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charlesj: I don't believe you are going round the right way to decide on a blade. The matter is further complicated because you are not even decided yet on whether you want to rpb or not. But I will say this to help you out. If you don't twiddle, I would forget about those double sided blades such as JSpeed 90 Reversible, Violin PH, etc because I don't find them playing nicer compared to those blades that I converted to rpb. So really, if you don't twiddle, then just buy a good blade first and play first without conversion. After playing a while and if you find you prefer to rpb, then only convert that blade. At least by then, the blade would be older and you would not mind so much to convert it.
 
I suppose your next question is which one of those JPen to buy? Again, everyone is different. But if I were to buy repeat orders from those that I already have, I would definitely buy either the Kokutaku Id100 for 2 sided or Nittaku Cho Tokusen A for 2 sided or Nittaku Rorin 10.5mm for one sided. I hope this helps. Now go and get yourself a blade and start playingBig%20smile
 
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nittaku Rorin is awesome. theses look as if u r going to buy them at iruiru. ask them for the 10mm. its hard to find, mayber 10 usd more expensive, but a much more worth while buy.
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how different is the rorin from the nittaku AAA?
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ok... I have decided to go for a double sided setup.
and I have narrowed down my list....

- J-Speed 90 Reverse, 8000yen
- Nittaku VIOLIN P-H or R-H, 12000yen
- Nittaku WOLFEED P-H or R-H, (not on iruiru english site)
- Nittaku EXPERT-H, 6240yen
- kokutaku LASER CARBON PRECIOUS ROTARY, 8000yen
- Butterfly CYPRESS-S, 8000yen
- Butterfly SENKOH SUPER 95-S, 4000yen
- Nittaku RORIN, 9600yen
- Nittaku AA, 8000yen
- Nittaku RUSSELFOR9.2, 4480 yen
- Kokutaku SUPER CHO-TOKUSEN BISHU No.1D100, 9600yen
- TSP DYNAM, 8000yen

I suspect thinner blades are better candidates for RBH setup...
what do u think?
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Are there other place besides iruiru for the good price and quality?
I saw someone bought a violin reversible for only 10,000yen... I wonder where the person bought that!

Originally posted by korearulz korearulz wrote:

look as if u r going to buy them at iruiru
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speed90 is thicker...8.5mm - I wonder if it is too thick.
Expert-h and WOLFEED P-H are thin and light... but nittaku rate their speed as lower than violin...

Violin is quite costly... I wonder if it is really worth the high value.

kokutaku LASER CARBON PRECIOUS ROTARY is another one....

seems that the above are the top reversible choices
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could anyone compare the followings?....

- J-Speed 90 Reverse
- Nittaku VIOLIN P-H or R-H
- Nittaku WOLFEED P-H or R-H
- Nittaku EXPERT-H,
- kokutaku LASER CARBON PRECIOUS ROTARY


in terms of wood hardness, speed, weight, thickness, comfort of grip and suitability for RBH...

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anyone?

- J-Speed 90 Reverse, 8000yen
- Nittaku VIOLIN P-H or R-H, 12000yen
- Nittaku WOLFEED P-H or R-H, (not on iruiru english site)
- Nittaku EXPERT-H, 6240yen
- kokutaku LASER CARBON PRECIOUS ROTARY, 8000yen

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Looks like this is the only Nittaku WOLFEED R-H
review online.... after some search


Originally posted by charlesj charlesj wrote:

saw this blog about violin
http://com.martinspin.ch/profiles/blog/show?id=643851%3ABlogPost%3A3421
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I'm sure there're violin and speed90reverse around...

Do hope to get a review and comparison between these two!


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The speed90 reverse is no good for RPB. The unnecessary amount of cork is annoying. The thickness inhibits what you can do with the ball. You're better off with the Violin Jpen. Just remove the back cork and with two rubbers on the balance will be just about right. You can tweak around with lead as well until it swings just right.
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Originally posted by TT_Freak TT_Freak wrote:

The speed90 reverse is no good for RPB. The unnecessary amount of cork is annoying. The thickness inhibits what you can do with the ball. You're better off with the Violin Jpen. Just remove the back cork and with two rubbers on the balance will be just about right. You can tweak around with lead as well until it swings just right.


Hi TT_Freak,

Nice info!

From your signature, are u using Violin c-pen or j-pen?

Yes I'm thinking speed90 reverse 8.5mm is a little too thick.
Expert H is 6.6mm... the others in my list are all under 6mm.

Some questions since u are a violin user:

- Is violin hard or soft feel?

- How is the speed of it? I saw quite a number of unsatisfactory reviews about Violin about it's speed (It is rated by Nittaku as one of the fastest blade.... BUT some find it to be slower than blades which speed are rated lower)

- remove the back cork.....
Emmmm.... do u replace it with a normal j-pen back cork, remove it completely or shave off part of it? By removing it, I believe it will change it's balance that Nittaku designed. Nittaku must have considered the weight of the back cork into the whole design for 2 rubbers setup. That should be the case for other reversible blades.
And how do you remove the back cork? By cutting it with a pen knife? a saw or something? Sorry, I'm not experienced in this..

- two rubbers on the balance.....
Do u mean that both rubbers are cut to the same length... or the back rubber to cover to almost the cork area so that the blade won't be head heavy.

- tweak around with lead...
could u elaborate on this?

Thanks for sharing!!!

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Hi TT_freak,

and I saw that you are using this combi
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What's the weight of your blade and also the overall weight?
How's F1 and Actor?
I may be considering actor as my back rubber if it is light and powerful enough.
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Is there a butterfly reversible blade?
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My whole bat weights 200g. For the past few months I've been experimenting with lead weights place in strategic positions on the bat to modify the balance and swing weight. A heavier bat deforms the ball more to create more spin, lets you get away with less racquet head speed once you're away from the table, has a bigger sweetspot and is much better for defensive shots.

Moreover, by changing the position of the lead you can change the properties of the racquet (namely how fast the blade swings and how much spin the bat can produce). There are two different ways of weighting your bat. A polarised setup has a large amount of weight at the extremities of the major axis. A depolarised setup has most of the weight on the minor axis in the middle of the bat. My bat is highly polarised to increase the swing weight and the bat's ability to deflect at contact. In other words I can hit harder with more spin. A depolarised bat will be heavier but swing lighter and produce less spin as it tends to deflect less.

Every bat can be as fast as you want depending on how much you can handle the increase in weight. My fastest ever blade weighted 130g and was a 7ply wood.

You tweak the weight to achieve the right balance. Lets say your backhand rubber is significantly lighter than your forehand rubber. It will swing slower on your backhand and faster on your forehand. That is a result of a destabilised centre of mass. You'll want to stick the lead more on the backhand side to shift the centre of mass back to centerline.

As for the Violin, its a old school blade. Don't expect it to be fast unmodified. But the feel is fantastic if you're used to those sort of blades in the first place. You can modify the cork to your liking. But personally I don't like the feel of cork at all and would rather rip out most of the cork.
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TT_Freak,

Are you using Violin j-pen or c-pen? Violin should be rather light... so how come your overall setup ended up with 200g?!?!
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found!

Butterfly Paradox-R

http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.liberott.com%2Ftype6%2Fitem%2Fshowitem.php%3Fcar%3D63%26cate_no%3D63%26item_no%3D519%26cha%3D&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=ko&tl=en

It's an Arylate-Carbon.

Anyway, I think Arylate-Carbon should be same as Nittaku G-Carbon.

But I think this type of glass fibre carbon blades should be weaker than just carbon blades.

What do you think? I just got a chance to bounce a ball on the blade itself. Rather not so bouncy! Only a few bounce and the ball would come to a nice rest. Looks like a lot of vibration and power is absorbed into the blade.


Originally posted by charlesj charlesj wrote:

Is there a butterfly reversible blade?
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