OOAK Table Tennis Forum

My friend, here in Canada, spent $2400 on bats in the last 6 months!

10 sheets of various Tenergy rubbers, 7 expensive Butterfly blades. The most expensive blade was $375. And about 6 other rubbers, all expensive ones.

This pic is of the 5 bats he had with him a few days ago.

Well, he actually has improved his game the last 6 months!

crazy dude...

i see bad glue job on at least one of the setup... the one with purple grip.

_________________
instagram: rokphishtt

I'm sure he's not the only one that's ever don this... and on Butterfly stuff you get there very quickly.

Hopefully he's learned something from the experience.

_________________
OOAK Table Tennis Shop | Re-Impact Blades | Butterfly Table Tennis bats
Setup1: Re-Impact Smart, Viper OX, Victas VS 401 Setup2: Re-Impact Barath, Dtecs OX, TSP Triple Spin Chop 1.0mm Setup3: Re-Impact Dark Knight, Hellfire OX, 999 Turbo
Recent Articles: Butterfly Tenergy Alternatives | Tenergy Rubbers Compared | Re-Impact User Guide

Yes, you are right! thats a nasty glue job!

I still use Elmers Rubber Cement, it never does that!

Ha.. OK, Monday I'll empty out the tote bag and take a photo. I spent a great deal less than he did, but.. well, there are too many rackets to carry around any more! Back around 2000 I had almost as many - but all of those I made myself..

Iskandar

I wholeheartedly thank your friend for his support of TT economy .

_________________
USATT: 1807 | League: 1887

Admit it Glen, those are your blades. Oppss.. you have specific style of grip. I believe you..

_________________
Enjoy the game. It is a never ending learning experience once you play and keep the ball on that 45 sq ft of space or should I say half of that space.

iskandar! Send us a photo!

pgpg! YES, he has helped the TT economy!


Red_lion! I'm flattered that you remember I've got a weird handle design on all my paddles!

IN FACT, this is my new bat, it's my ugliest bat ever!!!!

what the .....

any relation to this?

_________________
instagram: rokphishtt

Hey rokphish2!

It's very similar to your picture, only I don't actually scare very many people with my bat!!

Are you sure? I would be rather scared if my opponent whips out a blade like yours... Ha!
What's the story with your blade? Is it purposely done to look like that?

_________________
instagram: rokphishtt

rokphish2 asked: What's the story with your blade? Is it purposely done to look like that?

My answer:

The blade is cut just above the handle to allow me to grip the handle with all 4 fingers. I don't play shakehand or penholder, I play glennholder. My grip is like you would hold a hammer. Only my power is not indicative of a strong hammer! I never was comfortable with the finger position with a shakehand grip. : (

I have other funny/ugly cuts along the edges of this blade to make the paddle lighter. 35 years of tennis gave me a sore wrist, so I need to keep my paddle very light.

Well, at least the ball never hits my finger!

Thanks for asking!