Best 1-ply Hinoki Blade

Stefanusj,
I am curious what did Malvin suggested you to write when ordering to iruiru.

Khvn,
I am positive that my Borko has softer feeling compared to my Darker Speed 90, in fact the difference is very very clear,just one hit with Speed 90 after using the Borko you will note the big difference. The wood on my Borko does not look hard, and in fact I was afraid of splintering because it looks fibrous, so I did a bit more sealing than usual.

My blade is already coloured with woodstain. Original colour is white, it consists of 5 ply, the outer plies are thin, and the center ply is thick and soft. I don't remember anymore the colour of the inner plies. Total thickness about 7,6 mm.
Your blade looks cool with the waves, I am curious to see your review.

So how did you explain that to iruiru ? Reading your explanation I don't understand what does upward pattern, I think all hinoki will have grains from the handle to the top of the blades, parralel to each other. Did you specigy the weight you want ?
Darker Speed 90 is only available in J-pen (at least at iruiru). I don't know if it is available at other seller.

It matters a lot to me and also Khvn. I had pain at my arm and it vanished as soon as I changed to a lighter blade.

Hi Guys,

 

I just got today my brand new Darker Speed 90 10mm 92g from iruiru's shop after an exhausting research with Malvin's valuable expertise and help. I will post some pictures as soon as I can. One question: Is ir Mr. or Ms. Suzuki??? I think or thought it was Mr.!!!!. Anyway, thanks Malvin I will test it out and I am quite happy everything has gone well so far. I wonder now which rubber is best for my style??? I like Rapid Thibar and Mark V most. But I am willing to try Nittaku Hammond, Juic Varites, DHS Skyline 3, etc. Any suggestions?? Already tried Andro quad 480, catapult, DHS Hurricane 2 and didn't like them.

Thanks, and have a nice day everyone!!!

 

 

Here is the picture. The area around the words SPEED and CONTROL has a very wavy pattern. The rest of the blade all have very straight lines.

Ok, I can finally include myself into the list of players owning a 1-ply Hinoki shakehand blade. Recently got one BTY 9mm, 94g. Great blade, powerful but a very nice soft feel. Of course, both sides Japanese rubbers to keep the weight down.

It must be blades that are sold only outside Japan, so you cannot find it at Bty website. Some Bty blade types are not sold in Japan but you can find it in other countries. When last month (?) iruiru made an announcement that they have Schlager Carbon in J-pen, it has been available in Indonesia for a long time.
It would be interesting to know if Harold bought it in Singapore, which shop and what is the name of the blade. Is it Cypress in shake hand version ?

Hi again. Ok I got it from Taipei. Friend was on holiday. Kind enough to sms me if I wanted coz it's cheaper than the Kokutaku's I've seen in Singapore shop.

It's not Cypress. Why I say so? It's plain, bare , no printing on the blade surface. The handle's blue like Timo BS. No plastic title on the handle too. So after glueing the rubbers, can't tell FH from BH except the colour of your rubber. The BTY brand's nailed just the same like all other blades at the end of the handle.

I've got mine ST handle. Availability of 8.3 or 9mm. Chose 9mm as it's more pop. The finish? Better than Kokutaku. 94g. Fixed with Jap rubbers. Very powerful with a soft feel. Love it. Great for looping both FH and BH. And the cost? 2/3 the price of Kokutaku.

I am not getting any Darker for the moment as I have enough blades to try already.

The Kokutakus I saw, a good about 8 pieces to choose from. Can't remember the thickness, must have been 9mm? Coz I remembered my preference for 7-8mm which of course doesn't exist. Can't be any more than that coz they get too heavy. One is a certain version 2000 and it was going for $220 and the other v 3000 for $240 Sing $. The quality bet the two? Can't tell by merely holding. Why the diff of $20? I don't know.

The craftsmanship? Of the eight pieces, I saw one that has a smaller surface area than the rest. One of them had a surface not as smooth than the other side (of the same blade). Using the reflection of light, You would be able to see that the corners are curved - as if it was manually sand papered. Don't confuse this with the curved sides for Kokutaku as this is normal.

The BTY? Came as flat as any BTY J-pen Hinoki you've seen. The sides are straight and of course the blade surfaces are at right angles to the sides. Great finish.

As for the printing? I really don't mind. Fact is it's not famous yet. Just made for the Taiwanese market becoz the demand is there.

The bty cypress shakehands is without printing and has a blue handle also.
I'll post the picture, so you could confirm the similarity with your blade, harold.

The picture does not come out. Can you post it again
please ?

Thanks SDRamones for the pics. Yup, thats the handle but I got mine ST.

Hey I've reading thru all the posts and have learnt quite a lot. So then my blade may be a bit heavy right? I was trying out my two new blades:

1) Stiga offensive CR + Hurricane II + Sriver EL

2) Bty 9mmHinoki + Ekripts + TSP Real

The first one felt heavier.

No problem Harold.  I saw that pic a few days ago and ws very interested, but wasn't sure how heavy that thick of a ply of CYPRESS would be compared to my Hinoki blades I've been using.  Cypress is a little heavier than Hinoki, if that is the question you were asking.

Your Stiga is about waht 85 grams plus Hurricane rubber is pretty heavy so I would guess it would be pretty heavy.

Harold,How heavy is the Cypress blade itself?

I believe that Cypress from Butterfly is the type of the blade, and the material is Hinoki wood. I also believe that cypress is the English word for Hinoki (Japanese word).