NEXY TAMAR Series blades!!!

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Nexy Tamar V blade

weight: 85 grams
plies: 5 (all hinoki)
thickness: approx 6.3mm
speed: off- to off
stiffness: stiff

Nexy released 3 all kiso hinoki blades they are the Tamar V, VII and IX which have 5, 7 and 9 plies depending on your preference for the blade's performance. I was given the Tamar V which bears the name of a young girl taken from the bible, a daughter of king david.

I was greatly overwhelmed by the quality of craftsmanship and work in constructing this blade. Even when looking at the Tamar V at a distance you can easily tell that it is a very beautiful blade. It may be somewhat similar to the Butterfly Kiso Hinoki V but when I got hold of the blade, the quality is equal if not better. The Tamar V is a quality work of art that I was hesitant to play with it because it was too good and too beautiful to play and I would rather put it in a case for decoration. 

The handle was very smooth as the handle is also made of kiso hinoki. almost every part of the blade was smoothen to a very fine finish. I would like to particularly point out that the handle was one of the major thing that attracted me to the blade because aside from being very smooth, the handle is one of the most comfortable handle made. If only they have made the neck of the handle extending to the wing of the blade smooth and a little bit rounded, the blade may have been perfect. The blade head surface is stiff just like other kiso hinoki blades.

I glued the Elpis and the tenzone 2.0mm to the Tamar V. Nexy gave me another Elpis this time it's the full production version and I think this is an improved one since it played differently from the sample they gave me months ago and was also better. I used an elmer's rubber cement as glue for the set up. I bounced the ball on the bare blade and it was an average bounce, not too high not too low indicating that the blade isn't too fast. When I was having fh-fh and bh-bh drills the blade performed faster than I was expecting. At first, I thought that its gonna be a slow blade basing on the bounce test but it was very lively and bouncy when I was hitting it with the Tenzone 2.0mm. With the Elpis, it wasn't slow also. It felt above average in speed. The Elpis is like an ALL+ rubber in speed.

The blade is close to the feel of the Bty Kiso Hinoki V but it felt somewhat stiffer and with a better quality and finish. In terms of speed, they are equal more. Comparing it to other blades, the Tamar V is slower than the YEO, Mazunov, Stratus Powerwood and it is faster than the Petr Korbel, Red Cypress. The Tamar V performs well even at mid-distance away from the table that I don't feel that much drop in terms of power on my shots when countering from the table. The control is above average for the blade. 

Looping is above average. I felt it is not suited best for looping but it can still loop well for a very stiff blade. However, this blade shines well when doing flat hits, counter hitting and smashes. The blade gives extra kicks when smashing near or mid-distance from the table. Active blockers will also love this blade because it blocks well. Its strongest trait would be it gives a long trajectory when hitting at mid-distance and the power doesn't diminish much. I don't recommend using super tacky rubbers with it, although it enables you to spin the ball better when hitting I felt like it offers less with that combo. I also used a neo skyline 3 that has been tuned for 5 layers of paraffin oil but didn't performed optimally. The Globe 999 National blue sponge however was different and was much better. Overall, a balanced blade that I didn't feel any head heaviness despite at one time I had a globe 999 national blue sponge and a tenzone on the other side.