Mizuno Fortius/Fortius FT

I have seen several players in the Japanese League playing with these but the blades are very little known outside of Japan. Has anyone had the chance to try them and could give a review. Some say that the Fortius FT (and the normal Fortius maybe aswell) works very well wirth short pips.

Here are some manufacturer specs:

Fortius
head size: 157x150
thickness: 6.7 mm




Fortius FT (Fine Touch)
head size 158x150
thickness: 6.4 mm

FT

Da Baobei wrote: I have seen several players in the Japanese League playing with these but the blades are very little known outside of Japan. Has anyone had the chance to try them and could give a review. Some say that the Fortius FT (and the normal Fortius maybe aswell) works very well wirth short pips. Here are some manufacturer specs: Fortius head size: 157x150 thickness: 6.7 mm Fortius FT (Fine Touch) head size 158x150 thickness: 6.4 mm

Da Baobei wrote: bbkon wrote: How do you know japan league pips players are using it? any video? Oshima Yuya (no pips player though) Morizono Misaki (currently using Clipper CR) Yamanashi Yuri

Fortius FT looks nice:

Bought one with ST handle. We'll see how it plays.

Limba Ayous Ayous Ayous Ayous Ayous Limba

It looks like the Fortius FT has a very similar composition to the Xiom Extreme S blade.

Ray wrote: Another nice Clipper-like blade.

The Fortius FT's composition is actually different than the Clipper's, beyond the fact it's limba outer and ayous inner. The plies are of even thicknesses, whereas the Clipper's aren't ― it's two thin plies under the top, then three thick ones. The FT is also thinner at 6.4mm.


I was looking at pictures and it's quite interesting. The Korbel SK7 core is two thin, two thick, then a thinner core. The Extreme S, Yasaka Overdrive and P700 are like the Clipper, with two thin, three thick plies. This doesn't tell the whole story as other factors come into play, like the relative and absolute thicknesses, the glue, the treatment of the plies. But it's interesting, I hadn't taken the time to check this before.

Da Baobei wrote: I have seen several players in the Japanese League playing with these but the blades are very little known outside of Japan.

Who besides Oshima?

nobody else on the mens side?

Skyline wrote: Bran wrote: The Fortius FT's composition is actually different than the Clipper's, beyond the fact it's limba outer and ayous inner. The plies are of even thicknesses, whereas the Clipper's aren't ― it's two thin plies under the top, then three thick ones. The FT is also thinner at 6.4mm. I was looking at pictures and it's quite interesting. The Korbel SK7 core is two thin, two thick, then a thinner core. The Extreme S, Yasaka Overdrive and P700 are like the Clipper, with two thin, three thick plies. This doesn't tell the whole story as other factors come into play, like the relative and absolute thicknesses, the glue, the treatment of the plies. But it's interesting, I hadn't taken the time to check this before. the Extreme S has a more solid feeling than Clipper. When I looked at the ply structure of my Extreme S it looked very similar to the Fortius FT

nobody tried yet?