A composite blade for Tenergy and short pips

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Yagorkin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Beginner Joined: 04/24/2013 Location: Moscow, Russia Status: Offline Points: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote Yagorkin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: A composite blade for Tenergy and short pips Posted: 11/10/2019 at 3:53pm
	Hi, I'm asking for a suggestion. What composite blade (preferably by Butterfly or TSP) would you recommend for Tenergy 05 on the forehand and Spectol 21 on the backhand? I'm currently using TSP SWAT Power which is a very nice blade for this combination of rubbers but I feel that all-wooden blades don't really match the new ball well (we usually play with DHS D40+ here in Russia). There were some pros here (namely Maxim Maximov and Denis Gavrilov) who used Gergely with these rubbers but I'm not sure if it's relevant now. I really liked Avalox P700 with the celluloid ball if it matters. Any input would be highly appreciated. Best, Egor Edited by Yagorkin - 11/10/2019 at 3:54pm

ericd937 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Gold Member Joined: 06/01/2012 Location: Saigon, Vietnam Status: Offline Points: 1150	Post Options Post Reply Quote ericd937 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11/11/2019 at 12:59am
	In my opinion, Spectol (all variations) is better for the forehand side because of its vertical pimple alignment. Spinpips, which has horizontal pimple alignment, is better for backhand. I personally had a hard time playing vertically aligned pimples on backhand.
	Current Setup: Trying to learn H3 Official USATT Rating 1815 Current estimated level: Starting to get the hang of H3

Baal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Moderator Joined: 01/21/2010 Location: unknown Status: Offline Points: 13521	Post Options Post Reply Quote Baal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11/11/2019 at 2:31pm
	Viscaria works with everything. Seriously. It does.

Skyline Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Premier Member Joined: 07/01/2007 Status: Offline Points: 3781	Post Options Post Reply Quote Skyline Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11/11/2019 at 4:52pm
	Tsp hino carbon or primorac carbon

Nuise Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Beginner Joined: 11/06/2019 Location: San Francisco Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nuise Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11/11/2019 at 5:53pm
	ZJK SZLC, Nittaku Acoustic Carbon, Viscaria, Stiga Carbonado 45. All of these are good with Tenergy FH and SP on BH. I too agree that horizontal pips are better suited for SP on BH.

Sedis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Super Member Joined: 01/31/2015 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 149	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sedis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11/12/2019 at 5:25am
	I would agree that the Viscaria or one of the many blades of the same composition work very well with SP. I think the Koto is hard enough for the short pips, whilst still working for the majority of styles with inverted. I think harder, carbon or 7 ply wood blades work best for short pips, but I don't get on with these for inverted and I prefer limber/ALC for inverted, but this is not great for short pips. The Koto/ALC seems to work for both with very little compromise. On the subject of horizontal pips, in theory I get why they would be better for BH, but having tried both Hexer Pips Force and regular Hexer pips, in both horizontal and vertical alignment, side by side, on identical blades, in practice the difference is negligible at best.

taczkid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Super Member Joined: 05/19/2016 Location: ILLINOIS Status: Offline Points: 430	Post Options Post Reply Quote taczkid Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11/12/2019 at 8:27am
	Primorac Carbon

malin87 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Super Member Joined: 05/21/2013 Location: Greece Status: Offline Points: 134	Post Options Post Reply Quote malin87 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11/25/2019 at 5:10pm
	hey, i am using the same rubbers and currently i play with the Timo Boll ZLC. I really love it for my backhand with spectol 21. In forehand is quite good but a bit slower than Mizutani SZLC i tried and loved it for my forehand. I think koto outer ply suits me better.. if i find a blade a bit faster with koto may i give it a try.. My level is high if you consider i got paid to play..
	Tibhar stratus carbon,T05,Spectol21

bokai Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Super Member Joined: 12/08/2016 Location: South Australia Status: Offline Points: 267	Post Options Post Reply Quote bokai Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11/25/2019 at 7:41pm
	Thats interesting how most of you say horizontal aligned pips is better for BH. I thought it was the opposite and most professionals use vertical on the BH (Tang Peng flarestorm 2, Mima Ito Moristo SP just to name a couple). I suppose it depends what style you play with the short pips. However, IMO if u want to spin then inverted rubbers are much better than SP for this haha.

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