I get the feeling that pros using carbon blades in great numbers is a new thing since about 5 years ago. Maybe it was the Schlager effect or they upped the blade speed to compensate for the absence of speedglue.
Before then, they tended to use allround or OFF- 5-ply blades.
Again it's only an impression not backed up by anything objective.
I also think the technology that has come in with those blades that have substances like Arylate with the carbon which add a lot of dwell time and control but you still get the speed of Carbon have something to do with this as well. It is true, right now there are more players using Carbon than ever before. And I do think those substances help make the Carbon blades play a lot better. I would use a Timo Boll ALC (I like it more than the TBS but I would use TBS as well). But I prefer a blade where you can feel the ball a little better than with those blades.
Right now I am using TB ZLF and I can feel the ball as well as if it was all wood.
I think this has something to do with what Der_Echte is saying too about why he likes the new school Carbon blades that have something like Arylate with the Carbon. Those blades do have the control and the dwell time. I still don't like that it is harder to feel the ball with them. But they work. I know, for me, feelign is more important than anything else from a blade. But not everyone is in that boat. I know pros who play with a TB ALC who use my blade and then their blade and have trouble telling what the difference is. Whereas, when I use them, I can tell instantly.
But, I think everyone can have their own preferences.
And Der_Echte, I think, if playing with a blade that gets you to keep control and keep the ball on the table for longer because you have less power to put the points away, makes you play better when you go back to a faster blade where you have the extra pop, that sounds like a good training technique. It probably made your stroke more efficient so you could get more power from less effort as well, which would still translate into more power when you go back to the faster blade.
But, when someone has technique that is good enough to use a Carbon blade, and they like them, I think that is fine. I just know I like the feel of wood.
By the way Der_Echte, have you tried any of these blades: Stiga Clipper, Stiga Rosewood XO, Stiga Ebenholz V or VII, or Stiga Intensity?
I think the Rosewood XO may be too light for you. I think one of the heavier Clippers or the Ebenholz VII may be really good for you. That blade is a beast. I know, you are using that new blade from Nexy which does sound pretty cool: Hinoki and Aramid/Carbon or something.
Oh Yeah, one more thing: sebas-aguirre, are you sure ML is using a composite blade? I thought he was using all wood for some reason. I don't know why I thought that though.