALL of them) of the big companies make their blades with hollow handles or extra thin handles so they can say that the blade weighs less than it really should.(and make more new sales, after all, if there is nothing new, no one has a reason or want to buy something new) Only problem with this is, if you take the weight out of the handle you throw off the balance and make the blade head heavy. (and worthless as a $3 bill)
Now the major companies even have marketing for this (YES they do but it is OUR fault for demanding something new, the companies are only accommodating market demand, although the really good ones do bullcrap to cause people to WANT something they dont need, that is almost a definition of good business.) They say that the hollow handle makes the blade more offensive.(yes, queering the balance of the blade and making it tiresome and nearly unplayable is offensive to me) Really what they are doing is taking a blade face that really would be between 90-100 grams and cutting out 5-15 grams from the handle. If you compare that blade to a real 85 gram blade that has a solid handle, of course it is going to feel more powerful than that well balanced 85 gram blade. However, it will feel 10-15 grams heavier too. This is because the weight is on the head and the head of an 85 gram blade with a hollow handle is much heavier than the head of a blade that is 85 grams and really has a solid handle and good balance. (said SO right)
And if you take that hollow handled blade and put the weight back in the handle, making an 85 gram blade with a hollow handle into a 100 gram blade, the blade will feel LIGHTER, more solid, more powerful, it will be faster and have better feeling and less vibration. And you will get more whipping action and better bat speed with the weight in the handle.
The reason: the weight that should be in your hand is in your hand to counterbalance the weight that is in the head.
A hollow handled blade feels heavier than it is because the balance is thrown off by having all the weight in the head. (Korrekt)
But the other thing that Der_Echte is saying is also pretty true. Most teenage or adult men can hold a baseball bat or a tennis racket. Why would 90-100 grams be a big deal if the weight of a tennis racket is not such a big deal?(our sponsored player Abe (agold here on TTD) plays with a Spartacus I specially modified, but refrained from adding TOO much weight. I added ONLY 12 grams) (and despite Abe being only 14 and still growing his game, he reports he is playing more controled and more powerful than ever) (I will not take credit, ABE is the one doing the training and credit goes to his coach, his parents, and his self. All I did was select and recommend suitable equipment) (That no one on this planet thought was suitable for him)
If you look at the blades of most pros in the top 20, most of them are using blades that weigh over 90 grams. The real question would be: why do they choose the extra weight (Most pros strive to find the absolute HEAVIEST blade of the model they use... they will detect a lighter balde, even by 3 grams lighter RIGHT AWAY.)
Inertia, more solid wood plays better, more power, better feel, the list goes on.
But the marketing of the big companies make people think that a racket that weighs more than 85 grams is too heavy. In the 1990s one of Butterfly's biggest selling blades was the Mazinov. That blades weight range was 100-110 grams. Mine are both over 110 and they play great. Hahaha. That was before the hollow handled marketing took effect.
Test it for yourself. Take a blade you don't really use, follow Der_Echte's directions for filling the handle, look for the thread called the making of the beast or something like that: Der_Echte, can you supply the link.
If you don't have a blade you could do that to, you could order a Yinhe Galaxy 896 blade, test it out with the hollow handle to feel it, and then open and fill the handle and try it again. That blade only costs $16.00 so it is a perfect blade to test the theory out on. (Any ole inexpensive hollow handled blade will do, but where are you gunna find one that plays acceptable for Comps after the mod for only $16)
Sent from my BladeWeightPhone (Carl, whatever happened to Ur NSA Spy Phone? Did you accidently leave it in teh veggie juice shop? Nah, you did it on purpose to leave a false flag and lead them down the wrong trail into another one of your baited traps... you gotta release video footage of their demise this time and keep the LULZ to Urself. using TTMarketingTalk