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This is my first thread here. I didn't really see an appropriate topic to post my question is.
Like the title says my blade doesn't play the same as it used to. Since 2 years I use a Butterfly Liu Shiwen Blade. I always played with a Rasant Powergrip on each side. I liked it alot. The blade felt soft and flexible, it was easy to impart spin on all kind of shots and I could loop everything. I've never changed equipment too often but since the beginning of 2017 I started experimenting alot with different rubbers because I heard that the Rasant Powergrip was going to be discontinued. I tried a bunch of stuff on my blade that I borrowed from club mates or that I bought. I tried something else every two weeks on each side of my blade and in the beginning everything worked quite well.
Since 3 months, however, I feel like my Liu Shiwen blade plays completely different than it used to. And it became worse and worse. No matter which rubber I tried, nothing felt good. Every rubber I tried on the blade feels like it is rock hard (T05, Vega Pro, MX-S, R47, RPG, T25) and I don't feel the flex and the softness of the blade anymore. I kept on changing rubbers but nothing really helped. Two weeks ago I tried a different new blade that a friend gave me (Xiom Vega Pro) and to my surprise everything feels good again. There is a alot of feeling in the blade, I feel a lot of dwell and I can produce alot of spin again. Now I play with the Vega Pro blade and everything is great but I'm still confused about the last 3 months.
What happened to my Liu Shiwen Blade? I used to love that blade. Is it because the overuse of the water glue when I was experimenting with rubbers? Did it absorp all the water glue and did the properties of the blade change? Is that even possible? It's the only explanation I see and I don't want my new blade to suffer the same fate.
Or am I just going insane and am I on the path to become a desperate equipment junkie ?
For the clarification: I am no beginner in the sport. I started playing more than 10 years ago and I have a decent rating in Belgium. I know what kind of blades I like (relative soft and flexible) and what kind of rubbers I like on blades like that (45°-50° hardness). Every setup I try that falls in that range feels good to me.
This is my first thread here. I didn't really see an appropriate topic to post my question is.
Like the title says my blade doesn't play the same as it used to. Since 2 years I use a Butterfly Liu Shiwen Blade. I always played with a Rasant Powergrip on each side. I liked it alot. The blade felt soft and flexible, it was easy to impart spin on all kind of shots and I could loop everything. I've never changed equipment too often but since the beginning of 2017 I started experimenting alot with different rubbers because I heard that the Rasant Powergrip was going to be discontinued. I tried a bunch of stuff on my blade that I borrowed from club mates or that I bought. I tried something else every two weeks on each side of my blade and in the beginning everything worked quite well.
Since 3 months, however, I feel like my Liu Shiwen blade plays completely different than it used to. And it became worse and worse. No matter which rubber I tried, nothing felt good. Every rubber I tried on the blade feels like it is rock hard (T05, Vega Pro, MX-S, R47, RPG, T25) and I don't feel the flex and the softness of the blade anymore. I kept on changing rubbers but nothing really helped. Two weeks ago I tried a different new blade that a friend gave me (Xiom Vega Pro) and to my surprise everything feels good again. There is a alot of feeling in the blade, I feel a lot of dwell and I can produce alot of spin again. Now I play with the Vega Pro blade and everything is great but I'm still confused about the last 3 months.
What happened to my Liu Shiwen Blade? I used to love that blade. Is it because the overuse of the water glue when I was experimenting with rubbers? Did it absorp all the water glue and did the properties of the blade change? Is that even possible? It's the only explanation I see and I don't want my new blade to suffer the same fate.
Or am I just going insane and am I on the path to become a desperate equipment junkie ?
For the clarification: I am no beginner in the sport. I started playing more than 10 years ago and I have a decent rating in Belgium. I know what kind of blades I like (relative soft and flexible) and what kind of rubbers I like on blades like that (45°-50° hardness). Every setup I try that falls in that range feels good to me.