Penhold

I currently use Fenghun3 (Faster 3), it's very fast and spinny, easy to produce low arc speed loops.  This rubber is more for quick attacks and mechanically induced loops.  I used to play with tacky rubber and graze loop, so I'm still not completely used to this rubber, it was definitely a positive surprise how fast and forward my loops got.  I might stick with this rubber to play with a faster style or go back to graze spin loop style, either way this rubber is a very powerful, fast and spinny.

i really don't ask a lot for my forehand rubber. i used hurricane 3 (comm., nat./prov.) and i really didn't like it for some reason. i think hurricane 3 seems somewhat risky for me to use, so i always get this mixed feeling. i think globe 999 suits me well because i am power looper with wide/big swings, so i am looking for more control in my shots. i also use dhs sponge just to add a little bit of speed.

Sigma? I've never heard of it before, any insights?

I dont play with pen anymore, but before I used H3 with a few good layers of glue

i use byrce or sriverl

bryce hard sponge.i can't use chinese rubbers on my j pens they totally mess me up.i like them on my shakehand blades though.

tony7190 wrote: so no one uses traditional short pips anymore? haha I have either 802-40 or Dragonow

as i  said i use 889-2, its like 802-40 but with a softer sponge.

sorry mardim i didn't your post.  Very cool! traditional penhold style rules!

for forehand i am bit biased to short pips that are spinny. it does not need to be that fast. I am basing this on liu guoliang who used spinpips before it was banned and it was not the fastest around but if you see him play he used it with power and precision. its his technique and not the rubber(maybe the wood hehehe)

for inverted it depends on your stroke. high throw or low throw? if you can close your blade angle low enough for the traditional block then high throw rubbers are the way to go. if not then use low throw rubbers.

for me the best would be a light low throw rubber with lots of spin for services and the open angle loop.

Oh, this is mostly for fun. I daresay we won't be learning much from this thread until after a long, long discussion.

It felt unwieldy playing J-pen, mid-distance play was nice but that style just isn't viable anymore.

i've tried many rubbers before and i think 999 would be a suitable rubber for most penholders.  This rubber does not pack a lot of speed, but has all the gears you want to play a consistent game.  i've been playing with it for almost 3 years ever since i switched from the other brands  i've used before. 

I have tried many rubbers (stiga, butterfly, andro, donic, yasaka, avalox, globe, DHS, Friendship, Dawei, nittaku, juic, palio, etc)

I vote Hurricane 3, Im japan penhold using nittaku rorin 9mm with Hurricane 3 provicial...  

when i used cpen i though one of the best rubbers i liked on fh was h3, absolutely awesome for blocking, short balls, serves, and loopdrives (esp against bottomspin). it lacked when it got into a rally stage, but for the first few balls, its pure bliss. another i really liked was 999/cannon, similar to h3 in some perspectives i guess, but much better for loops and rally, and not as great for serves, shortballs, and bh blocks.