Post your paddle(s) + Reviews?

XrisKyr729 wrote: defensive attacker, hard to master but very good in far from the table cuts also good at mid distance counter attacks...highly recommended for long pips.. my KC w/ donic alligator soft, very, very good at attacking above the table!

why recommended long pimples?

khvn wrote: GenomicsKnight wrote: My Cpen setup. It's a Yasaka GE with homemade special handle, tailored for RPB. Whoa! Nice mod. Wouldn't the bottom bump interfere when you apply that all important thumb technique in which you press down your thumb on the blade to close up the blade angle? I used to have the same configuration (top and bottom bumps) too, but has removed the bottom bump in my final design.

I still can use my thumb and index finger to control the angle of the blade. I press down more my index finger for backhand defensive block, and apply more pressure using my thumb on my forehand block or even forehand topspin. The bottom bump did bother me just a bit in the beginning, but I was able to adapt to it. One thing that bump did help me was to have a more secured grip when I do RPB. I am curious. Do you have a picture of your mod ? I am very interested to see how other people do it. Thanks.

your wang hao hair cut is cool so does your RPB...but dude...next time try cutting your rubber with a cutting mat and a strong piece of cutter blade. only then you would be cooler than ice cube 

Sorry for the big pix. I've cut the sixe down to 200x150, 19K but it still shows up big! Strange...

 

that is so freakin cool u did that with just sand paper?

thats what I thought ive seen ppl make mods to blade before and they all use dremel

Geno, it's a Darker J-Speed 90 in the pix. A 9mm-thick slab of younger, thus, softer-feeling hinoki.

Based on what you did, I'll say you're real blade modder, as good as any other out there. You design, I shall say, is very striking and adventurous. I'm surprised that those 2 tall cork pieces can sustain the pressure and not crumble away. Not to mention the glue you use, it gotta be pretty strong to give the corks a good hold too.

 

 

you're a Star Trek fan??

ill post mine later ... hehe im jealous

khvn wrote: GenomicsKnight wrote: pingpongkf wrote: you're a Star Trek fan?? I am a hugh fan of all Star Trek TV series and movies. That blade does ressemble a Kligon Disruptor Pistol Lol! That design's way out there... Did your blade play as fantastically as it looked? �

I modified it from a pre-assembled Friendship bat, a glass fibre one. The idea is to have 2 hitting sides in each hand. That is the forehand has two and the backhand has two also. I can hit my backhand using both sides. The top-side is mostly for push and block, and the bottom-side is used like the RPB. However the forehand is trickier. I can topspin or loop with the top-side. But the forehand bottom-side (FHBS) is another story. I've yet to find a good use of it. So far I only was able to block a wide-angle loop shot once using the bottom-side of the forehand. I think I am not used to the naturally closed angle and awkwardness of the FHBS

I only played about 5 times and I still need to figure out how to serve effectively with that pistol blade. I will get back to it when I get a table and robot. None of my practice partners has any patience with me when I play with that blade.

khvn wrote: Man... This's gotta be the only blade that can multiply itself by 2 like that. With a normal blade, you only have a backhand and a forehand. With this�Geno blade, you have twice as many�blade faces to play with: bh bottom, bh�top, fh bottom�and fh top. This�is like cheating: Playing with 2 blades�instead of one. �

I know. Too bad the idea is not original. Otherwise I'd have patented it a while ago. I first saw it on Tom Veatch's personal website, except his blade handle is very different from mine. I believe he uses all 4 sides.

Imagine this. If you use two different kinds of rubbers, you will be able to multiple the types of loops you usually generate by 2, assuming you can land all of them on the other side of the table.

Here are my standard equipments.  The Avalox P500 (Nittaku version) is my regular blade with Hurricane 3 (39 degree) and Sriver FX (Max.) on it.  My personal view on Avalox with Hurricane is just three words �perfect for me�. 

 

 

My back-up blade is the newly acquired Yasaka Extra 7 with Donic F2 and Sriver FX.  The blade is softer than Avalov and with less power.  But I like it with Donic F2 for convenience. This rubber does not need to be re-glued.

 

 

 The Butterfly Special Edition of 1 ply Cypress is for seeing only.  I got it in Hong Kong during my recent trip to Asia.  The blade is so beautiful that I don�t want to ruin its natural beauty by putting rubber sheets on it. 

 

Happy ping-pong to all.

 

Linn88

Wow. That's a thick 1-ply Cypress shakehand blade. What is the thickness? It looks like a 9mm at least. Have you weighed it?