Traditional CPen Blade Recommendations Please

Additional pictures about the DHS blade size she is used to. 

I've never played with DHS cpens but I know they have larger headsize, something like 163x152mm. I'm currently playing with Yasaka Goiabao 5 cpen and it's really really good blade. The price is also very low, I got mine for Rs. 3800 in india which is around 40 USD. You can get it even cheaper price from some websites. The headsize is 163x149mm. For today's plastic balls and the playing style that you mentioned, it seems to fit well. Very solid blade and finishing is also very good

Try Anfro Cp in their latest developed blade. The head is modified to provide exceptional balance.

Also, what do people think about composites for cpen? I remember hearing somewhere that cpen players enjoy all wood blades but I've also read the butterfly taksim is popular and that is ALC (similar to viscaria which my friends highly recommend for chinese rubbers).

The soul of rock wrote: Certainly composite Cpens works as well as shakehand blades. But moving from a classic allwood blade to a modern and fast composite can take some time. I use the Yinhe V16 as the primary Cpen blade and I can tell the Yinhe V12-V16  are more than awesome for their prices. I would recommend to give the YEO a try, though.

@Alwin: I would certainly not recommend YEO for the playing style you mentioned, which is more hitting and not looping. The old blade that was used is a DHS pf03 which is also used by he zhi wen for short pips hitting. I own a YEO and trust me it's not for hitting. I even paired it with short pips and it's terrible, no power and the flex makes it completely unsuitable for hitting amd driving. It is a loopers blade who like to play with a lot of topspin.

My recommendation will be stiga clipper, avalox p700 or yasaka goiabao 5. I had a few hits with clipper and p700 and own a goiabao 5. Goiabao 5 is great for hitting, driving and works well with short pips. I would rate it better than clippet. It will suit one sided cpen techniques.

Alwin wrote: Also, what do people think about composites for cpen? I remember hearing somewhere that cpen players enjoy all wood blades but I've also read the butterfly taksim is popular and that is ALC (similar to viscaria which my friends highly recommend for chinese rubbers). I was thinking of maybe a cpen version of the Yinhe V14? Or do composite Cpens suit a different type of playing style? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/YInhe-Galaxy-V-14-K-4-Table-Tennis-Blade-5w-2carbokev-/282209960102 Thanks again

An excellent blade for pips is stiga carbo 7.6

Alwin wrote: ronakvyas86, thanks for the nice find! At one point I did consider a stiga rosewood but the price is too off putting (1 blade = 1.5 x my current setup) and I haven't heard many good things about cheaper clones. Would you recommend it over their more "classic" blades like YEO or YES?

Yes, definitely. Goiabao is far better than YEO. I've never used YES

Here is the link of another post where I tried to make a comparison between YEO and goiabao 5 http://www.mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=76613&PN=1#952740

Alwin wrote: Hey everyone, Essentially I'm looking at purchasing a CPen blade for my mum as a testing/backup/potential primary setup. I play shakehand so I'm not familiar with CPen blades! I'm really hoping someone out there knows a bit about penhold blades and can help - I've tried to add as much detail as I can about playing style and preferences below: She's used to an old DHS 32(?) in terms of blade size and handle thickness Loop drives on forehand (think fast and low with not a lot of topspin) Traditional penhold backhand (i.e. NOT RPB) Sometimes uses long pimples on the reverse side to break up play/get an easy high ball return Tried a Hurricane Hao blade for a season, but felt the blade was too long and handle too thick and uncomfortable Never used a composite blade before Forehand Rubber: DHS Hurricane 3 Neo (no boost) Backhand Rubber: CTT National Pogo 0.6mm Currently I'm considering the DHS PG7 as I'm using the PG12 (shakehand) which has given me a good impression about the Power G series. Budget would be around 80AUD / 60USD. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks!!

Hello Alwin,

Although I'm not too sure on the prices exactly. You can try the Butterfly Shamada CS or the Chinese Real. These are somewhat thicker than the penhold blades nowadays. As most are built for RPB.

As ladies tend to have shorter fingers, and are more sensitive to weight. She can try the TSP Black Balsa 7.0. Fast, good and light. However the handle is a little to the thicker side. But the light-weight might be able to compensate for that. Blade head size is also smaller.

Another mentioned is Yasaka blades. Where the penhold handles are somewhat slimmer. However if she's tried the Hurricane Hao and feel that it is too uncomfortable. Noted that she plays traditional penhold. I do not think there will be much difference in feeling of the handle. (Unless RPB)

In my opinion, please note that this is generally feel of handle size thickness (Thicker to Slimmer). Stiga similar to Avalox, DHS(Rounded and Slim) similar to Yasaka (Flatter).

Hope this can help you in some way.

Oh.. and @Ron. I've switched back to Jpen officially. :)

ronakvyas86 wrote: bbkon wrote: Yeo works with moristo and intensity nct with hexer pips i ve been wondering about finding a stiff blade slightly slower than clipper or finding the best clipper clone Never tried moristo on YEO but I've tried hexer pips max in vertical alignment and 802-40 max in mystery iii sponge. No matter what I did, these pips don't get along with my YEO. Avalox p700 is slightly slower than clipper. Yasaka max wood is a thinner clipper clone, I'm guessing it'll be slower too

Moristo plays very flat on a yeo but maybe it was an old yeo better than recent yeo .now hexer wont be as useful its too bouncy

Stiga Intensity Carbo NCT is good

ChichoFicho wrote: Clipper CR +Hammond FA Speed or Hammond FA is probably the best combination for traditional penhold style.  Moristo SP works well on medium hard carbon blades like Timo Boll Spirit CS. But Hammond FA is much better.

I tried fa speed and was very strange.is fa version different?

Can you find Xiom Katana Platinum - PLATIUM ??? version . The rarest CP blade to find .

Market is speculating USD400 for this piece in China

Butterfly Chinese Real may work well for her too.  

Chinese Real is still great. Much better than those expensive stiga and yasaka new cpens.

ronakvyas86 wrote: ChichoFicho wrote: Chinese Real is still great. Much better than those expensive stiga and yasaka new cpens. You are right about stiga, but I don't think yasaka cpens are more expensive than butterfly's chinese real. Chinese real for USD 74.99 http://shop.butterflyonline.com/chinese-real-7379 and, Yasaka's most expensive blade for USD 54.83 (Max Carbon on TT11) http://www.tabletennis11.com/other_eng/yasaka-ma-lin-max-carbon-pen

Agree. Yaska is the best valued CP blade made in Sweden, not made in China.