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(repost from another forum..)

i have this blade.. my very first blade!.. i had gotten it was part of a premade yasaka racket with 2 oldschool yasaka tornado's on each side. (about 20 years ago!) i wish i knew what was the composition or even the name of the blade! (im not even sure it's yasaka.. all it has is a little sticker)

so if anyone can help, much appreciation would follow!

Nice looking handle Priior. I assume its a 5 ply blade. Bit hard to tell from the wear marks. Looks like the 2nd layers in are pine. Outer layer looks a bit like Hinoki, but would it be used on what you suggest is a cheap bat? I'll guess at the inner layer being Tung. Don't know if any of this is correct, but its the best I can do with my limited knowledge.

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i think it's 3 ply.. and i'm not sure if it's cheap or not.. it was 20 years ago.. and it was considered fairly decent then..

Nah.
The inner is a cypress or spruce.
The outer looks like thick bass wood, but I can't be certain as I can't really see the grain well.

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The center looks a bit like juniper to me, but it could be cypress/hinoki like Silver said also. It's hard to tell when you can't see it in person, as they only seem to vary in translucence, something cameras don't capture well.

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kinda looks like my old leopard (...lol i hated that handle )
how thick is the blade?

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it's super thick... like 8mm exactly.

it has a little gold sticker on the bottom that says yasaka. but the blade itself has no markings whatsoever.

the old tornado sheets were almost "baked on" over the years and i never bothered removing them.. until recently someone at the club offered to strip the rubbers off for me and seal the blade...

so i havent played with it yet.. i have no idea what it's gonna feel like. i was hoping some of the older generation ppl here were familiar with those blades..

i have a feeling it'd a generic blade that companies like yasaka bought and stuck their sticker on it...

8mm

That's almost leopard territory.

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