VIOLIN/EXPERT-H/WOLFEED/Speed90Reverse/LaserCarbon

I'm considering a j-pen RBH setup. Please comment if you have experience with any of these!

For double sided unmodified setup...
- J-Speed 90 Reverse, 8000yen
- Nittaku VIOLIN P-H or R-H, 12000yen
- Nittaku WOLFEED P-H or R-H, (not on iruiru english site)
- Nittaku EXPERT-H, 6240yen
- kokutaku LASER CARBON PRECIOUS ROTARY, 8000yen

To be modified...
- Butterfly CYPRESS-S, 8000yen
- Butterfly SENKOH SUPER 95-S, 4000yen
- Nittaku RORIN, 9600yen
- Nittaku AA, 8000yen
- Nittaku RUSSELFOR9.2, 4480 yen
- Kokutaku SUPER CHO-TOKUSEN BISHU No.1D100, 9600yen
- TSP DYNAM, 8000yen

(price info from iruiru)

My play style: Quick attack, 80% close to table, 20% mid distance looping. Don't twiddle.
Preference for new setup: extra light (aim for total weight to be under 150g). Chinese tacky rubber on FH. Powerful light weight jap/euro rubber on BH. Mid to hard rubber.

I'm a single side j-pen user for my past 2 setups with mid to hard overall feel... now want a second rubber for RBH.

 Hi, charlesj!

I didnt take note of names when buying blades last time until recently. One was a Nittaku multi ply and another was a thousand year wood TSP special edition single ply blade.

For RBH, my consistency is still not there and especially I don't have a good double sided blade to practice on it. Also, it's sometimes torturing to concentrate in the mind of when to use the back rubber in certain position and angle. It is especially true when the ball comes to the center of your hand, this makes RBH style having the same weakness as shakehand.

More sanding has to be done on Darker blades to get the comfort hold and flexibility, but it is still ok.
Is the darker reversible blade nice to hold? I don't twiddle...so I wonder if the handle would be weird. Weight of the setup would be the main concern and is the 8.5mm powerful enough for my style of close table play? Anyone knows the weight of the darker J-Speed 90 Reverse?

Or should I just get a normal j-pen and modify it for 2 rubbers so that if in case I don't like the weight and RBH setup... I just have to remove the rubber.

I noticed Nittaku EXPERT-H is around 70g!!!!! thats light!... but it's a carbon blade

those reversible blades are really tempting!

It seems that the reversible Violin has more or less the same (light) weight. My Violin J-RH weighs 72 grams too.

how about using short pimples with thin sponge on the backhand...
this would reduce the weight

How about Rorin 10mm???Anybody please give the comment

fattchoi wrote: charlesj wrote: how about using short pimples with thin sponge on the backhand... this would reduce the weight   Yes it would. And if you also look for lighter rubber for the FH, then it would make the whole blade that much lighter.   Cheers.

charlesj wrote: ... another was a thousand year wood TSP special edition single ply blade.

1000 yr old wood??!?!?!?!!?! got a pic to share?

i wonder how they got hold of the wood in the first place 

Hi fattchoi,

sigh... no, not yet. still undecided and have to think through my play style, pros and cons.

If I were to go for RBH... I will definitely go for a very light setup. All the 5 reversible blades look tempting!
I think speed90 reversible is the only singly ply hinoki in the above reversible blade list and it is 8.5mm... the thickest.

1 question: is it possible to change the bottom reversible cork to the normal one? because I don't do twiddling.

Modifying 9-10mm blades to RBH setup seem "dangerous" to me... & it may be too thick for 2 sided setup.

The main reason for me to consider RBH is that I want to do more loops with my backhand. I have strong backhand push and blocks, but they are not as offensive as loops. Also, I can adjust the position that I stand to cater for my weak forehand defense and foot work. Normally single rubber players have this weakness... and u will see have running like monkeys trying to get to the ball. Wang Hao has much better backhand than Ma Lin and their positioning is also different. I prefer Wang Hao's positioning.

guys, tell me the cons of the above blades if u have experienced them