If you have problems with your grip slipping on ST handle, perhaps you should simply try a cheap grip tape like Wilson Overgrip Pro Soft (5 bucks will get you a 3-pack)

Delgado

The Oscar you are referring too, was the test blade Nexy sent to me and I in turn sent it to BHman, for him to test out. You and others are welcome to test it too.

However, I don't think it's appropriate for you to trade it away, without asking my permission.

And the answer is you do not have my permission to trade it away; as I would like the Oscar to come back to me, after you and others have finished testing it.

I specifically requested the straight handle, as I like playing with that type of handle.

There is a thread called "Topic: NEXY Reviews: the OSCAR blade", that was started on December 2nd 2009; where you'll find my review, posted on the 3rd December.

As you can see from the review, i think the Oscar is a very good blade and I did enjoy playing with it.

I suspect you are not enjoying the Oscar as much as you imagined, for a couple of reasons :

1) Rubber choice.

Rubbers with a higher throw like Tenergy, Genius and Baracuda, are in my opinion a better choice on the Oscar, than rubbers like Nimbus and Xtend.  

2) The Oscar plays slightly differently to the TBS in the short game, due to its Hinoki outer plies and springier core; which means you do have to adjust your short game shots, to avoid dropping the ball in the net.

3) There is no doubt a handle can affect your opinion of a blade, if you are conscious of it.

I had a good example of that over the weekend, as our local coach had two test bats, with flared handles; sent to him by Jarvis Sports.

The handle on the Donic Burn Off-, is one of the best flared handles I've ever picked up and it matched  up really well with Coppa X2 on the forehand and Acuda S2 on the backhand, too.

Whereas the flared handle on the Donic Dima Sawtec was good; but not as comfortable and had I bought it, I would have used sandpaper to reshape it to my liking.

4) Hinoki outer plied blades do have a different feel to them and some players love that feeling; whereas others don't get on with it.

Like you, I was a TBS user in the past and it was my main blade for a while. However that changed when I tested out a Michael Maze and realised it suited my game better. Since then my TBS blades have spent most of the time in their boxes; unplayed.

The reason I sent the Oscar to BHman to test out, was so that he could it compare it to his old TBS blade; which he obtained as a result of a trade with me, a few years ago.

At present, I do have the Michael Maze with 2mm Palio Blitz on it, in the TT bag; which is a good set up and it's getting regular playing time.

As such, I'm looking forward to playing with Palio Blitz on the Oscar too; at some stage in the future.








Edited by Peter C - 12/24/2010 at 3:34am

There are too many people trying to take advantage of generosity of the blade maker (NEXY, OSP etc..). The right way to do is to pass along to other or to return the blade to the vendor. It is a shame for people keeping the test blade for their own use.