Pictures of your ONE-Ply Hinoki Blade...

And this is my new darker tanpan hinoki 1-ply, which at 86gr is pretty good for my game and is the one I am using right now.









I guess the grains are not as tight as many hinoki fans would like, but the feeling is great, the weight is right and it plays sooo well... :)

Here is a few pics of my AmericanHinoki one-ply blades

Western Red Cedar 9.5 mm (WRC-9)

http://picasaweb.google.com/JimT2008/AHWRC9

Western Red Cedar 9.8 mm (WRC-10)

http://picasaweb.google.com/JimT2008/AHWRC10

Nice, Tiehwen, now I know what the tree looks like . Do you have also pictures of Japanese Hinoki ?

Only the handle is Donic, right? 

Donic Waldner Power 1 Ply Senso ST., 7.5mm, 92g. 

Butterfly Senkoh 90 ST 87g

I was once a proud owner of this if not for the handle i could still have it.

Brother tiehwen the handle is slippery and the neck is wider and i have smaller hand so i can't have a good grip of the blade. But i love using it with  my short pips.

My american hinoki blades:

Western Red Cedar (WRC-9mm):



Spanish Cedar (SC-8mm):

Originally posted by pak abu My american hinoki blades: Western Red Cedar (WRC-9mm): Spanish Cedar (SC-8mm):

Originally posted by bagung Originally posted by pak abu My american hinoki blades: Western Red Cedar (WRC-9mm): Spanish Cedar (SC-8mm): pak abu, how does the WRC and SC play...?

Hi Bagung,

Both blades are excellent for me.. WRC feels a bit soft and really has a good control. Mine is 8.8mm (measured by digital caliper), feel a bit slow to my liking but now it's my main blade. It would be really good if it has a touch more speed. Well JimT said his WRC-10mm plays almost same as Darker speed 90.

SC is a nice blade as well but its weight stops me to make it my main blade. Actually I like the characteristic of SC (7.8mm) which is more solid and the speed is just what I'm looking for. The throw angle lower than WRC and feel stiffer. SC's weight is 94g and my WRC is 86g with the same size of face. The problem is I like to play with chinese rubber on my forehand, so the weight is a problem..

Single ply hinoki is always nice to look at. Do you know what is the weight ?

Nittaku and Darker single plies are nicer to look at (generally) compared to Xiom and Butterfly. Do you notice that on some of Xiom and Butterfly single plies there are some dark brown inclusion in between the grain ? As an example you can see page two, the blade picture posted by Jpenlover.  

Edited by aeoliah - 04/24/2011 at 10:52pm

Single ply hinoki is very nice to play with, but what I do not like is the thickness. Above 7 mm is too thick for me.