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#1442 - 5+2 Inner - OFF
This is a blade that suffers from personally problems. It behaves like a inner 5+2, but it feels and sounds like a 3+2. The structure in this blade is a bit different than usual, the second layer (medial) has the grain oriented vertically, not horizontally like we normally do, and it's also slightly harder than the outer layer. It's like the outer and medial are one, which would make it a 3+2 and explain the characteristic sound and feel. However, it does not have a linear feel, this blade has possibly the most gears I've ever felt on a blade. The soft Ayous outer really tames the speed on passive strokes, so it feels much slower than what it really is, but as you start to accelerate, the springiness of the Spruce comes in. Then you have the kick from the fiber. Normally, on a 3+2 that's about it, but this blade is thinner, and thus more flexible, so you also get some of that inner fiber kick as well. But... This blade also has an Ayous core, which is denser than the Kiri (normally) used on 3+2 blades, so you also have that extra effect. Honestly, it's a surprising composition and I don't know why I didn't think about it before.
Available FS.
- Ayous / Spruce / A-C / Ayous core / A-C / Spruce / Ayous
- 90.1g
- 6.2mm
- 159x149.5mm
- FL (25.7-22.8x100mm)
- Balance: 3.7cm (High)
This is a blade that suffers from personally problems. It behaves like a inner 5+2, but it feels and sounds like a 3+2. The structure in this blade is a bit different than usual, the second layer (medial) has the grain oriented vertically, not horizontally like we normally do, and it's also slightly harder than the outer layer. It's like the outer and medial are one, which would make it a 3+2 and explain the characteristic sound and feel. However, it does not have a linear feel, this blade has possibly the most gears I've ever felt on a blade. The soft Ayous outer really tames the speed on passive strokes, so it feels much slower than what it really is, but as you start to accelerate, the springiness of the Spruce comes in. Then you have the kick from the fiber. Normally, on a 3+2 that's about it, but this blade is thinner, and thus more flexible, so you also get some of that inner fiber kick as well. But... This blade also has an Ayous core, which is denser than the Kiri (normally) used on 3+2 blades, so you also have that extra effect. Honestly, it's a surprising composition and I don't know why I didn't think about it before.
Available FS.
- Ayous / Spruce / A-C / Ayous core / A-C / Spruce / Ayous
- 90.1g
- 6.2mm
- 159x149.5mm
- FL (25.7-22.8x100mm)
- Balance: 3.7cm (High)
