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Obi-wan!

You are joking, right?

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My paddle has a weird shape, looks like the one in my avatar image.

Blade: KTL Instinct+

Rubbers: BH Friendship 802-1 Short Pips 1.0mm
FH Gambler Reflectoid 1.5mm inverted

Looks like it's back to the chopping board with that one, Obi-wan.

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Retriever (sometimes golden, but often leaden)
Moderator, Inverted Retriever Technique sub-forum - http://ooakforum.com/viewforum.php?f=74

BTY Jonyer Hinoki - Anatomic Handle
Acquired in 1998~1999

BBC X-Fusion TC

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Defense Blade with pimples on one side ...

Wow, those are beauteous blades, Attacker!

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Nittaku Kamkit w/ Air Panamera OX
Tatco Hornet w/ ATP Leland Era

rkristia,

You have taken care of your blade very well. Despite of the age, no noticable dings on your blade.

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Setup 1 : Bty Mizutani Jun FH : Tenergy 80 Max BH : Acuda Blue P3

This is my current bat, Primorac off- with Yasaka MarkV (FH) and LKT Pro Xt (BH)

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Blade: BTY Primorac Off-
FH: Donic Bluefire (2.0)
BH: Joola Explode (max thick)

Nice bat, how tacky is one rubber compared to the other.

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Donic Appelgren Allplay Senso V1,FH Regalis Red 2.0mm ,BH Donic Baracuda Big Slam 2.0mm
Yasaka Extra, Haifu Whale, Haifu Shark
Sunflex Hurricane, Milky Way 955 LP OX , 729 802-40 2.0

Good question by Cobalt.

And what other differences are there between the Mark V and the Pro XT?

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My paddle has a weird shape, looks like the one in my avatar image.

Blade: KTL Instinct+

Rubbers: BH Friendship 802-1 Short Pips 1.0mm
FH Gambler Reflectoid 1.5mm inverted

Pro XT is listed as semitacky, but it's a lot less tacky than most chinesse rubber. Marv V is no tacky at all.
It's hard for me to say any difference but i think they play quite similar (maybe the pro XT is a little bit slower and a little bit spinnier than Mark V), the main reason i use the LKT was because i was looking for a "smooth transition" from tacky chinesse rubbers (729 fx, Globe 999) to non tacky japanese/euro rubbers.

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Blade: BTY Primorac Off-
FH: Donic Bluefire (2.0)
BH: Joola Explode (max thick)

There is a big differences between this two... when comes to control and grip and serves the pro xt is an great rubber, you can compare pro xp vs mark v not xt and again pro xp is an better rubber. you can put pro xt on any blade and works very good like ( stiga alround classic) or on very fast blade like galaxy T2 carbon and again you see the goodies of this rubber, but pro xp is different and is not going well with every kind of blade. enjoy the pingpong my good friend's .

So I'll post my two main setups at this precise moment of time

Set-up 1:

Butterfly Timo Boll T-5000 FL, with Andro Rasant forehand, and Victas VS-402 Double Extra backhand:



Forehand:



Backhand:





Set-up 2:

Butterfly Timo Boll Spirit FL, with Xiom Vega Pro forehand, and Butterfly Tenergy 05 backhand:



Forehand:



Backhand:





Note rubbers on second set-up were originally from a junior-sized bat...thus they are much smaller on the full-size Spirit blade.

BoyfromCoburg

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Setup 1: Butterfly Timo Boll T5000 Victas VS-402 Double Extra Andro Rasant
Setup 2: Butterfly Timo Boll Spirit Xiom Vega Pro Yasaka Mark V
Setup 3: Yinhe Offensive Andro Hexer+ Andro Blowfish

Interesting, I've played with LKT Pro XT for a while, and I find it very tacky. I always keep a plastic sheet of some sort on the rubber when I don't use it to prevent dirt, and my Pro XT sheet has kept tacky for a super long time. Are you sure you aren't using Pro XP?

Other than that, I would agree that the rubbers are quite similar. Mark V isn't tacky, but can still generate a whole bunch of spin. I would guess it's a little faster than the Pro XT, and the sponge is probably heavier. All in all Mark V is an amazing rubber that suits most needs until you want super duper fast catapult tensor deluxe gears

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Blade: Japsko Allround+ | Forehand:LKT Pro XT 1.5 mm | Backhand: Lion Rebirth 0.6 mm
Blade: TSP Black Balsa 3.0 | Forehand:Friendship Fx Supersoft 1.8 mm | Backhand: SpinLord Agenda OX
Blade: Stiga Hypertech CR | Forehand: CTT National Strike 2.0 mm | Backhand: RITC 802 1.5 mm

Butterfly Defense Alpha
FH 729 Dr Evil + Kokutaku Tulpe 0.6 mm, twiddle
BH DHS Hurricane 3 2.0 mm, twiddle

M Viscarias and two "almost-Viscarias"

And my favorite one.

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Butterfly Viscaria Black tag
2.2 mm Nexy Karis M on FH and BH