Cheap blades, Diamonds in the rough

How much does it weigh?

Thank you for the suggestion!

Which B series Palio / s have you tried, I'm kind of looking for blades that have a soft feel and some flex and a good tone, I know it's asking a lot for a $10 blade but you never know :)?. So far most of the cheaper ones have been hard surfaced and quite full of vibrations. I'm not sure what that means for the faster Stiga's and the HK if most of the $10 blades share their "qualities" :P>??

Edited by bluebucket - 04/24/2011 at 2:11am

The reason I buy these blades is to give or sell cheaply to young players I coach who when they come to me usually own some kind of very bad pre made that is corrupting their form. 12 year olds can't all afford a Primorac and 20-30$ rubbers each side, they don't have that kind of money. So what I look for is simply the best combo of blade and rubber for a price, IMHO some of these $10 blades are every bit as good as a many popular $100 blades it's just a matter of finding them. Also young kids don't want to all own the same blade as every other kid in the club even if one blade is better than the rest of them so you need to find a few different good blades. All these things need to be considered :). Of course all of the blades need to be ALL or ALL+ and I keep the FH rubbers at 2mm and the BH at 1.8mm which is what I've found the best thickness for a developing young player, but rubbers is for another thread another time. The reason for the thread is to bounce ideas with other people in my position (like Imago) to try and find good and cheap quality blades suitable for the kids development and enjoyment

Edited by bluebucket - 04/24/2011 at 3:38am

Imago, I got the 729 C-2 last order also. It's pretty nice have you tried it? it was probably the slowest of the blades I tried last time a very good speed for proper beginner, nicely built, bit of vibration. It has a very nice full sized handle, all the plies are the same size etc. The C-1 was slightly more "expensive" at $13 but I put one of those into my new order to try it since it's made from different woods and I felt perhaps it will be a little smoother and nicer to use. I've also ordered another C-2 because I did like the build quality on it. A Jade Sword, Palio KA, one more Instinct and 3 x GuoQiu W-01's.

Just updating this, the new lot of W-01's I got are not made from the same wood !, they now have a spruce 2nd ply like a OC or HK. They are a little less flexible with a thicker core and a bit faster. How strange :)?. I also got a Palio KA which is very nicely built, better looking wood than the latest W-01's and feels dead yet springy just like a HK except slower. It's ALL round and the HK is a little faster than that but not a lot faster. Like the HK and other spruce based blades with high dwell and flex, these blades become much much faster than they seem with you start hitting. Anyway the Palio KA is very good, infinity better than the Instinct imho. 

Edited by bluebucket - 05/02/2011 at 2:04am

Does somebody know about Qiu Zhong Hui blades? I had one, year ago, off carbon hk 648 (or 644), it's blade in class of waldner carbon senso, but better in my opinion, loops equally good, but smashes better . I'd like to buy it again, but dont know where?

Sounds nice enough to try one, most blades flex a fair bit but depends how fast and forward you swing, most all wood blades 6.0mm are quite bendy. The KA is actually 7 mm so I don't expect it to flex much but it probably will a bit since it's a light grade of wood

To summarize: Back to to Dimand serach ; now we have yinhe N9, yinhe t11+, yinhe y2, yinhe t2, palio ka,  Guo Qiu W01,  729 C-1, 729 super 2 carbon, c o can someone who is familiar with those blades can briefly put them in best quality order with few comments ? what could have been the best 3 combo around 15-25 $in total ?