My Samsonov Alpha cracked...
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Topic: My Samsonov Alpha cracked...
Posted By: Trebor Renkluaf
Subject: My Samsonov Alpha cracked...
Date Posted: 01/05/2008 at 5:58pm
The crazy thing is it cracked during normal play, I didn't smack it against the table - in fact I've never smacked it into the table and this was only the second or third time I've played with it! Those blades are flexible as all hell and I think this one just flexed so much it cracked. I was practing with my son this morning and noticed this weird tick vibartion when I served or made a fast shot, before I even hit the ball. After we were done I held the blade in one hand and the handle in the other and flexed gently - you could see where the wood in the handle was coming apart.
The good news is Borko is a member of our club and took the blade home to try and fix it. The bad news is when we took the rubber off, you could see the crack all the way into the face of the blade. I sure hope he can fix it.
I really like the feel and touch sensitivity of the blade, but if they are that fragile I'm not sure it will work for me...
Hopefully this was just a fluke.------------- Blade: Tibhar Samsonov Alpha FH: Rapid 2.0 BH: Rapid 2.0 Blade: Stiga Hans Alser - 1983 FH: Yasaka Mark V Max BH: Yasaka Mark V Max |
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Posted By: ttexpert
Date Posted: 01/05/2008 at 6:45pm
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Too bad. My friend also cracked his blade few days ago, when he was practicing loop on middle-long balls. Unfortunately, he can't fix it. That was his best blade ever! ------------- Michael Maze OFF (AN) Bryce FX 2.1 on both sides Ovtcahrov and Mizutani are the best young players in the world Timo Boll rules |
Posted By: cmetsbeltran15
Date Posted: 01/05/2008 at 8:12pm
| Your probably the fifth person I know who cracked a Samsonov Alpha just from basic use. |
Posted By: Trebor Renkluaf
Date Posted: 01/05/2008 at 10:43pm
Oh man don't say that!
I really like the feel of the blade, not to mention buying new blades/rubbers is getting to be an expensive habbit.
------------- Blade: Tibhar Samsonov Alpha FH: Rapid 2.0 BH: Rapid 2.0 Blade: Stiga Hans Alser - 1983 FH: Yasaka Mark V Max BH: Yasaka Mark V Max |
cmetsbeltran15 wrote:Posted By: liXiao
Date Posted: 01/05/2008 at 10:44pm
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I would probly DIE if my photino cracked, i'd just not no what to do. ------------- Gewo Aruna Hinoki Carbon Gewo Nexxus EL Pro 53 SuperSelect Yinhe Qing |
Posted By: patlu08
Date Posted: 01/05/2008 at 10:46pm
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my blade cracked today... haha.
------------- Stiga OC CR - no wrb FH: Globe 999t/Quattro 2.0 BH: Sriver L 1.9 |
Posted By: asr1990
Date Posted: 01/06/2008 at 1:56pm
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i have never had a problem with the Alpha, i know someone who has a 4 year alpha in great condition ------------- mizutani jun tenergy bryce speed fx Will be trying Zeta soon |
Posted By: Aquaman
Date Posted: 01/06/2008 at 2:19pm
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That's too bad. I wonder if you can get it replaced under warranty? I have two Samsonov Alpha's and have played with them for several years with no problems.
------------- Blade: Stiga Allround Classic FH: JOOLA Rhyzm 2.0 BH: JOOLA Rhyzm 425 2.0 |
Posted By: liXiao
Date Posted: 01/06/2008 at 6:03pm
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Loss of a blade just like the loss of a relative but maybe on a smaller scale. ------------- Gewo Aruna Hinoki Carbon Gewo Nexxus EL Pro 53 SuperSelect Yinhe Qing |
Posted By: gene
Date Posted: 01/06/2008 at 6:11pm
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sealed the blade can provent this from happen. my Joola MC1 cracked under normal use. so i decide to seal the blade, and it works like a champ after that. never give me any problems a gain.
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Posted By: doraemon
Date Posted: 01/06/2008 at 6:36pm
| That's too bad, I feel sorry. I have Alpha and it's very durable. I can't count how many times I hit the edges of blade against table and it never breaks. Once I accidently hit Korbel against net-post (while not playing) and it took a chunck of wood from it. But with Alpha, I only get scratch marks. I thought Alpha is very durable (it feels solid as well), but I guess the QC is bad then. |
Posted By: korearulz
Date Posted: 01/06/2008 at 6:49pm
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my blade was craked and i super glued it. but later on, i was looping and someone came right in front of me to pick up a ball. i tried to stop ut i hit her..... i looked at my blade and it only had a the handle. the head was right beside me. ------------- Official XIOM Distributor of New Zealand & Australia |
Posted By: Trebor Renkluaf
Date Posted: 01/08/2008 at 12:37am
I did lightly seal the blade. I can't immagine adding enough sealer/varnish/lacquer etc. to actually add strength to the blade. That would completely change the feel of the blade. Why not just buy a harder blade to begin with? I seal it to protect it when removing rubbers as well as to protect it from seasonal changes in humdity, but I keep it very thin so as not to change the feel of the blade. ------------- Blade: Tibhar Samsonov Alpha FH: Rapid 2.0 BH: Rapid 2.0 Blade: Stiga Hans Alser - 1983 FH: Yasaka Mark V Max BH: Yasaka Mark V Max |
Posted By: aeoliah
Date Posted: 01/08/2008 at 1:45am
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I don't think sealing would prevent it from cracking. Why don't you try to send an e-mail to the manufacturer to see what is their reaction ?
------------- Member of the Single Ply Hinoki Club Viscaria Super ALC C-Pen Rasanter C48 |