C-Max Vs. KTS

The two blades bring you two different feelings, can't really explain it by words. KTS feels a bit more solid and heavy feeling and C-Max is a bit more bouncy and lighter feeling.

Yeah, me too but it's very hard to find any information on this blade... all i know that it costs almost as much as KTS so I assume that it's well made...I was interested in it, because my good old Senkoh broke in half after playing with it for 2 years and it was too slow for me in the first place so im thinking about getting something much faster

The cypress has more control and sound more solid that KTS. But the Speed never be as fast as KTS.

Do you mean RSM blade by Butterfly?  It's in the market already. I saw that in Singapore an dmy friend actually bought it.  Extreme fast and lower control compared with KTS

Yep, he is. I think it's great considering that Xiom is a korean company...Ryu should be repping his country and not japanese butterfly ;p

cypress max and kts are the same blade just marketed in different regions.The ryu blade by bfly was discountinued after he signed with xiom and yes he uses the ryu athena platinum.As for j pens i have had all of them and still have quite a collection.You must look at the blade before you buy it to detemine its quality.most blades are new growth.almost all bfly,xiom and darker are all new growth.the only blades i have seen that are consistantly old growth are kokutaku 10mm id100 but they are expensive.also where the wood is taken from the tree is important.whether it is center or farther towards the bark.note the grain on the end of the blade it should be tight very tight with a slight radius possibly switching direction.this is a center cut from an older tree.if the lines are perfectly straight but farther apart like most newer blades this is from either a farther out cut or a newer tree cause the farther out from center the less tight the grain cause the tree has a larger diameter so less radius over a given area which equals a straighter grain which most people think is better but not true.also weight is a factor newer blades with younger trees do have more water in them so you see most new jpens from 90-100+ grams as where an older blade is usually from my expereince around 83-88 grams for a 10mm blade and 75-80 for a 9mm.you will also not a little yellowing of older blades as where newer blades are whiter due to less drying time.