Some months ago around february, I sanded down the conic handle on my Expert +. The result was amazing but the handle curls around my palm being attracted by it's temperature,  thus changing the head angle in the process and greatly affects my  strokes, more so in looping where the arc of the stroke is vital when achieving a quality slow or fast loops. 

For this, I've tried so many ways and got so many surprising results but non were permanent due to that bending attribute in the Expert handle.

Tough I've thought of switching to Virtouso which I think is not such a bad idea at al and would surely get one for me later, I've chosen to stay with the Expert for now due to its variety of performance that I continue to discover.  At this time, it is a serious power looping beast as well as an aggressive allrounder  (this is w/o adding or changing anything on the head).

Once again, I have now made a great  shape on that handle and would like to keep it. I thought of ways to harden it before, such as adding hard wood fillers externally, but all end up in disappointment. This time I'm thinking of hardening the handle itself, targeting the soft part that is somewhat gummy.and temperature sensitive,,by dipping it on a wood hardener solution for a length  of time.I don't know if this is a good idea, is there anything you could advice me with on this?

Your thought is greatly appreciated...thanks!

Regiz

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