Petr korbel blade Made in Japan?

Kupus wrote: I think that its 70% in our minds and 30% eqipement isue, because i dont belive that same eqipement can be so much different one from another! Yes there can be a weight diferences, finish quality and over all look, but that affects only our mind cos you can adopt to anithyng!and in this case its minorr adaption. Iv tried a lot of blades, different brands and i can say that you have to find what blade rubber type suits you best. But im not counting out that if you are unlucky you can get your hands on some realy crapy blade or rubbers and thats what we should avoid if can. But some times manufacturers are not making it easy for us; so much different stuff and to ad they are made here or there, for this country or that country and that is something that great brand shouldnt do! But hey thats us, dammaged people from planet earth:)

sunflex wrote:   lol you can get sriver the cheapest on iruiru so that means iruiru sriver is the lowest quality. My retailer sells sriver almost twice the price of iruiru so that means almost double better quality?   WTF SERIOUS YOU'RE CRAZY

Kupus I wish you good luck during your tournament.
As for the issue regarding the origin of the products and Korbel blade in particular.
I had a Chinese Korbel from Dandoy and a Japanese (with serial number) from iruiru. Both played the same and the quality was almost the same. The japanese had the metal butterfly logo and the serial number on the blade surface.
The question is , why somebody not to buy the original (Japan made) while the price is the same or even cheaper .
As for iruiru and some claims for its butterfly products I'd like to say.
I buy butterfly staff only from Iruiru because only there I'm sure that they are made in Japan. Iruiru doesn't have non-japanese butterfly products. Don't you find strange that iruiru(Japan Company) doesn't sell some famous butterfly(Japan company) blades? Balsa Carbo X5 and Gergely aren't there although they are extremely famous. Some weeks ago I had an interesting discussion with some guys who visit all he time official European tournaments.  They told me some things regarding the Table Tennis companies and their products. We were talking for hours ,I don't want to fatigue you. Balsa Carbo X5 and Gergely are not made in Japan although on Gergely the "made in Japan" is printed on the surface. Gergely is made mainly in Russia. Gergely 21 is made in Japan and the quality is almost the same with the russian gergely.

if i were to buy this:

http://butterflyonline.com/online_store_productcloseup.asp?page=shakehand_blade1.asp&type=1&ID=23&pg=8&SortBy=&displayNum=5

which version would i get?

I've ever bought a Petr Kobel made in Japan with metal logo and serial number but found out it was warped. So be careful to check before you use it.

spin_attack wrote: Looking beautiful as ever...congrats on the blades. I got mine a few days back and haven't played wih it yet, but I was really disappointed with the handle size handle is so small and thin I was in shock. This will really take getting used to. Anyways, my handle says it's made in Japan, does that mean it's made there ? I ordered from mega spin. Happy playing guys.

You are replying to an 8 yrs old thread

spin_attack wrote: Looking beautiful as ever...congrats on the blades. I got mine a few days back and haven't played wih it yet, but I was really disappointed with the handle size handle is so small and thin I was in shock. This will really take getting used to. Anyways, my handle says it's made in Japan, does that mean it's made there ? I ordered from mega spin. Happy playing guys.

Elder handles of Korbel made in Japan were big, but today's production ...I will miss comments.
Even ST handles are not enough comfy, no matter the wood as playing skills is not so bad.
But for this price BTY definitely must offer more...

Thanks guys....happy playing :)