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Yes I would like it if there was a true allround OSP blade, more similar to the real old Stiga's. Those old Stiga's aren't anywhere near as powerful as the Expert. The Expert doesn't bounce a ball on it's surface hardly at all but it's a fair savage beast when you wind it up and starts to overpower most nearly any offensive blade from off the table

Edited by bluebucket - 11/04/2011 at 9:23am

I wonder how small is the Origo... I like the light weight, maybe it's good for close to the table play.  Anyone has achance to play or hlod it in your hand?

which one among these blades are same speed as of TBS? and which one ALC?

I can't say they vibrate a lot. They do have some vibrations but they have a nice, clear feel. They all have the nice catapult feel, which adds to the glue effect of the new generation rubbers. Very nice results overall.

assiduous wrote: debraj wrote: which one among these blades are same speed as of TBS? and which one ALC? expert,virtuoso, virtuoso+, ultimate, musko? I don't know about speed, perhaps virtuoso +, but these blades behave very differently that TBS. They all flex more and vibrate alot.

Your comparing a composite blade to an all wood blade.  Of course there will be much more vibrations with an all wood blade. 

That said, I think if you try a OSP blade debraj.....try the Expert.  It is not like any wood blade I have ever played. It has very good placement and power, you just have to adjust to the higher throw angle with it. It will also play well with the rubbers you like to use. 

wturber (AZ) has the Expert ST test blade now.  Not sure when he is done with it or who is next on the list as this may have changed since many months ago when I first got it.

 

debraj wrote: expert sounds good by design... but worried if it is too slow after my 729 F-1. that's why i asked for speed comparison with the standard blades like TBS and ALC. i'm not comparing vibration of wood blade with vibration of composite blade. :) i will check with wturber... ... where's the list? in which thread?

Oh...sorry I did not use the quote correctly in the last post.  It was assiduous that mentioned the vibration element and where my comment was directed to.

The Expert blade is something that you have to use and feel before you can understand it.  Like mentioned in that thread on several occasions, it's slow when you want it to be and fast when you need it to be.  It plays pretty dynamic for a wood blade. 

Sorry, I can't give you any comparisons with a TBS, 729 F-1, or other ALC blades because I have never played them. As for the list.....Here is the OSP EXPERT THREAD. 



Edited by Rich215 - 11/04/2011 at 5:42pm

fzolesz wrote: debraj wrote: which one among these blades are same speed as of TBS? and which one ALC? expert,virtuoso, virtuoso+, ultimate, musko? All os osp blades have higher angle than normal blades and good feeling with more bouncy and dwell time as well but this is not vibration this is flexibility and feeling ..it can be a help for unprecise shots i think so.

My Expert doesn't vibrate hardly at all, well it does but it's a vibration with a purpose and a direction, not the haphazard kind of vibration you get on something like Stiga OC. With the expert is just makes a smooth kind of noise like a calming down as is relaxes from the last kick. I find the expert just as fast as a TBS (when and where it needs to be fast) but it's the extreme low gear where you can kill all pace off the ball and extreme speed variation you can easily put on the ball that makes the blade great, that's the main reason why it's a such a good rating improver

Actually, V+ doesn't vibrate at all. It is too stiff for that purpose. A blade without feedback is a dead piece of plywood. Of course, professional players may think otherwise.

So if we all were mash out brains together to decided what the next blade in OSP's line should be what would it be like?. For me the only thing obviously missing is a 5.0mm properly allround blade with more flex than the Expert. So it plays exactly like an old worn in Stiga allround.

Edited by bluebucket - 11/05/2011 at 2:34am

debraj wrote: the major issue i find with wooden blades...(i haven't played a lot many)...  is even though they are little more easier to handle, the ball placements are not as precise as the carbon blades. is it a wrong impression?  ... you guys played lot many wooden blades than i did.

Placements on what type of shots?


Perhaps placement is a little more tricky with the OSP blades for passive blocking (where a more active stroke is required than carbon blades) and both smashing and loopdriving (where the catapult/flex of the blade engages, adds power and spin but also a level of unpredictability for players used to carbon's stiffness)?

However, for serving, pushing and medium speed active topspinning I find OSP's blades placement to be at least the equal of larger sweet spot carbons.

All the marketing talk that manufacturers have pushed about "longer trajectory" has some relevance here; the OSP blades seem to seem to produce a lot of deep placements when you topspin attack with them. I mentioned in the past that the Virtuoso has been the winningest blade I have ever used, and I often wonder if it's because such a large majority of the folks just above my level usually have a strong close to the table block or counterhit. Many of my topspins get close to the endline before dropping and it creates timing issues for those players.

whats the price point on these blades...

With the Euro at a historic low, it's a good time to buy.

Hi , since i am using a virtuoso-m with rakza soft both sides , i am wondering if anyone has experience playing this blade with markv or markv-gps since i want to quit playing glue-effect rubbers. Or may be with other "classic" europe rubbers like sriver/coppa/vario/mendo etc . Preferably in 2.0 mm
greetings Mepper.

mepper59 wrote: Hi , since i am using a virtuoso-m with rakza soft both sides , i am wondering if anyone has experience playing this blade with markv or markv-gps since i want to quit playing glue-effect rubbers. Or may be with other "classic" europe rubbers like sriver/coppa/vario/mendo etc . Preferably in 2.0 mm greetings Mepper.

mepper.....I have played my Virtuoso-L with Mark V 2.0, CJ8000-light, Rakza soft 2.0 and max, Rakza regular 2.0. 

Currently using Rakza soft 2.0 on both sides because I lost some control with the soft max.  The soft max was very nice mid to long off the table....but harder short table play than the 2.0  The 2.0 soft has much more feel and touch ability for me. 

Using Mark V 2.0 on both sides.....very nice blocking and control hitting, but is was much slower obviously than Rakza's. I lost some of the touch close table play compared to the soft Rakza versions because the Mark V seems slightly more heavy or dense because of the topsheet and sponge.

The CJ8000 swift-light 2.2 was a much lighter feeling and over all weight than the Mark V 2.0, but was nice for service because of the high tack in comparison. 

The Virtuoso- is plenty fast enough for me with the Rakza 2.0 on it for my touch and game play. 

Hope that helps.