Thank you 4 Korbel advices.

Thank you for all of you who commented and gave me advices on my post a little while back about choosing an all wood blade.

I ended up with the Petr Korbel blade because the Samsonov Alpha got a sudden 60% price increase and the Stiga that were available were all WRBs (I would have gotten the Clipper Wood if they had the non WRB over the Korbel).

Based on previous comments, advices, and reading on the forum I decided to put Sriver and Sriver EL on the Korbel. A quite slow setup but one recommended to learn the proper strokes.

Here are my finding after using the Korbel for a week (4x play, 2-3 hours each time):

Comparing with my previous setup: DHS H-WL with Tokyo 2 and Tokyo/Cermet, the Korbel + Sriver-Sriver EL is certainly much slower but also a little lighter setup with more control. I could feel more of the ball and I could feel more of how I did wrong with my strokes. My serves have less spin but instead of having spinnier serves, I now have more playable (in-table) serves. FH loops also slower and less spin but more percentage of getting in. BH flip/smash is much slower, but I found that when I execute it properly, it still kills despite it being much slower. Before using the H-WL, I was using the Wavestone a/c blade. It's even faster setup. The kill I made with it is so satisfying, but that was if I actually managed to land the ball on the table. Hahaha...

So, I concluded that using the slower setup helps me to improve my game (ball placement) and also strokes (instead of depending on the fast/spinny rubbers with small strokes I'm going to have to execute strokes more properly to produce power and spin). Awhile back I tried slower setup with the H-WL with Mark V AD FH and Sriver EL BH, but I feel that the Korbel Sriver/Sriver EL plays a little better than that. Maybe has something to do with the blade-rubbers combination or that I've played better since I last tried the H-WL + Mark V AD + Sriver EL setup.

Anyway, here's my initial thought about the new Korbel setup.
I would like to thank all of you who have commented and gave me advices on using all wood/slower/classic-standard setup instead of getting carbon blade/fast setup.

Cheers!

I agree with Peter C that P Korbel is not slow at all. I use Inspirit Quattro 2.0 on my fh. I play no more than 5 feet from the table. I still feel I have plenty of power to loop or smash.

a fantastic blade, after you've improved your strokes you can always switch to a faster rubber. I really like the donic f1 I use now on it. (It's not too fast for the short game either.)

If you have Sriver L on one side and Sriver EL on the other, then the next time you play; try using both rubbers on each wing, to see how they feel.

You'll know by the end of a 2-3 hour session which way round the bat feels more comfortable.

Sriver L has a harder sponge than Sriver EL, being slightly faster, but no so spinny and it does loop well with speed and spin.

Sriver EL has better control and can generate more spin on slow loops.

The softer sponge of Sriver EL is better suited for backhand chopping IMO. I also think it makes an excellent backhand rubber.

My inclination would be Sriver L forehand and Sriver EL backhand, however I have noticed more than one player preferring it the other way around.

The good thing is both rubbers will work well on both wings of the Korbel.

Regarding Bryce Speed FX, I would suggest you leave that at the moment to refine your technique further, as it has a lower throw than Sriver and requires good technique to master and handle it.

Bryce Speed Fx is said to emulate glued up Bryce FX which is great fun to play with and a great looping rubber, however it is harder to master the short game than Sriver, if you lack good touch already.

It would be a good choice on the forehand of a Korbel and worth trying, after you have developed a consistent forehand loop through good technique. Your loops will be faster than with Sriver and you'll also need to toss the ball higher on serves to get more spin.

Again Bryce is a good choice on a Korbel like Sriver.

Good luck whichever options you try and let us know how you get on.

same here. eba tried it glued. like hard out?

If you wet glue sriver EL on kordbel, then it turns out to be really dast and has lots of sound. in korea, htey glue al rubbers hard-out. like 3 layers 3 times a day. i used one of their rackets and man.........it was fast. i felt like byce glued up and way more tackier. oh, do you no wat wet glueing is?