violin carbon

Sedis wrote: fatt wrote: still around $130 at tt11: http://www.tabletennis11.com/other_eng/nittaku-violin-carbon I have a hard time understanding the strategy: on sale when it comes out: can somebody comment? I assume it might vary depending on where you are in the world, but with TT11's % discount scheme the blade at standard price would qualify you for a reasonable discount in any case, add a couple of rubbers (or buy a pair of blades) and you could pay this price even when the blade is not on offer.

This. You can always get expensive blades at about 20-25% discount.
Moreover, tt11 claims they randomly select their weekly specials, so if it's truly random, it could have been coincidence.
Otoh, maybe they want to push a number of blades out early to ensure a number of reviews.
On top of that tt-japan and iruiru also have/had them 20% off even before it was released.

The feel is more solid dan acoustic carbon,speed a bit slower.
My acoustic carbon is 92 gr, violin carbon 91 gr

I will test and compare to Acoustic inner and outer carbon today, test bouncing with ball.


Edited by peter79 - 12/08/2017 at 3:30am

Sedis wrote: I make it 28mm by 23mm

Sorry if the above image is already overquoted (previous posters, please consider removing it from your quotation, if it's not essential), but I wanted to post it next to an image of regular Violin LG (with Large ST handle).
As you can see, regardless of the dimensions, the shape is clearly different: more round-ish on the Violin Carbon (just like regular Violin) and more elongated, with flatter top/bottom surfaces, on the Violin LG:

To anyone interested. Violin Carbon ST is out of stock at tt11 and not expected to become available again before the end of the weekly special offer.

I make it 28mm by 23mm

I emailed TT1 and inquired about the dimensions of the ST handle.
The reason is that I am very picky about handle sizes. I stopped playing with regular Violin for a few years because I felt the ST handle was too thin, until Violin LG (L-Size handle) came out.

Their reply was:

• Violin (ST) handle - 98mm long, 28mm wide, 24mm thick.
• Violin Carbon (ST) handle - 10cm long, 28mm wide, 24mm thick.
• Violin LG (ST) handle - 29mm wide, 23mm thick.
  

I suppose this means that the handle of Violin Carbon is the same as regular Violin.
Interestingly, the handles of regular Violin and Violin carbon appear to be thicker (and rounder) than Violin LG.

This does not completely match my own measurements, which are:

• Violin regular ST handle is about 26.5 x 23 mm, circumference is 82 mm.
• Violin LG ST handle is about 28.5 x 23 mm, circumference is 87 mm.
• Handle length is 100 mm and head size is 149 x 156 mm in both cases.
  

I would be grateful if one of the first owners of Violin Carbon ST could post dimensions and maybe a picture of the handle butt.

Any reviews on this blade yet?

25% off at TT11 (weekly special)!

Thanks fatt for including me. If there's one test blade, I can be last on the list, and will then send it back to TT1 in Estonia.

Available in tt11

Dr.Cho wrote: Hmmm, somethings wrong then Hide is superior to other glues for transmitting tonal waves between wood veneers because of how hard it cures and it pulls wood together as it cures.  probably why it has the feel like no other blade. Hide also comes in granules, flakes and flat sheets. lots of woodworkers, guitar makers and violin makers use hide and some with carbon too

Carbon fiber and hide glue don't stick together, literally.

I ordered 91 gr FL which is the heaviest ttjapan has, will arrive soon.

OK, one more example of bad automatic translation on the Nittaku website. The announced release date is not 11 October, as in the first post, it's 10 November (11月10日). So, still a few more weeks to go.
Oh, and iruiru has it for preorder for 16000JPY, as well.