Push Blocker Blade.

Shakehand pushblocker != cpen pushblocker 

TT newbie wrote: In my opinion, the best penhold blade to play with OX and inverted rubbers is BTY Paradox. It´s a Arylate-Carbon blade slower than Taksim. I´ve also seen a high level player using BTY Selebes (Arylate only), it´s thicker and more squared than Paradox. I still prefer Paradox.

Any good blade in middle ? 

aroonkl wrote: @Egghead. I understand what you mean. My dilemma is: Defplay played ok but just little too slow.  Firewall was way too fast, for me, to feel anything. Balls from BH return with more reverse spin but very hard to control. I also tried Titan. Like Firewall but different wood to make BH side slower than FH. But I hate the feeling of thick balsa combo with smooth rubber. Any good blade in middle ?  Does the OX plays good in soft & flex blade or little hard but still flex blade?

I agree with bogeyhunter. Thick balsa blades are crap for the new plastic ball. I used to play reimpact blades and own almost anyone under 2300 but with the new ball the blade is useless. The ball is heavier and it pops up too much. I really like Osp immune ox. It's a combo blade and very stable and had the right weight 84 grams.

aroonkl wrote: @Egghead. I understand what you mean. My dilemma is: Defplay played ok but just little too slow.  Firewall was way too fast, for me, to feel anything. Balls from BH return with more reverse spin but very hard to control. I also tried Titan. Like Firewall but different wood to make BH side slower than FH. But I hate the feeling of thick balsa combo with smooth rubber. Any good blade in middle ?  Does the OX plays good in soft & flex blade or little hard but still flex blade?

Maybe I should answer, as Firewall and Defplay were my previous blades.

Firewall is definately too fast and lacks control. It's a nice "drill blade". Everything goes well with easy and well readed balls, but in real games you lose ton of points by easy mistakes.

Defplay worked well for me with the old ball, but it's bit too slow for me, but it's definately playable, if you got the hand speed reguired.

Now I play with Joola Chen Weixing blade and I have been very happy with it. It has good speed and T05 max fits it perfectly for the FH, great for looping and fishing. BH with ox pips has just right speed, if you choose something from slower half of pips. I play with cropcircles. JCW don't have same catapult or vibrations like Defplay. Straight handle is great and weight with ox rubber is just right. I bought my blade for 33€.

Here is video of me (black shirt, red shoes) playing with CWX blade, T05 and Cropcircles ox.



I have also tested other blades. Matsushita pro is my old blade, but it's way on the slow side, but playable. Dwell time with T05 ridiculous... It's not so good with many ox pips in my opinion. TSP reflex def blade is way way too slow for me...

Non-def blades have bad feeling for chops, so I don't see them as option.

I met couple of really good ox pips players and they both used some kind of Stiga def blades. Those were really slow and they blocked very well with ox pips, but I wouldn't get any speed out of them in the FH. They are for the close the table play or for the chopping far away.