Weight of BTY Petr Korbel

86g.

Quite light non-Japan Korbels can be found .

mine is 77 grams, but strangely it feels heavier than my 83gr acoustic both blades with tenergies on both sides...

peter79 wrote: ...My Korbel ST is 94 gr with JTTA marking. Feels head heavy and the handle isn't big enough for my big hands

really? That's rare as it's even heavier than (may be as heavy as) my last SC-FL, List/post it in the FS section, I'm sure there'll be taker. 

tiehwen wrote: really? That's rare as it's even heavier than (may be as heavy as) my last SC-FL, List/post it in the FS section, I'm sure there'll be taker.

It takes a lot of effort and waiting time to buy it. I got it from graetzh last year and I'll just keep it
My new bought Innerforce ZLC ST also has the same shape of handle like korbel
If I never tried Violin L-sized ST, probably korbel ST handle would be big enough.



Edited by peter79 - 08/21/2010 at 12:00am

Here ends the myth of BTY QC. 24 g for a blade is hell of a deviation.

I believe our local BTY dealer is getting his stuff from Germany.

tiehwen wrote: peter79 wrote: ...My Korbel ST is 94 gr with JTTA marking. Feels head heavy and the handle isn't big enough for my big hands   really? That's rare as it's even heavier than (may be as heavy as) my last SC-FL, List/post it in the FS section, I'm sure there'll be taker.

I had a chance to weight my P. Korbel Fl last night, it weights 96gr.  I was quite surprised, as it did not feel heavy at all...

The one I bought a few years ago has 93 grams.

I have 2 Kobels: 86 g FL (Hungarian) and 89 g FL (Japanese), which play the same although they are different weights and colors (Japanese's handle is darker on mine, in contrast to tiehwen's picture above). The specs say it should be 89 grams +/- 5 (including variations for different types of handles), which means anything from 84 to 94 grams should be considered standard. Outside this range, it should not be considered the same blade. Headsize of Korbels is very consistent.

It may or may not be very nice fit for particular player or rubber combo and may or may not have excellent playing properties; however, -13 grams away from the norm makes it a "custom blade". There is simply no way to maintain even remotely the same playing properties with that big a difference.






Edited by vvu.tee - 11/28/2010 at 5:07am

86g & 91g.

Tiehwen, you have two Korbels ? You must have liked it so much. 

doraemon wrote: Tiehwen must be cursing at my stupidity.  I should have bought the AN handle and sell it to Tiehwen for a big profit .

+1.

Edited by tiehwen - 11/29/2010 at 10:21am

thiewen: Where did you get those ST handle Korbels?? Some online store that you know where I can find them?
Thank you

89 grams if i remember it correctly, its the old model korbel with black bty metal logo