Tenaly Acoustic Pictures

"ta-dah!" 

@all, thanks
It looks like Gurkha Kukri Knives

http://www.coldsteel.com/sanmaigurkha.html

Great picture Peter! Of course you can probably make any blade look good with your pictures

haggisv wrote: Great picture Peter! Of course you can probably make any blade look good with your pictures

My photography skill is far below Rokphish
I use a new technique, putting the blade bellow the halogen light of my cupboard cabinet. Doesn't need flash

peter79 wrote: Anton Chigurh wrote: Ever so slightly off-topic:   How much (if any) does one's playing style need to change when using a tenaly blade? Tenaly can be played shakehand or penhold. As a shakehander, I don't think it change too much from normal blade. I haven't played with it yet, but I assume blocking will become easier, no need to bend the wrist. Looping will be the same, smashing will become easier too.

Nice!!!

bOOm_cORNr_sHOt wrote: Could you take a picture of this blade in your hand? It looks like the handle is thicker than the normal FLAcoustic. If so I may go this route versus getting another FL handle. I want to have more than one to try different rubbers. Great photos.

The handle is 21 mm thick compared to acoustic FL 22 mm. So it's 1 mm thinner, but it's wider. It's fits my big hand better than the Acoustic FL.
If you can play with Acoustic FL than surely this blade fits your hand better.
I can't play with Acoustic FL without extra grip.

I found Tenaly Acoustic a bit thin for my hand, but still playable.

dauntless wrote: Weight and balance? Is handle sealed by factory? What are the reasons someone would use Tenaly handle? Is there anyone on the forum using this and can you share any insight into how this blade plays versus regular style handles? Is there a FH vs. BH bias to this style of handle? TIA edit:Oh yeah, awesome pics!!!

The weight is 88 gr. Probably a bit head heavy, haven't tried it with rubbers.
The handle is sealed with Minwax oil based Polyurethane glossy finish. I also sealed the edge of the top ply to prevent edge splintering when peeling off the rubber.

The reason to play with Tenaly blades is you don't have bend your wrist like normal blade. I'll let you know and give comparison with normal blade if I've played with it

Thanks

It's just acoustic with different handle. The feel is exactly the same. The finishing is very good as usual. I've been wondering whether buy or not buy this blade, finally decided to buy it although it's expensive.

Ok, I'll let you know the difference once I've tried it 

I have Tenaly Acoustic and Tenaly Carbon already a year. I find it comfortable.
Tenaly Acoustic with Roxon 330 max is 168 gr and Tenaly Carbon with Hexer 2.1 is 177 gr.

My Tenaly Acoustic with H3P Tuned 38 Deg 2.15 mm + Zeta Max is 175 Gr.
The blade itself is 88 gr.

Here are the pictures compared to L-sized Acoustic :

bOOm_cORNr_sHOt wrote: So were you comparing the older thinner sized Acoustic or the newer Larger sized handle Acoustic? Funny how it provides more rubber room when in your hand.

In the picture, it's compared to the Larger Sized handle Acoustic.

Yeah Tenaly gives my fore finger more room since the head size is bend down.

Anton Chigurh wrote: Ever so slightly off-topic:   How much (if any) does one's playing style need to change when using a tenaly blade?

I have a Tenaly Original. You don't need to change anything, just get used to its grip. Just hold it the way you hold the regular blade. The only reason why some players are uncomfortable with this blade is that they try to adjust their grip and always keep on looking on the blade when playing.