Well, I've been digging. I didn't find all my old equipment, but well...
So first, an allround frame I used when very young, labeled "Tibor". It has a 35+ year old purple Friendship rubber that is still quite tacky, and the classic Sriver.
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Then, also 30+ years, "Carbon-hit the master series". I don't recall quite where that came from, vaguely recall it was imported (smuggled, probably) from Czechoslovakia early eighties by a table tennis store owner with Czech connections. There's a new Friendship 729 Super FX on it, I tried this for a while when I returned to the game after a long hiatus. This frame is quite heavy, has very little dwell and is a speed monster. Together with the (hard!) 729 I could kill anything, but didn't really help me redevelop touch.
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So I replaced it with a Stiga Allround frame and Mark V. My first frame was a Stiga "Stellan Bengtsson" Offensive frame, I felt the need to get back in touch.
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After a while, it still didn't feel right though. I did redevelop my spins, but blocks, flat hits and touch games became messy and I lacked power when away from the table. So when a friend slid me a used slice of Tenergy 05 I slapped that onto an OCC and played very happily with that for a while:
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After a few months of playing the T05 started deadening, so I needed a replacement. My game had developed properly by then, with no real structural weaknesses, except maybe the less than absolute control in the short game and on passive service receives. So I got something close, but tamer and with much more control. Keeping my existing stuff as an emergency backup, I got me a Treiber K frame with Rasant Grip and I think I'll be sticking to that in the foreseeable future.
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