Damien Eloi's Blade
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Topic: Damien Eloi's Blade
Posted By: phantagarow
Subject: Damien Eloi's Blade
Date Posted: 05/07/2008 at 10:14pm
| I was watching Eloi vs Mizutani today and I noticed that Eloi's blade is guitar shaped. I guess you see something interesting everyday... |
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Posted By: cmetsbeltran15
Date Posted: 05/07/2008 at 10:24pm
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Yup....its called the Tibhar Swing IV-S
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Posted By: phantagarow
Date Posted: 05/07/2008 at 10:35pm
| Really... I thought that it is a custom blade for eccentricity rather than something in production. |
Posted By: kenneyy88
Date Posted: 05/07/2008 at 11:12pm
| Yea I saw that he had a weird shaped blade, when I started. I thought that was what people refered to as a violin or acoustic. But i was wrong. |
Posted By: Ginko Tai Kim
Date Posted: 05/07/2008 at 11:17pm
i guess its for ppl that hit the edge alot  they get this blade so that it never hits there
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Posted By: doraemon
Date Posted: 05/07/2008 at 11:21pm
| Hei, I don't know if Eloi uses Tibhar Swing IV-S, but in the TT store I see this Tibhar Chila Swing and its shape is like a guitar or violin. |
Posted By: peter79
Date Posted: 05/07/2008 at 11:21pm
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It's lighter because less wood and rubber than normal blades. I wonder how to cut the rubber neatly. ------------- Andro Wanokiwami AO Offensive 83 gr H3 National Orange 40 deg 2.2 Baracuda Max 182 Gr |
Posted By: theman
Date Posted: 05/08/2008 at 12:14am
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blade perfectly describes eloi : one wierd french dude with the most MONSTROUS SIDESPINS
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Posted By: doraemon
Date Posted: 05/08/2008 at 12:23am
| Yeah, I don't understand French but it seems that he swears a lot during games. |
Posted By: theman
Date Posted: 05/08/2008 at 1:02am
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teh french team seem to love it. watch him vs dimitji, eloi says something after a wierd rally, and patrick chila is just smiling with his mates
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Posted By: Boss1703
Date Posted: 05/08/2008 at 7:38am
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http://040563234.badoo.com/e162549 a normal pic of a IV S and an after accident pic... ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pierrefiassemapageping updated 20.11.10 http://bosscollection.skyrock.com http://tennisdetablecomtests.skyrock.com |
Posted By: ffx-me
Date Posted: 05/08/2008 at 7:52am
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hahaha I started a thread under the very same name not too long ago, I thought it had resurfaced ------------- -Primorac 2000, 802 + globe 999 quattro -Korbel, Cream MRS + 802-40 |
Posted By: Master_of_loops
Date Posted: 05/08/2008 at 7:52am
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I dont like this blade because its ugly and If its realy good, then other tt brands would already make same blades with this technology ------------- 
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Posted By: takaaki
Date Posted: 05/08/2008 at 1:19pm
that's a good one!! but i've been around a lot of french people and a lot of 'em are weird!! it's amazing to me that country has managed to stay together without erupting into civil war!!
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theman wrote:Posted By: theman
Date Posted: 05/08/2008 at 2:38pm
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lol, hence y france is probably the most unqiue country in the world to bring these crazy players out on high professional level
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Posted By: ffx-me
Date Posted: 05/08/2008 at 2:56pm
lol, I immagine you joke or you have never heard of the revolution ------------- -Primorac 2000, 802 + globe 999 quattro -Korbel, Cream MRS + 802-40 |
Posted By: stiltt
Date Posted: 05/08/2008 at 3:10pm
We had a King named Philippe the fourth who died in 1314. From what I know he was the 1st to really make France a State under the authority of a powerful King and made sure that regional powerful administrators (Counts, dukes etc..) aknowledged his authority ("gimme my tax buddy!!!").
Before that France was more a bunch of regional groups speaking close but different dialects and the King was weak. French is actually the dialect that was in use where the King established his administration.
Under the strong authority of a strong and politically smart king, people in provinces felt more more like belonging to a big kingdom and it helped a lot of course that french was spreading as the official language that everyone with education had to know in addition of his/her (close) dialect and that religious beliefs were the same all over the place (church was immensely strong).
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Posted By: takaaki
Date Posted: 05/08/2008 at 4:50pm
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yeah, but france didn't really become "france" until the 1800s, but if you want to be technical, it wasn't until after world war 2 that the country's borders stabilized into the ones we know today.
and, as far as i know, "french" didn't really become the national language until the 1800's again. i believe that was when public education started in france.
but, anyhow, i was only joking above. what i meant was that there seems to be such an independent streak amongst french individuals, more so than with anybody else i've ever been around. and because of that, it's amazing to me that they manage to get along at all.
anyway, vive la france!!
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Posted By: phantagarow
Date Posted: 05/08/2008 at 6:39pm
When I watched the three matches of France vs Japan in this year's Evergrande, all three players of France swore at times. Maybe it is a part of their training...
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Posted By: addoydude
Date Posted: 05/11/2008 at 7:32am
| Does anyone know what's supposed to be the design reason for the shape of damien eloi's blade? |
Posted By: stiltt
Date Posted: 05/11/2008 at 9:24am
I am not so sure but here is an attempt to answer that question:
Let's assume it's all about paddle speed at contact time. When we FH loop, the top of the head is going a bit faster so if the blade can be a little longer it can present an advantage; but then the added weight on the top of the head must be taken off somewhere to keep balance and weight constant. Taking that weight off the sides does not present a problem for top level players who can hit the ball on the same spot over and over.
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Posted By: liXiao
Date Posted: 05/11/2008 at 9:32am
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Its probably just meant to be aerodynamic. ------------- Gewo Aruna Hinoki Carbon Gewo Nexxus EL Pro 53 SuperSelect Yinhe Qing |
Posted By: Gabcsi
Date Posted: 05/11/2008 at 3:20pm
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I saw him play today at the Olympic Qual, interesting and aggressive player. He had the guitar blade (not sure about the edge cut quality, it was taped :) ). He hit the ball with edge of the blade 2-3 times, I was thinking about the shape, too. Maybe its the aerodynamic aspect during the swing that helps. 4-5 long matches is tiring enough, any help comes handy. ------------- Galaxy W6 Palio GP3 sponge 2.2 mm + CJC top FH/ LKT XT black BH 2.2mm Galaxy 896 Joola Mambo max FH/ 2mm BH DHS 126g blade XT red 2.2mm FH, 6512 2mm BH |