Nexy Designer's diary

Nexy wrote: This is Amazon.

arg0 wrote: I think it's safe to assume that the top ply of Amazon is white ash. What about the core? From the pictures I'd guess it's kiri. Is that correct?

The outer ply is probably white ash, the second plies are burnt ayous, then carbon plies and I wonder the inner ply being the ayous without a heat treatment? 

Hello Oscar,

arg0 wrote: I think that sentence referred to the intermediate burnt ayous layers, which are oversize. I'm no wood expert, but the core layer looks more like kiri to me, because of the darker stripes, which as also similar to Calix, which has kiri. Ayous usually has a lighter colour and does not have such stripes. Or maybe the centre ply of Amazon is the "secret wood" Nexy has used for the core of Hannibal, Oscar, Lissom, Color, Spear, and Spartacus, which also has stripes, at least in some pictures.

Pondus wrote: Thank you for all your answers - much appreciated. I apologize for the mixing of corporate and personal identities.

Nice!

arg0 wrote: Very nice shoes. Are they the lightweight or cushioned type? BTW: I have reported the spam post from elvis above to the mods, no need for double reporting (if you no longer see the post, it has probably been already deleted).

arg0 wrote: Hello Nexy, if I understand correctly, the drawings on Nexy blades are your own. That's one of the reasons that renders Nexy blades unique! However, today while browsing the web, I just stumbled upon this image http://www.fondos-hd.com/user-content/uploads/wall/o/27/7.jpg Which instantly reminded me of your "instinctive creation" ad: The style of your advertisement is indeed rather different from your drawings on the blades, so this is just to ask you if you were aware of the source of the background image, which may not be the case if you didn't compose the advertisement yourself.

I have a topic I would like to ask Nexy to tell us more about: white ash.

I really like the look of white ash outer plies. It also happens that two blades with white ash outer plies are among my all-time favourites: Nexy Lissom and Nittaku Violin. New entry is Nexy Amazon. Yesterday I was comparing my blades with white ash outer plies and noticed that they all look rather different. In particular, I see an evolution in the white ash used in my Nexy blades.

The first Lissom I bought, and the one I'm still playing with, was used. By having a closer look to the reviews in the Lissom thread, today I discovered that it is the same Lissom that Loopmeister reviewed in July 2010 (see this post), so it is one from the initial batch. How do I know? Just compare the grain of white ash in Loopmeister's review and in this picture I just took:

Moreover, the wings are chamfered, and he describes he used a dremel in his post.
Anyway, my point is that in this first Lissom, the growth rings are very close: notice how many dark lines there are on the wings: I count 10 and 12 on the 2 FH wings, and again 10 and 12 on the BH wings. An average of 11 per wing.

In November 2011 I bought a second Lissom, to be used as a spare blade. On this blade, the growth rings are slightly spaced further apart, and I count an average of 7 lines on the 4 wings:


A few days ago I received my test Amazon (thanks again, Mr. Moon! review is coming soon), and I noticed that in this white ash plies, the growth rings are even more spaced apart. I count an average of 5.5 lines on the 4 wings:


To summarize:
2010: 11 lines per wing
2011: 7 lines per wing
2012: 5.5 lines per wing
I wonder if Nexy's trend toward white ash plies having a wider spacing between rings is deliberate, or if my three blades just randomly happen to have a progressively wider spacing.

BTW, the only other blade with white ash outer ply that I own is Nittaku Violin. It's a first-generation Violin, so I suppose it was produced before 2009. Here the space between the lines is huge, and there are 3-4 lines per wing:

As Violin is a very high-quality blade and has a very smooth feeling, I wonder whether this could also partly depend on the cut of white ash used. For sure it must in part be due to Nittaku's special lamination technique and the use of hide glue.

To summarize, my questions are: is Nexy's trend toward wider spacing deliberate? is there any noticeable difference in blades having white ash layers having different ring spacing? and if so, how does spacing affect feel/playing characteristics?

By the way, I ordered a Xiom blade from Nexy a few days ago, and I have already received it from Korea.

arg01, you are a nice guy just that your feedback may mislead Nexy. My point of view is quite different from yours.

Edited by ejmaster - 05/18/2012 at 5:19am

i understand your view arg01. no problem at all. Ma Long played the acoustic btwy.

I was hoping to hear more and see more about the Spartacus blade.  That was one that peaked my interest well, especially after now that I am really liking the Yasaka Soft Carbon build. 

Has anyone ever used the Spartacus and also a Ma Lin Soft Carbon, or Extra 3D Soft Carbon and can compare them? 


Also,  those Nexy shoes look pretty good.  Not too thin not too thick....as far as being a slipper or an overly tall/heavy type.  Cant wait to see the reviews. 





Edited by Rich215 - 05/18/2012 at 10:04am

ejmaster wrote: arg01, you are a nice guy just that your feedback may mislead Nexy. My point of view is quite different from yours.   i am not going to test those blades. i am sure about them. so i am not going to be happy spending money on these.   in anycase Nexy himself has recognized what it is going on about Calix and Amazon. Everyblade can be a fun experience but to a good reader he is saying more or less that probably (not sure of course) they are not the deal to a demanding good player. The Calix II can be more interesting.   Rodizio is fun but generally if one wants to have a really good meat dinner, go to have a good filet rather than a mixture of different meats. Anyway i also like to go to a rodizio from time to time.   the violin as well as the acoustic were blades with a lot of feeling and quality. in violin the ash outer fits better but in a whole that it is quite particular.   the limba outer is so widely used because has always had very good properties in combination with other layerings while the white ash does not have. to say that one does not like the limba outer for me means to know little about blade making. as forecasted arg01, proverbs 26.2 came but not to me but to you. nothing happens. life is progression.

Edited by Nexy - 05/18/2012 at 11:40pm

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