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Originally posted by haggisv haggisv wrote:

This rule:
2.4.2 At least 85% of the blade by thickness shall be of natural wood; an adhesive layer within the blade may be reinforced with fibrous material such as carbon  fibre, glass fibre or compressed paper, but shall not be thicker than 7.5% of the total thickness or 0.35mm, whichever is the smaller.

The word 'within' implies it can't be an outer layer.


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This rule:
2.4.2 At least 85% of the blade by thickness shall be of natural wood; an adhesive layer within the blade may be reinforced with fibrous material such as carbon  fibre, glass fibre or compressed paper, but shall not be thicker than 7.5% of the total thickness or 0.35mm, whichever is the smaller.

The word 'within' implies it can't be an outer layer.
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Originally posted by ashishsharmaait ashishsharmaait wrote:

No

Can you please show which sub-section of Rule 2.4 The racket , in the ITTF Handbook that defines this ?
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Is it legal to have the outermost layer of a blade (the layer that is used to glue the rubber on)  to be say, carbon or arylate ?

Just curious 


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