Wich blade to go?

doraemon wrote: Piri, if you don't find anything wrong with Maze, why don't you just buy another Maze?  Unless you get bored with it and want to try something new.

I was missing feeling, and I though it was to hard. People where telling me that acoustic will give this to me, without loosing a lot of speed (which I hope I will gain some with the Tenergy 64)

Now, from what I read in BTY's description, they said that Koto is harder than Limba.  I had this impression for quite some time and always thought that Limba (being softer) will have more dwell time compared to Koto.

However, when I tried different blade with Koto as outer ply, I actually feel that Koto is softer compared to Limba.  I thought that I was wrong, but I read in few threads, some forum members who know a lot about woods and also have constructed blade on their own, said that Limba is actually harder than Koto (from their mechanical property).  However, combined with other woods such as Ayous and Spruce, the combination can give different feel.  For example, BTY Kong Ling Hui (all-wood, 5 ply) has koto outer ply but it feels soft (my personal experience).  Avalox P-500 with Koto, is said to be softer than BT555 with Limba (reading from threads).

Once I tried bouncing ball on TBS and Maze, and found that TBS (koto) felt softer compared to Maze (limba). Probably, somebody else with more knowledge can explain better.

i see timo boll spirit is 5w/2a/c and timo boll alc is 3w/2a/c ... is there much difference in the construction of these blades? i see the scores on butterfly website are minimalistically better for the ALC, but maybe this is just to justify it costing twice as much?

ole77 wrote: jphillips348 wrote: i see timo boll spirit is 5w/2a/c and timo boll alc is 3w/2a/c Don't know where you got this info - but it's wrong. Both are exactly the same: 5w/2ac. The only difference maybe (!!!) that the ALC's center ply might be 0,2 mm thicker - but this may even vary from blade to blade!

accidental double post, sry :D

ole77 wrote: Piri wrote: doraemon wrote: Piri, if you don't find anything wrong with Maze, why don't you just buy another Maze?  Unless you get bored with it and want to try something new. I was missing feeling, and I though it was to hard. People where telling me that acoustic will give this to me, without loosing a lot of speed (which I hope I will gain some with the Tenergy 64) Then get an Acoustic and stay with T05. T64 will not give you significantly more power away from the table but somewhat less spin. At least this is my estimation/experience of this combo.

But it will give me more speed right? or at least butterfly rates t64 faster than t05

Piri wrote: ole77 wrote: Acoustic is absolutely ok with T05 and T64. A little less power from middistance than your Maze but much more feeling for the ball - would be a good decision. ALC is exactly the same blade as Timo Boll spirit which is almost similar to your Maze (Koto instead of Limba outer ply). For more power from middistance (with a little less control then your Maze) Avalox Ma Wenge Carbon and Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon work really nice with the Tenergys. The best buy (considering performance, price and your demand for middistance power) maybe the Ma Lin Carbon. If you go with the Acoustic be sure to  use the ST handle - FL is ridiculously thin. Is koto softer than Limba?

Doesn't Acoustic have an anatomic handle?

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