Darker Speed 90 Blade Review

November 22, 2009

It is hard to make someone understand why Kiso Hinoki blades are special. Someone has to use one to experience it. Well, the price is high for such blades. Still, it is like heaven’s experience when using a Hinoki blade. The single ply Kiso Hinoki blades are being used by Japanese Penhold players. Kim Taok [...]

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Stiga Carbo 7.6 with XIOM Zeta Asian 2.0 mm rubbers

November 21, 2009

Here are some pictures of Stiga Carbo 7.6 blade with XIOM Zeta Asian 2.0 mm rubbers:

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TSP Choose Blade/Bat with XIOM Zeta Asian 2.0mm rubbers

November 20, 2009

TSP Choose Blade/Bat with XIOM Zeta Asian 2.0mm rubbers on both sides:

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TTMaster Selection OX (No Sponge) Long Pips Review

November 19, 2009

The brand that takes credit for friction long pips close to frictionless pips behavior is TTMaster, a brand from Switzerland. Just two weeks ago, TTMaster has come up with TTMaster Selection, a new long pips rubber. I have written reviews of TTMaster Fireproof, Fireproof II and Punto in my previous blogs. Please read those reviews [...]

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Joo Se Hyuk Equipment (Blade + Rubbers)

November 18, 2009

Here are some pictures of the equipment of Joo Se Hyuk, the Korean Chopper.

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TSP Racket Coat

November 17, 2009

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TSP Summit Chinese Tacky Rubber Review

November 15, 2009

I’m not an anti-Chinese rubber activist. What disappointed me much with Chinese rubbers is it’s quality. I take a new Chinese rubber often to test. A lot of Chinese rubbers has disappointed me except few rubbers like DHS Hurricane II and Hurricane III. I have to admit that the Chinese rubbers fit certain players but [...]

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Weights of XIOM Shakehand and Chinese Penhold blades

November 14, 2009

In our lab, we recently did a research of comparing the weights of XIOM shakehand and Chinese Penhold blades. We took 5 samples of each model. The weights below show what the weight scale has shown us.
XIOM Stradivarius
XIOM Stradivarius Shakehand Straight : 84 gm
XIOM Stradivarius Shakehand Flared : 84 gm
XIOM Stradivarius Chinese Penhold : 84 [...]

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Maintaining the tacky rubbers

November 12, 2009

The tacky rubbers are hard to maintain. The tacky rubbers, also called sticky rubbers absorb dust particles faster than grippy or non-tacky rubbers. A good example of tacky rubber is TSP Summit. This is a very tacky rubber I have used in a long time. Although XIOM ZETA is a rubber having the same feeling, [...]

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Weights of some new generation rubbers

November 11, 2009

For the players who are concerned about the weight of rubbers, here is a list I have made. This is the weight of the rubber before cutting - new and just removed from the package. The size of the rubbers differs - some little smaller or large than the other one. The same brand, same [...]

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