blade design in Nexy!! - SPEAR - testers Selected

 

Hope you all have some fun with your outfits and write some quality reviews to include the good, the bad and the ugly. Hope you all have better photo equipment (Like Silver does) and better photo skillz than I got (or don't got LOL).

Like I mentioned in the best reviewer topic, maybe we should use 1 template, then give numbers allong with our comments about certain points.

Example:
Speed: 7

I thought this blade was quite fast compared to an Allwood blade like "insert name" etc,etc.

 

Id also suggest we all use a similiar rubber, or 3 use Rubber A and 3 Use rubber B. So the reviews are comparable.

I will also add a video + photos

 

ps. could u provide me a link to the reviews? My search function keeps crashing.

To all reviewers, plz add me on msn: [email protected] , we could discuss things.

I will be reviewing the blade using Tenergy05, Tenergy64 and maybe H3 Neo on FH. Tenergy64 and SriverFX on BH.

If anyone will use any of these rubbers aswell please let me know so we can deliver eachother comments/tips.

I'll keep you posted :

By null at 2010-06-25

Played 1 hour with it and of course much too short for any valid statement. All I can say is that I immediately liked it very much except the ST handle which is too "flat" for my taste.

Speed is in beetwen Korbel and dexter (faster than korbel, slower than dexter). Much faster than color...It's a clear OFF ! About same as 92gr acoustic...

I dressed it with Xtend HS max (42° german tensor) and tenergy 64 2.1mm. No surprise for me, I felt at ease with xtend and not with tenergy. I don't like tenergy on limba, I fancy it on hinoki or koto. That said xtend max was just splendid match with that blade.

The blade is perfect balanced to my taste. Not head, not handle, just centered balanced. It's a two geared blade.

Control is far above average. Not too stiff, not too flex, just nice. I could do all easily. Blocks and loops.

Will need some further testing, unfortunatelly, we are reaching summer closer and my gym won't open back before mid august so I leave it to you guys.

In short I like it A LOT (for a first test). M. Nexy, one more time, great job  !

 

Maybe I misexplained myself. I agree Spear is slower than TBS but my Xtends max are faster than outlaw max . Let's say, on a speed/scale of 20 (Primorac/schlager carbon, MC1 beeing 19,5) , Mazunov 19,   Dexter=TBS=Maze at 17.5, Oscar 17,  Spear would be 16.5, korbel 16 and Color 15.0.

 

This gives me an idea. Why not creating a poll where all mytt members could rate there blade's speed on such 1-20 scale. We agree off+ would be from 18 to 20, Off from 16 to 18, Off- 14-16, all 12-14, all- 10-12 and so on...But that's a another topic...

 

Back to Spear, I was testing the blade with our king of EJ's, NDC666, who also found it very good. When I quickly mentioned 2 gears, that was about a gentle trampoline effect when looping, but still stiff enough for blocking and hitting. Designing such multi-purpose blade is a very complicated achievement. It's a matter of balance. I believe it is much more difficult than creating a speed demon or a "pillow". If it is properly advertised and distributed, this blade will be a sales hit. Maybe the price of 60usd might create a problem. It's in between cheap and expensive. Customers could be confused about the product. I don't know if it could be reduced to 50usd, but if so, this blade will have no rival in its category.