Tibhar MK Carbon Blade

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Has anyone used this new carbon blade from Tibhar? I've seen many videos on the Japanese Table tennis YouTube circle yet nothing in English as of yet. It seems to be a very fast outer carbon blade. Here are some japanese videos with one featuring Kenta Matsudaira who was supposedly played a big part in developing the blade


Matsudaira talking about the blade

Tibhar MK vs Zhang Jike ALC
 
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I just ordered it and can let you know my thoughts once I get it. Supposedly, the cryptocarbon allows for maximizing feel of the blade. Who knows whether it's just marketing.
"Crytocarbon?" That sounds like marketing.

But when you get the blade, please let us know how it plays! I like Tibhar blades. I have recently been focusing on Gambler carbon blades though. I have been distracted.
 
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I have been using that blade since it was available in Germany. I am very happy about the quality. The blade fulfils my wishes. Since then I stopped trying other blades. I like it more than my previous Boll ALC. The MK Carbon has a bit more "feeling" and spin.
Agree with you here, was a viscaria user previously but I switched once i got the MK carbon. Really nice crisp feeling yet no lack of control. super blade
 
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Old thread. Any one else had the chance to try it out?

How is the balance compared to famous Butterfly models? More or less head heavy? And how are the handles?
 
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I bought this blade second hand for a really good price (80€)
I know I am late to the party, but this blade is such a gem. I am surprised its not talked about more

The handle is perfect, and the blade feels so solid! Let me explain, I tried several different Viscaria / FZD and they somehow had a strange feedback, like hollow making this "ping ping" sound. The only way to fix it was to buy pieces that were 90+g but the feeling was still not so smooth (but good overall, especially the 95g FZD I tried). Same thing happened with an Anders Lind Hexa Carbon I tried recently, kind of hollow feeling

As described by ttgearlab here https://ttgearlab.com/2024/01/12/tibhar-mk-carbon-full-review/, the mk carbon is lighter but it doesnt have that hollow feeling. My mk carbon is 86g and the feedback is fantastic. low+mid+high gears the feedback is consistent, clean, not metallic, just very pleasant to play with. I felt like the blade is slightly slower and slightly less powerful than Visc and FZD but that isnt even necessarily a bad thing for a club player like me.

I dont think there is anything super special about the mk carbon, its not like shot quality is out of this world or anything like that, but I always had trouble with koto outer alc blades because of this weird hollow and metallic feedback. The MK Carbon fixes that for me + the handle is perfect, usually I am picky with handles and with MK carbon I even forgot that I am using a new blade.

Of course I am not saying Visc / FZD are bad blades, they are fantastic, but for me the mk carbon was better. definitely recommend this blade to someone who likes HAL and is looking to upgrade to ALC

For anyone curious, I tried the MK carbon with G1 max fh and G1 2.0 bh
 
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