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hi gdogg1: where were you able to get legend in 1.7?

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Blade: NITTAKU Haneyoshi
FH: Tenergy 64 FX
BH: TSP Spectol

I got the 1.7 at Eacheng

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Blade: TSP 8.5 Balsa: FH Andro Blowfish+ 2.0 (Black);BH Giant Dragon National Team Talon OX(Red)
Blade: TSP 8.5 Balsa: FH TSP Spectol Blue 2.0-2.1 (Black); BH Strahlkraft OX (Red)
Blade: TSP 8.5 Balsa: FH Joola Express Ultra Max (Black): BH Dornenglanz II OX (Red)

USATT Rating: 1682

First impressions from a very quick knock with Legend 105 1.9 (red) on Tibhar Defence Plus:

Pips are short rather than medium, and the sponge is fairly soft and bouncy. I was able to impart a reasonable amount of spin on serves - not as much as with my inverted rubbers (729 Super Soft or Skyline 3), but enough to be noticeable.

Chopping on FH was very nice indeed - good feel, plenty of spin, and nice control. An immediate plus.

Spinny loops are possible, but the rubber shines for flat hitting - accuracy was effortless and control good.

Disclosure: this is on the basis of 15-20 mins knocking on a not-real table, against my son. However, he's a useful player, gets the ball back consistently and is able to impart decent topspin and decent underpin, which was enough for me to get a feel for how the rubber/blade feels.

Generally very positive - will play more on Monday and report again.

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Yasaka Sweden Classic | 802 OX | C8 OX
Check out my blog - LordCope's Latest Learning Log - 10+ years of accumulate mistakes!

Again - just completing the circle here. First proper knock this evening at the club. Full details on my 'blog', but for the sake of completeness - this is just a fantastic rubber/blade combo for me. Chops, blocks, serves and flat hits, with great control. Nicest feeling combo I've had yet. Really excellent.

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Yasaka Sweden Classic | 802 OX | C8 OX
Check out my blog - LordCope's Latest Learning Log - 10+ years of accumulate mistakes!

I found my (barely used) sheet of 105 (38 degree 1.9) in my box of rubbers today. It being Christmas, and social practice this afternoon, I think I'll have a go with it on a spare bat, just to see how it feels now I'm a much more experienced player.

I've glued it on one side of a Tibhar Defence Plus (Sanwei Code OX on the other side).

I'll report back later today!

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Yasaka Sweden Classic | 802 OX | C8 OX
Check out my blog - LordCope's Latest Learning Log - 10+ years of accumulate mistakes!

I used Legend 105 for a while.. a great SP. But I found TSP Super Spinpips 21 1.9-2.1mm to be even better. But even Super Spinpips is too slow with the new plastic ball..

Very difficult to learn much in a short time, but a few impressions, after ~2 hrs play. This is in comparison to Dr Evil, which is my usual attacking rubber:

- The addition of soft sponge allowed for much more dwell time, which allowed me to impart more spin on my shots. This meant that my attacking shots had a different trajectory, and the reaction off the table was difficult.
- I didn't find with serving that the 105 offered a very significant amount more spin than Dr Evil - there was more spin, but I didn't feel it made a huge difference to my game
- I didn't find this as nice for blocking as the Dr Evil - less control, and more springy
- On the whole, even though this was on a much slower blade, I found 105 was somewhat faster and livelier than Dr Evil. On one hand that meant I needed to expend less energy in attacking shots, but it also meant I lost some of my deft touches, angles, and drop shots

The purpose of the experiment was to get a sense of what adding sponge to my attacking game would do. I don't think I learned enough today to make a decision. 105 was pleasant to use, and didn't offer any great challenges, but I didn't sense it have me any great advantages over Dr Evil.

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Yasaka Sweden Classic | 802 OX | C8 OX
Check out my blog - LordCope's Latest Learning Log - 10+ years of accumulate mistakes!

Big difference between OX and 1.9 mm, before you throw out the sponge idea, try some thin sponge .05 or 1.0 as that seemed to make a significant difference with my Armstrong Attack 3 compared to OX.

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-- Andrew

Spintech All Around Penhold blade
Spinlord Keiler II 1.5 black
Nittaku FastArc G1 red

729 all around blade
Tibhar Grass D-Tec S Red
Nittaku FastArc G1 black