Chinese Paddle Recommendation

Believe it or not. The Chinese played with seriously rock-hard rubber, on top of outrageously stiff blade. The ones made by DHS, namely 08 and 032. I had a 08 when I first picked up table tennis seriously. Back then they used blood glue(from pork) for assembly, giving it the unique dark lines between the veneers. Let me tell you, that sucker was built like a tank, using all basswood, over 100g in weight. I remember my teacher paired it with some Komann inverted topsheet on top of DHS blue sponge. Ya, BS was no big deal back then, cost like dirt for roughly US$1, when Japanese sponge was the shit and Friendship 729 topsheet was still king of the hill. Owning Sriver or Mark V was a symbol of wealth, class and capitalism. Who would've thought...





http://www.sundns.org/discuz/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=287976

That era also saw the peak of Avalox P500/P700 coupled with Friendship 729 on top of rock-hard sponge that had been speedglued like there's no tomorrow, when KLH won the WTTC in 1995, signaling the return of decades-long Chinese dominance. That laid the groundwork for the Stiga Offensive Classic, which was still several years away from the limelight and Clipper, which was the de facto blade for the fast-attack style with pips, not two-wing inverted looping like it is today!

The era of obligatory hardwood/spruce/ayous 5-ply structure coupled with H2/H3 came to prominence when WLQ first became the World Champ in 2001. That's when all hell broke loose. Every person wanted to get their hands on one, be it the black lens gold text OC, blue lens OC, yellow lens black print, yellow lens white print...all of those variations. The frenzy lasted over a decade, but its legacy continues, apparently.

http://lianlian7029.blog.163.com/blog/static/21898628120148824947862/

Edited by zeio - 07/01/2017 at 1:46am

The DHS 016 was pretty great as well. I still have one with 0X 388-d1.