Victas. Matshushita original vs Offensive

Handle. Flared both. VMOriginal the st is short compared to Flare.
Blade Thickness is 5,8 in VMOff while 5,0 in VMOriginal.
Both blades are quite stiff.VMOff stiffer but both with good feeling.
The main difference is that the Original is clearly to chop defensive game but the Off allows even to smack with the pips. However the Off may drive to develop an unclear strategy forgeting the defensive patterns that sometimes is fun but other times is going to result in defeat.
The VMOff is a very good off blade itself so one may put two off rubbers and play off. A very interesting blade to play off game. To give some comparison the VMOff is more off than a Stiga Infinity.

Edited by ejmaster - 01/03/2018 at 4:54am

I'm a huge fan on the original Victas Koji Matsushita. I have two, both around 90g, one FL handle and one ST handle. I've been using Xiom Vega Japan on these blades for 3-4 years now and am entirely satisfied. It chops great on the FH while also looping and smashing really well! For years I used 2.0mm sponge but moved to MAX last year. I haven't found any drop in control on my chops, but offensive shots are now more deadly. Highly recommend this combination!   

You are right. It is Victas.I misstyped. About the Original mine is 90gr and the VMOff is also 90 gr. Both blades are nice to play.
The original with a spring sponge type rubber in the fh is surprisingly fast and powerful (i even have to take care with the baracuda because sometimes the fh topspin goes longer than what i thought) i do not miss fh speed. Baracuda is slower than tenergy in the middle game but as fast as tenergy at full swing. This is very good because the need of speed is in the long game.
To play a clear defensive game with an allround fh i prefer the Original. But the VMOff is also a fantastic blade.
The VMOff is a monster blade if playing a mixed game. with bh middle pips or bh def pips in rubber and also lp.
These are the difficult to find kind of blades one does not feel is missing something driving you to ej.
But do not be confused.The good Victas blades are these ones. Other Victas blades i tested had nothing special and one can find better blades in the market (eg composite and off blades).These two the Original and the VMOff are extraordinary blades.

Edited by ejmaster - 01/04/2018 at 1:14pm