thickness: 5.6-5.7mm

weight: 82 grams

blade head size: 149x155mm

plies: 5 (limba-spruce?-ayous-spruce?-limba)

speed: all+ to off-

stiffness: flexy blade with medium hardness

this is a typical tibhar blade construction wherein the head size is a compact blade size. The flared handle is a flattened oblong. i used the tibhar 5Q and 1Q as test rubbers for the 2 blades. the blade had a low "tok" pitch sound when i was bouncing the ball with it. it feels very light and not head heavy even with both max 5Q and 1Q. 

I found this flexy 5 ply blade not too fast for my liking. Take note that the 5Q and 1Q rubbers are already very fast. doing fulls swings while hitting the ball near the table wasn't blindingly fast with this set up. with the 2 rubbers, the blade felt as an off-. most of the time its an ALL+ blade bent more on control. 

It felt very nice on short games though. Flicks and drops shots were very easy to perform even with very fast rubbers because the blade really has tons of control. for its speed, isay its way slower than the Stratus powerwood, more flexy and more control and weighs lighter. 

I get to enjoy looping with it though. the 5Q when combined with the Lebesson has a high arc throw. Although the1Q is faster than the 5Q, i really like the 5Q with the Lebesson because its way spinnier. control is very high even with me doing over the table loop drives against heavy half long underspin balls. for most part, this is a close to the table blade. heck, if you enjoy using ver yfast rubbers but want to maintain control then this is a good blade. also this is cheaper compared to other 5 ply blades if you are on a budget.

The Freitas blade is a simple but elegantly designed blade. This 7 ply limba outer ply with carbon arylate secondary layers is a budget composite blade that can compete with other more expensive carbon arylate blades. The blade is very light and not head heavy. The handle has a very simple design and color. At 60 euros, this is a good budget blade. 

I used the Tibhar 5Q and 1Q as test rubbers for this blade and the set up was never a heavy set up. only at about 175 grams total for the 2 rubbers and the blade. I enjoyed drilling the blade with both fh and bh because the feeling is good. It doesn't have much vibration because of its arylate component. The speed in my opinion is the same as that of the Timo Boll ALC. Fast enough but more on the control side. What I like on this blade is that it offers more feeling than the ALC. Its a lil bit softer on its feeling compared to the ALC but good feeling other wise. 

On looping, it has a medium high arc when doing spinny loops. Very controllable even on loop drives and very stable when hitting the ball in almost all kinds of shots. Close to the table, this blade performs great even with sensitive dropshots.  This is excellent both close and mid distance from the table. For players who don't want to loss too much control and at the same time have a faster blade that has less vibration and offers stability in attacking shots and also stability in blocking, the Freitas blade could suit a lot of players' needs.

Is it similar to MM? Because it has limba outer plies and you say it's softer than TB ALC. 

MM? kindly elaborate what blade you are referring to

ok thanks!

It is very good for controlled topspins & be smart/patient enough to set up the kill shot. Touch & feel in serves & short game is unparalleled so far. I use Rasant FH & a slower IQUL BH. Throwing a tensor on this blade is an amazing feeling. Looping and countering from any distance feels really good. I can loop and hit well with other blades; but, for me, this blade just sets itself apart because I have so much control & confidence in every shot.

I will say that I used to use a firmer Chinese rubber for FH though, & the flex in this blade makes Chinese rubbers feel very good too.

Same observation as Alexuganski, control for this blade is just right!

For offense on my FH, Magna generates awesome sidespin loops, and surprisingly fast drives and smashes, speed is maybe up there with the 7 plys. Excellent on flicks and pushes. Looping is very good with this blade and again control comes to mind when just about anything you throw lands on the table.

The blade has a pleasant feel. Finally, I think this blade is just too good to be true!

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If for any reason the Rossi Emotion does not work I might think first the main reason is me; then I will think of the Freitas; TBS and MM  are fantastic with the Maze winning for my game (better for an all round rallying control game than the tbs).

The Freitas looks so much like a winner! I hope they keep making it; I still do not see it in Tibhar's online store;  http://store.tibhar.com/en/Blades/" rel="nofollow - http://store.tibhar.com/en/Blades/  why is that?

I wish I could agree with the high control of this blade... I found quite a bit of vibration in it, and therefore I ended up using LKT Rapid soft in 2.2 mm on it... the result was rather strange, and because at about that time I fell in love with JUIC SBAlpha, the racket is still sitting in its case, with only a minimal use.

Speaking of the JUIC SBAlpha - the Freitas blade seems to be similar to it, or is it? Anyone...?

Yes, exactly, where did you guys buy the Freitas blade from?

Where did you find this Head size Ray? Mine is bigger for sure. 

Already discontinued? Man, they had to have some really good reasons for that, at a time when the namesake is... making a name? This world is an odd place.