...Donic

i did say to answer>>>and even if your not just say

i like the Desto F2 rubber and the Coppa speed

Donic makes excellent blades. I am not too keen of the weird handles on Dotec models though.

Used to be Yasaka fan, now I enjoy Donic more. Go figure.... :)

I like Platin Soft and Carbo OFF-, this blade has a very good feeling in the short game.

IMHO, Donic makes some of the very best production ALL blades.  

I have never played with any Donics before.

Donic Blades are well built. Fit and finish is first rate and the prices charged is just hard to beat. My only problem  is the vibration I feel from the blade with those models I have used. It is not in a bad way but for me personally I am not a fan of blade vibrations, what I do like is a rubber with feeling. I like to feel the rubber not the blade. But that aside Donic blades are very good. However Donic rubbers I love with my favorite being Desto F3 Big Slam/Regular F3, Coppa Platin Soft, Coppa Speed (awesome rubber, but it takes time to break in) which I am now trying and really liking it so far. I can tell you right off the bat Coppa Speed is not for a hard blade.

I personally do prefer butterfly blades also. I do have a old schlager carbon that has splintered. A lot of EJ'ing over a number of years, quite an ugly looking blade now, but still plays great.

MaLong wrote: I've used Platin, and it's not bad. In terms of blade, I have a Carbo off-, which is no longer in production. However I feel that the quality of the blade is no where near Butterfly's blades. The top ply is hinoki, but it splintered a little on the first removal of rubber. I've never had this problem with any of my Butterfly blades.

I've never experienced that splintering problem with Donic blades.  I ALWAYS seal them with several coats of spray lacquer with light sanding between coats to get a very smooth sealed (almost furniture) finish.  I also do that with EVERY blade unless it comes factory sealed.

I used to play w/ Donic Persson Powerplay Senso V2, Opticon RS n now Waldner Carbon Senso V1. I like 3rd n 1st blades the best, PPSV2 is 7 ply but 2 me it felt like a norm. 5 ply, very nice control, power is there when u need it. For ORS, thick balsa core n super lite n there4 not quite my cuppa still nice finish n quality blade w/beautiful long flared handle, powerful n also nice control 5 ply. I reserve my praise for WSC, nice 5 ply composite blade which makes me feel like i'm playing w/all wood quite powerful blade w/superb control IMHO. Vibration? what vibration? Not as noticable as some of those Stiga's WRB and that Donic Kitex I came across. Still, Donic's ST handles IMHO, again r not as comfy, gripper n thick as Stiga's ST.

I have an ancient Dicon FL that is quite nice. I am just not sure what rubbers to use on that blade. It had Do on it which is not my style and some 755. I would love to put some proper Jap. or Euro. rubbers on it, any Donic fans out there can say which works on the Dicon?

I am personally a fan of Yasaka handles over Donic, but to be fair I only tried the Appelgren Allplay V2 and sold it almost immediately because I hated the handle and the WRB (v2). Now playing with Yasaka blades. Out of my small collection (YEO, the blade in my sig, a old Primorac OFF- (1994), and the Dicon that is pretty old too) I like the Primorac's handle the best.