Why single-ply Hinoki blade is so special?

skip3119 wrote: If there is a limit on the total thickness of the paddle, with 1-ply Hinoki blade being 9 to 10 mm thick, one has to be careful to choose rubber/sponge's thickness in order to stay within the limit.

To my knowledge, there is no such limit. Your blade can be as thick or big as you like, however, making it to big might become a problem as most rubbers sheets aren't that much bigger then a "regular" paddle.

Speedplay wrote: skip3119 wrote: If there is a limit on the total thickness of the paddle, with 1-ply Hinoki blade being 9 to 10 mm thick, one has to be careful to choose rubber/sponge's thickness in order to stay within the limit. To my knowledge, there is no such limit. Your blade can be as thick or big as you like, however, making it to big might become a problem as most rubbers sheets aren't that much bigger then a "regular" paddle.

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Edited by skip3119 - 03/20/2013 at 9:56pm

I am currently experimenting the Xiom Axelo because I am out of a shoulder injury and I want to put the ball away without going 100%. It looks like I do best with it killing or gently redirecting with in mind a kill next shot; nothing in between. The pushing game is of course awful. I place the 1-ply hinoki blades in the same category no matter the grip: we kill the ball or we redirect it; above all we avoid pushes. 1-ply fast soft blades will work that way but that's not necessarily the way a player learnt to play starting with a sh/5ply all wood grip. It's all about balance (her again! ) between what's best to do with the blade we choose and what's the best blade for what we really want to do. 

skip3119 wrote: You may very well be right.  I saw some videos (ITTF sanctioned events), the umpires were using some kind of gadget to measure player's paddle's thickness.  (Many of you must have seen that also.)   *** So they measure the paddle's thickness, but they can not reject the paddle from the measurement.

The gadget they use is to measure the rubbers thickness and to see that the surface is flat/even.

TT newbie wrote: dual700 wrote: TT newbie wrote: I couldn´t agree more. I have a Speed 90 shakehand and it is very fun to play, very fast and soft. But for some reason I can´t win with it. When I go back to carbon blade, or even to slower Hurricane Hao, my results improve a lot.  I would compare single-ply shakehand blades to the Mini Coopers. There´s no car that brings more fun to drive but you can´t win any race with it. Ummm, tell that to Ryu Seung Min, Kim Taek Soo, and many more 1 ply Jpens champs? You should learn to read. I´m talking about single-ply shakehand blades.

 Notice I SAID JPENS champs as opposed to your comment about shakehand and the icon. Stop being so serious.

Too much tension in this thread, here's some Kokutaku Jpens for your viewing pleasure 

thanks tiehwen, ya in and out of hibernation.