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Has anyone tried the rubber Sword "Paladin 2" ?
I cant understand Sword scale of the hardness of the sponges.
46 degrees -more medium or more hard sponge?
Any other rubber for comparison of the hardness ?
Thank you in advance.


very unpleasant rubber
I tried it

If this is the regular Chinese degree scale, 46 would be quite hard. Most "middle of the road" rubber comes in 40 or 42 which would be "medium hard". 44 and 46 would be a step harder, 38 a step softer. But with Chinese manufacturers, you just never know if the scales vary from company to company, how they actually measure it and how it varies from sheet to sheet. Sword is a fairly minor brand, too, so few people will have tried it. It probably doesn't cost very much so I'd be inclined to say just buy it and see if you like it. Why exactly are you interested in it?

Oh wow.. they've got a "National Version" - specially for the Canadian National Team!



https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Sh ... 10367.html

Iskandar

Might be worth a try if the price is right,
I tried checking out lidu rubber the national version the other day, the price is almost the same as provincial blue dhs, so that is a bummer, if it were the same price as mid tier tensor i woulda give it a try.

I find this "national version" stuff to be quite funny. You wonder WHICH national team actually uses, say, National 729-08ES.



Here's someone trying to sell Generic Palio Emperor Dragon as "National Version":

http://www.fareastsports.com/products/r ... ps_in/1142

This is the same stuff you can get from ttnpp for $4 a sheet.

Iskandar

very unpleasant rubber
I tried it