Prott selling penhold korbel?

[Arch]

As far as I know, the Petr Korbel has not been manufactured with a penhold handle. I've not seen it available anywhere else. Do they custom make the handle? Or does Butterfly specifically sell this in china only?

 

[olive-nguyen]

I just searched up this model of of the butterfly blade and I found this listing on Shopee.sg. https://shopee.sg/product/365055892...MIhY-cue3GigMVR6JmAh28kyJyEAQYAyABEgJYIvD_BwE

The picture of the blade shows a suspiciously short handle compared to other listings and there isn't a curve on the blade handle.

This may be a penhold version of it.

I'm not sure Chad has Shopee tho.

 

[Peter93]

As far as I know, the Petr Korbel has not been manufactured with a penhold handle. I've not seen it available anywhere else. Do they custom make the handle? Or does Butterfly specifically sell this in china only?

In China, pretty much every blade from Butterfly is available in penhold. The Korbel has been available in penhold for a very long time and was used by Saki Kanazawa (All Japan champion and JNT member). I remember seeing Lee Eun Hee and Kwak Bang Bang using the penhold Boll Spirit which was also extremely difficult to find.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

In China, pretty much every blade from Butterfly is available in penhold. The Korbel has been available in penhold for a very long time and was used by Saki Kanazawa (All Japan champion and JNT member). I remember seeing Lee Eun Hee and Kwak Bang Bang using the penhold Boll Spirit which was also extremely difficult to find.

+1

correct
and on the other side, Butterfly rest of the world, is so difficult to buy penhold blades

This is no stranger to Butterfly, since China is a unique and big markets
many blade makers could have special blades to serve the chinese market, and no where else

 

[Peter93]

+1

correct
and on the other side, Butterfly rest of the world, is so difficult to buy penhold blades

This is no stranger to Butterfly, since China is a unique and big markets
many blade makers could have special blades to serve the chinese market, and no where else

It is, however, much better than it used to be. Back in the day I think outside of China you could buy like the Chinese VII, Shamada, and the CN7 (which became the Yoshida Kaii). In China, not only did every blade have its Cpen version, they also made multiple Cpen versions, e.g. the Korbel and Korbel X, which had a larger head size.

 

[zeio]

TBS and Korbel as well as other popular models in penhold still officially available in China.

Under 底板 (Blade)
http://www.butterfly-china.com/Home/Product_List?channelId=1602&page=10
Under 直拍 (Penhold)
http://www.butterfly-china.com/Home/Product_List?channelId=1604&page=5