Pictures of my equipment...

Thanks!

gatz wrote: Holy Molly! What a collection you got there speedy. And we think were EJ's here... well guys here comes the father of all EJ's Speedy. Cheers.

There are 5 different combinations that I have been playing...

Setup 1: MY FAVORITE
Blade: BTY Keyshot (ST - old version - Someone stole this blade )
BH: Stiga Radical (2.0mm)
FH: Stiga Almana Sound (2.3mm)

Setup 2:
Blade: BTY Amultart (ST)
BH: Stiga Radical (2.0mm)
FH: Stiga Almana Sound (2.3mm)

Setup 3:
Blade: BTY Michael Maze (ST)
BH: Stiga Radical (2.0mm)
FH: Stiga Almana Sound (2.3mm) or Tibhar Nimbus (MAX)

Setup 4:
Blade: BTY Mitzutani Jun (ST)
BH: Stiga Radical (2.0mm) or Joola Tango Ultra (2.0mm)
FH: Tibhar Nimbus (MAX) or Nittaku Refoma (MAX)

Setup 5: (current)
Blade: BTY Gegerly 21 (ST)
BH: BTY Speedy PO (2.0mm) or BTY Raystorm (2.0mm)
FH: 729 High Point (MAX) or Tibhar Nimbus (MAX)

There are 2 more blades are coming next week Schlager Carbon and Timo Boll Spirit, so here are other setup...

Setup 6: (next week)
Blade: BTY Schlager Carbon (ST)
BH: BTY Speedy PO (2.0mm)
FH: Tibhar Nimbus (MAX) or Stiga Almana Sound (2.3mm)

Setup 7: (5 weeks after that)
Blade: BTY Timo Boll Spirit
BH: BTY Speedy PO (2.0mm) or Stiga Radical (2.0mm)
FH: BTY Bryce FX (MAX) or Tibhar Nimbus (MAX)

beeray1 wrote: what setup do you play with normally?

Butterfly Keyshot (old version) or Butterfly Moonbeam.  These two are discontinued... too bad

Henry Hou wrote: Which blade is your favorite?

 Really impressive collection.  But it's a shame that you don't have any j-pen.

Are you planning to sell any of these? If so, folks here will go crazy!

Yes, that's me.  I posted on DTTW before.  Yes, I sold/gave some away since.  Here are the ones: Donic Persson Carbon, Donic CarboTec, Donic Baum Carrera, BTY Ishlion, BTY VSG-1000, BTY Mizutani Jun, BTY Oh Sang Eun, Stiga Super Carbon, Stiga CR, Stiga Aluminum, Tibhar H-9-1, Tibhar Samsonov Carbon, Nittaku KCZ, Nittaku Titan Beat, Nittaku High Power, Joola Kool, Joola MC1, Joola Zoli Cross, Joola Rossi Power, Yasaka Balsa, Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon, Yasaka Synergy, Juic Titanium Turbo...

Sorry, I can't remember them all... why did I sell/give them away?  Well, for so many reasons.  Maybe you are just interested in the list that I don't like.  Here are the bad blades (IMO): Donic Baum Carrera (no feel), Joola Zoli Cross (too slow), Yasaka Synergy (too slow), Tibhar H-9-1 (too much vibration)... everything else are ok...

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doraemon wrote: Speedy, I remember that you once posted on DTTW your collection of 67 blades (if I'm not mistaken), so you've sold/given some since then.  Which ones did you sell/give, and why?  Did you not like them?  Or do you think that they will be more valuable in somebody else hands?

Thank you Speedy.  The reason I asked is that I have very few collections (really, very few compared to yours) that I don't use at all.  I am thinking of selling or giving but I just can't do it.  The reason I don't use them is not because I don't like them.  I still can play well with them, it just a few suit me more than the others.  I have a hard time letting them go because there are no major flaws in them and some have nostalgic value, but if I don't use them, why keep them?

So I still keep them and care for them (clean them, put them in their boxes, etc.).

Well, the reason I keep them because I like blades, also I collect blades.

doraemon wrote: Thank you Speedy.  The reason I asked is that I have very few collections (really, very few compared to yours) that I don't use at all.  I am thinking of selling or giving but I just can't do it.  The reason I don't use them is not because I don't like them.  I still can play well with them, it just a few suit me more than the others.  I have a hard time letting them go because there are no major flaws in them and some have nostalgic value, but if I don't use them, why keep them? So I still keep them and care for them (clean them, put them in their boxes, etc.).

Those M. Maze are great on the backhand.  On the forehand, M. Maze sucks so bad.  They have some kind of energy lost.  If I put 10 in my shot, I get maybe about 7 for my output.  The handle are the same in length.  They only looks like that on the picture.

Acoustic and Violin are the only two I don't buy because I was lucky to tried them first, and I decided not to buy them

serghinio wrote: Impressive! Regarding the two m. maze blades in 11th picture of your first post. Is there any difference between them? The first one has a longer handle? And how come that you don't have an acoustic among all that blades ?

Speedy,

I see that you have a few andro blades in your collection.  Could you comment about them in general (quality, playability, feel).  I also see you have two J.M. Saive Kenetic Off-.  I was thinking of getting the J.M. Saive Kenetic Off.  Could you compare the Saive Kenetic blades to say the Maze blade?

By the way, you have a very impressive collection!  I recently sold off most of my collection (http://picasaweb.google.com/robjkc ) on this site thanks to Cole (http://colestt.com), who graciously sold and shipped my blades through his site.

Could you tell me the weight of the two Schlager Carbon Light blades?

First of all, I am a Butterfly lover, but I have to trash the BalsaCarbo X5.  It is the most disappointment blade of Butterfly.  Too much vibration and slow... it's like a piece of paper to me

johnny89atc wrote: very impressive collection!!!what do you think of BalsaCarbo X5? thanks

that digital scale is pretty neat/tiny/handy. what's it called? where can i get/buy/order it? 

I just see it says Digital Pocket Scale... and the model is PR-200 (it stands for 200grams max).  I bought it on ebay.  I don't really know where though... good luck...

tiehwen wrote: that digital scale is pretty neat/tiny/handy. what's it called? what can i get/buy/order it?

Well Robjkc, if you are referring to JM Saive OFF-, then Speedy is correct, it is based on balsa.  It is rather thick.  I don't know how it plays.

If you refer to JM Saive OFF, then it is completely different.  It is thinner and harder.  Ball bounces really high if you bounce ball with bare blade.  Be careful also about the weight, Andro said that average is about 80 gr. for JM Saive OFF, but mine is 94 gram!!!  On the other hand, JM Saive OFF- is lighter (because of the balsa).

@Tiehwen:  Try to find a cheap chinese-made digital balance.  It looks like the one Speedy has.  It costs only $22 - $25.  Reading up to 0.1 gram.  Max. 200 gr.  They have another one up to 300 gr.  I don't know the brand.  The one that I look at TT store has unique name:  CAMRY.  It is made in China.  The store owner told me about the prices mentioned above.  It is accurate because I have many blades that I weighed before and when I checked on that balance, the reading are exactly the same.  Too bad, I don't know where he bought it though.