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I'm suprised you rate the stiga arc as being that stiff.

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Timo Boll ALC ST
FH Tibhar Evolution MX-P Max
BH Tibhar Evolution FX-S 1.8
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Well, it is a relative value on a scale that may be a bit misleading indeed, as no blade that I can think of will get a value below 7 on it. An thin oversized defensive 3-ply blade (Donier Defense) may get a 7+ and would feel rather wobbly. The Stiga Tube Defensive, pretty flexible as well, but not wobbly, would already score higher, somewhere halfway between 7 and 8. The Stiga Allround Classic is only just a bit less flexible than that; in fact, its flex used to be more or less the standard for classic looper's blades. Since that blade was designed, blades have become less flexible as a rule. Most modern defensive and allround blades score between 8 and 9; stiff offensive blades score 9+. Only very thick balsa blades (over 9 mm) or thick blades with hard carbon plies close to the surface will approach 10, though. So the actual flexibility you would get in nearly all modern blades would fall in the range of around 8 to around 9. In that range, then, the Stiga ARC would belong to the group of most flexible blades. And the flexibility of the Tibhar Defence Plus would be more or less medium+.

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