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Are major blade manufacturers total morons ? |
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Thuro_Wexston
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Posted: 04/14/2019 at 1:04pm |
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I am by no means knocking HardBat TableTennis whilce it
lasted ( I don't want Berndt to go ballistic on me) but one of the
biggest advantages of sponge domain TableTennis over hardbat is that sponge
domain TableTennis allows for individual style enhancement where each
TableTennis player with his or her own unique style can design their racket
with different rubbers on backhand and forehand and backhand to match their
unique playing style Examples
: - A
PowerLooper on ForeHand and SoftLooper on backhand can choose rubbers with
different sponges & TopSheets A
hitter on forehand & looper on backhand of course can choose ShortPips on
ForeHand & reversed rubber for backhand A
chopper can use cLongPips on BackHand & reversed rubber on ForeHand Looks
to me like Butterfly Stiga etc are either woefully short-sighted in identifying
these differences in human (playing styles on BackHand & ForeHand) or they
are limiting themselves professional players only. If you are non-professional player ask Butterfly
or Stiga to make a custom blade they would essentially tell you to go F
yourself , but if a professional player asks it would be ready in 10 minutes,
but the vast market is not the few professional players Whatever Now let us not start childish arguments that it is all in your proper technique & a professional player can play with a frozen fish (or clipboard) & beat you blah blah blah Yes proper technique is critical but proper racket to start with is paramount especially for a player still improving(not perfecting which will NEVER happen at amateur level) their technique. Edited by Thuro_Wexston - 04/14/2019 at 2:22pm |
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obesechopper
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I've used quite a few of the 2 sided blades, and they don't feel all that different to me. I think it's true that you cannot really isolate the 2 properties very well. The different rubbers work much better in my experience.
Especially if the blade is under 6mm in total thickness. There isn't a whole lot of wiggle room to effectively separate the 2 characteristics. Players seem to have echoed the same sentiment, and that is why it's never caught on. How different are you wanting the 2 sides to play? Compare a slow chopping blade to a fast attacking blade -- how can you combine the two? Or a blocking blade compared to a looping blade? Stiff/flexy, hard/soft etc. the contrasting elements that are at opposite ends. Let's say 50% of the blade is stiff/hard material and the other 50% is soft and flexy. It's just going to feel like a weakened compromise. Neither side will have the same sensation as another blade catering to 100% of the desired characteristic. So I think people just say, ok I plan to loop 90% of the time, let's get a blade for that. Or... I want to block 90% of the time, so let's buy a blade for that style and I can manage the other 10%.
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Lula
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stiga hypertech cr 35/45 is an pretty old Stiga blade that has a little faster side and a little slower side. I can imagine they did not sell well enough so they did not make more blades like it.
We will see how well Xiom ice cream blades will sell. If they will sell good i think more manufacturers will do blade like that. I also think offensive players play pretty similar with backhand and forehand and many feel that they do not need a faster and a slower side. This is much more important for long pimple players, but there are already alof of these blades from other brands. So I think brands like Stiga and Butterfly feel that it will be hard to make blades like this and sell alot because many long pimple players chose the brands thar are more specialised. I can also imagine that the brands feel that there is few players that want two different sides so it is not worth the investment of time and money. |
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Slowhand
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I think obesechopper is on the money. Beyond using different top plies it's an interesting challenge to design a thin mostly wooden blade to play differently on each side. The whole blade has to vibrate differently (but still effectively for power transfer and feedback) depending on which side is struck. Composite materials are so complicated that trial and error may be the only way to do this. It's probably extremely difficult which is why Butterfly doesn't have a line of combination blades. If I had to do this I'd look into adopting the evolutionary algorithm approach they've used to design antennas.
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stiltt
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what are the blades that are so different from fh to bh composition? the reason it's hard to differentiate is that nobody drastically enhanced the differences on both sides. For example, I have not seen a composition like
thick willow willow limba kiri ipe alc mahogany I mean really going slower/softer on one side and harder/stiffer on the other instead of offering homeopath(et)ic differences. My question is what are the blades offering the most drastic differences and is it possible to go further? the answer is most certainly yes.
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vanjr
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As obese chopper wisely points out. It is a SINGLE blade. Minor changes can be made. You CANNOT make a stiff blade for the FH and a flexy blade for the BH. The blade has 2 sides, but is not two blades. (Yes you can make one side hard and the other a little softer, but not flexy vs. stiff.
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stiltt
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We all agree on stiffness, it's been repeated many times on this forum and elsewhere. (when I wrote "harder/stiffer", read "materials that generally favor harder/stiffer")
It's about increasing the COR difference between both sides, the bounce: it is possible to make it much more pronounced on one side than on the other; would that still be a minor change? So far the minor changes observed are related to the choice of materials that are too close to each other to show a clear difference. My question is: if we go all the way pushing for that difference with extreme materials, will the COR and bounce differ enough not to be considered minor changes? that push to the extremes has not been tried yet. Maybe there is a reason for not even trying but so far that reason is only inferred by logical minds who wrap things up too quickly, I don't trust those. Edited by fatt - 04/14/2019 at 5:10pm |
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Dr.Cho
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What about the Neubauer Blades or my Favorite Rendler Blades
As most know already Rendler makes a lot.. if not all of Neubauer Blades. |
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Thuro_Wexston
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Sorry I disagree with all of you. While it may take more work, it is definitely possible to make blade that is freaky fast and stiff & almost no vibration on one side (forehand) maybe using carbon & arylate or kevalr and super-slow with high vibration ( to enhance the long pips effects) on other side (backhand) with the right outer layer woods for either side and say 7 to 9 mm balsa for isolation. I may not be exact on numbers 9 mm or wood selections but it is possible.
Currently no such stock rackets exist for choppers to handle the overwhelming glued up boosted up firepower of the loopers by totally taking away that top spin and return with heavy backspin . Given the endless rule changes to punish the choppers starting with the 2 color rule, then Aspect Ratiio Regulation, then the 40 mm ball, then the pip density regulation and then the 40+ ball plus non-celluloid ball with no end in sight for the clever abuse, there is no help for choppers whatsoever and yet they would belive that that glue using attackers are their close friend and are admiring their chopping skills ROTFL.
Even if far from perfect that is much better than moronic defensive blade designs by Butterfly etc where they put carbon closest to outer layer (both sides are same) . That is so freaking stupid. Also it is much easier to make with a hitting side and a looping side |
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Thuro_Wexston
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Sorry I currently have custom or customized blades that have drastically different forehand and backhand behavior. But what I am saying is that custome blade manufacturers have not fully exploited the differences in 90% humans with totally different forehand styles meaning consistency, stroke-mechanics etc etc)
As much different they can be, not just for my overall style but for every human possible combination of styles. Definitely possible. Most low level players may not realize this possibilities and that may be why it may have never caught on 20 or 30 years ago but definitely not now. Even if no true, are you telling me that a (Butterfly) defensive blade with carbon closest to chopping side (since both sides ar same) makes any sense whatsoever ? I realize the chopper market is too small for Butterfly to give a damn but still, such a design is a total insult to choppers and charge $150 or more for it ...what a freaking joke. |
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Basquests
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maybe you can do this, but the result is not worth it?
It might be difficult to adjust to and utilise. |
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TT newbie
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Unless some manufacturer had the idea of a system like the old Waldner Dicon, with a gap between each side. But instead of applying it in the handle, it should be in the middle of blade face. But I don´t think it will ever become a reality.
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Robin.w
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Now you can custom design your blade. And we are have a "Everyone has one custom blade Event" only cost you $79
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lasta
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It's all a balancing act. You can employ the thick balsa/cork separation method, but at extreme thicknesses, feedback is hampered. Also, just like rubbers, what you have on the backhand WILL affect how your forehand plays. Having a koto-carbon forehand and a cork-kiri backhand will not only dampen your backhand stroke but your forehand as well because the impact is transferred through your effort and then the whole blade. The dampening characteristics of your backhand plies will also be a dampener against the transfer of energy between your fingers and the blade.
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SmackDAT
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Well the pros love a good Viscaria so ima say no. They can have it anyway they want but na they love a balanced blade
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stiltt
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I am not motivated enough to push or work for it, I just hope for a true answer with data backing it up, not just faith and deductions from other conclusions that were themselves inferred from more subjective ideas. I hope I don't sound pedantic, I just want to be sure and let it go one way or the other as something done thoroughly.
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