Hey all,
As I said in the introduction topic, I just started playing TT again after a 10 (ish) year long break. In the first session I found out that my old Mark V M2 sheets were more or less dead, in fact one of them had turned into an anti. I asked around at the local club where they buy their equipment, and they recommended Japsko.
So I checked out the website and browsed a little, and found out that they are based not far from where I live - about a 45 minute long bus drive. I mailed them to see if it was ok that I came for a visit, since I figured I'd need some help in choosing a good setup. Having been away from the scene for 10 years and hardly knowing much about equipment when I left made me think that was the best choice. The same day I got an answer that that was just fine and we booked a time for my visit.
A couple of days later there I was in their home - which is their base of operations - talking directly to them. After some discussing back and forth we decided on my current setup:
KTL Red Diamond (apparently there's a difference between this and the LKT Red Diamond? I'm not sure) for my forehand and the CTT National Strike for my backhand, on a Japsko Allround+ blade. It genuinely felt like they were trying to help me find the right setup rather than sell me their most expensive stuff.
After we agreed on my setup, they offered me coffee while they assembled my new bat. For this I was grateful since last time I'm not really sure how to do it properly. Might as well let the pros handle it for now.
All in all the experience was a very pleasant one, and they seemed to know about how good a player I am from just talking to me a little. Not to mention that the setup is really spot on. I might want something a bit faster for my backhand now, but I got what I asked for.
So I just wanted to share with you this story, because I was quite amazed by how nice they were and how well it turned out. A week earlier I had been to a store in the capital and asked them to help me, and the setup he recommended me was about twice as expensive. Probably due to them not having any cheap Chinese rubbers in stock, but still
As far as shipping is concerned, of course I can't really speak for that since I got my bat in my hand, but they seemed just about as professional as anyone.
(another fun thing is that Lars turned me on to a course in playing with long pips he'll be holding by the end of September. I'm super psyched since I've never ever played with or against pips at all
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). and its pretty easy to order from china
