After 10 years of heavy use & abuse of my beloved its high time to replace it to another blade since mine it's almost crumbled .

My requirements are the following:

-Off/off- range as my RW, but also a bit softer outer ply which is quite bouncy.

-Simiar weight (avoid anything above 90gr since my wrists hurts)

-No head-heaviness/ as Acoustic.

-Prefered compact size instead of "paellera size" as Korbel or Stratus power wood.

-FL handle as close as Stiga Master. Dislike narrow FL hadles as most Nittakus.

As an old school player, i still have the strong conviction that pure wood rules over any composite or fiber based blades. I own a huge collection of blades (Maze, Spirit, Viscarias, TB ALC or even PC) with purchased or traded in the past but never liked due to their lack of feeling. IMO they're for really skilled players or someone really commited into the game with such proper technique/fit/age. To my view any pure wood matches to my level since i'm in my early forties right, and i'd rather woody feeling for more pleasant&direct feeling. For even any advanced amateur, any 5-7 plywood blade is fine enough, at least for my liking.

I also own a discontinued light Clipper CR which is fine but I don't like thick blades too much coz my hands are small and I struggle the way to snap it in order to grab the blade properly.

I've played with both, and yes TSPW has a larger than avg. head-size, but I didn't feel it was head-heavy. 

Very few players (myself included of course) will likely ever be good enough that they can truly control a carbon blade.

Only thing is it might feel a bit slow after playing with a Rosewood for so long 

Cornilleau Glory

Solid handle

compact head size

Off

Good feeling

I also played  with it for years and it at that time  was my go-to blade, but nowadays I think it's quite slow for the current PB. 

Old clipper wood under 90grams and 6.2mm or thinner black font

OSP Ultimate

Tibhar Kim Jung Hoon
Tibhar Force Pro Black Edition

Tibhar Akkad

Nittaku Ludeack
Nittaku  Adelie

I guess Tenor is same as acoustic but thicker, so heavier and an even head heavier  too.

it's like rosewood v but a little softer.

Absolum is an absolute gem, but it is noticeably faster than RWV and I feel it is stiffer also

That's a great point too. Hadraw VK may also be interesting too, it's same as regular Korbel construction but harder koto outer ply with compact size and average weight.

I know you said all wood blades, but I have to pitch in these two, as they play like fast wooden blades. Joola Rossi Emotion and Joola Aruna Off (probably a renamed Rossi Emotion). And these two are my favorites and I own several blades (Acoustic Carbon, Viscaria ALC, Harimoto ALC, Garaydia ZLC, Joola Rossi Emotion PBOC, Donic Ovtcharov True Carbon)

Joola Rossi Emotion is also a great blade.   A composite that plays like a wooden blade.  However, it is a soft blade also with hinoki as the top-ply with koto as the 2nd layer (resulting in a not too soft Hinoki feeling).

You can't go wrong with PPP or JRE.   However, price-wise, PPP is very affordable.

You can choose Hadraw, but as I remember, it has been discontinued.   So if you like it, it is hard to get a spare or replacement.

Adidas Challenge Speed is still produced under the name of ITC Challenge Speed.

I keep a sample of Hadraw VK almost like brand new, but that's another handicap: it's discontinued nowadays and i don't fancy to shell out an arm and a leg for another collector blade.

I also gave it a shot  to the JRE in the past.  For me, it was the most hideous, crappy and dissapointing blade i've never ever tried; perhaps I had  too many expectations about it du its hyped, or maybe i tried with some rubbers that couldn't match but in fact, i  felt too mushy, o it  was too rubber-dependant but it wasn't my cup of tea neither.

About other such least know blades i'm not got to hesitate at all; they're not distributed in my homecountry and it's not worthy such hassle. Better to go for anything easier to find, affordable such as any Samsonov Force Pro (the blue one) or that classic Persson Powerplay. Actually there's no risk since they pretty affordable.

Sorry for being that picky, but i own more than 20 blades and tried dozens in the past.

I'm so used to it to my former RW that can't handle anyone.

Great..... 

I actually started using Yasaka Extra Offensive for the last two weeks.  I have the blade since it was introduced.  I remember that I did not like it that much during the smaller ball era, but I find it very good now.  It suits me well.

I was kind of torn between Donic Waldner Offensive JO shape vs. Infinity vps vs. YEO, but I settle now with YEO.

have you played with it? I thought the head was a little larger than your required specs. I am using either the YEO (yasaka ma lin extra offensive) and it is very nice and very controlled. Not super fast, but it seems super precise. I am stuck between that blade and an older discontinued 729 two speed blade (Hao Shao champion carbon) with a smaller head. 

This is a fun thread to read thru with some of the older wood blades mentioned.