TSP, calling all blade owners :)

I have a few TSP Dynam blades.

nicefrog wrote: Since I consider TSP the ultimate blade company (well maybe next to Butterfly) I was wondering who has one/s and which one you have. I'm going to try and afford one TSP blade each couple of months. Soon as Irururururi get back to me I'll have the first one on the way which is a Hino-Carbon Power. Then next time will most likely be the 9 ply Hinoki Break-9 but the balsa Versal keeps eyeing me to buy it too :p http://www.tsp-yamato.com/lineup_2006/main01/cat_racket01.html

The hino-carbon series might not be so good without speed glue. I have heard of a few top-level players changing from it in preparation for the glue ban.

iruiru got back to me today and said there is no Hino Carbon Power's less than 90 grams and they average 95. The Carbon TSP I had many years ago was also about that weight so I'm not really suprised they aren't really the 83-85 gram quoted weight on TSP's web site. I'm going to order one anyway, I'll just have to grow some muscles :).

rokphish wrote: What are the Hino-Carbon Series? I know two: Power & Speed, is there other?

nicefrog wrote: iruiru got back to me today and said there is no Hino Carbon Power's less than 90 grams and they average 95.

I buy my TT stuff at 2 shops in Nagoya and 3 shops in Tokyo. There's another shop in Kobe which is also very good.

From what I've read until now about the TSP blades the best one seems to be OFFENSIVE REFLEX-SYSTEM. AWARD OFFENSIVE have good reviews at OOAKT, the balsa series x.5 are also considered good blades.
I'm looking for something ALL+, OFF- but since I don't know how much control the OFFENSIVE (REFLEX and AWARD) blades have I'm not sure if one of these will suit my style. I don't like bouncy blades, I prefer something stiff and soft.
I couldn't find any information about the ALLROUND blades, if someone tested them please share your experience.
Between the OFF AWARD and REFLEX which one has the better control?

The balsa 6.5 I use has quite alot of spring in it (from the balsa) so you wouldn't like that. You can read on the German TSP site what all the TSP sponsored players in Europe are playing with

Hino-Carbon Power...does it have balsa core?do guys know the specs?

I think the SC has a balsa core the hino-carbon does not, I'm not sure how different the other layers are. The thing for me is I had a TSP carbon blade many many years ago but I can't remember what it was called or much about it really. All I know is that it was probably the best blade I've owned and that the balsa 6.5 is also one of the best.

Here's the translation from TSP's info on the blade

I got it!!!!! :D It looks feels and sounds awesome. It's not perfect as the top plys are not perfectly level all the way to the edge of the blade (not many blades are). To be truthfull I wouldn't have passed it as a first rate blade if I built it myself and I owned TSP, but over the area of the bat I'll be using (the middle:P), they are level and just fine. I don't plan on using the edges and it does hit a ball on the blade very evenly so I'm happy with it. But for sure if I went to Japan myself and could choose it in a shop with a few to choose from I could get a better one of the same blade no problem. And perhaps depending how I play with it in competition I'll buy another one from somewhere else that I can see pictures of first just for that extra 5% consistancy and a bit lighter one.

And a couple more, in these you can see the top ply isn't prefectly even and that's something to look for if you are buying a blade like this, try and find one with even plys (this means the core must be flat during construction)

Allright :D since I didn't want to seal this blade I've polished the top ply with very fine sand paper and then actual paper. Smooth as glass and now hopefully it wont want to grab onto any sponge dring it's life, Next step, H2 Blue sponge install