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Ditch your european and price requirements.

Darker 7P2A


because hinoki blades smell nice.

And they have a nice natural carved 1 piece (well, 2) handle, instead of those coloured and sliced handles.


edit Or my other favourite. Acoustic.

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Other stuff I really liked (no idea on current pricing):
Stiga offensive nct. Nothing like the rest of the offensive line.
Stiga rosewood V
Yasaka Max Wood (7ply like a thin clipper. I prefer this to clippers)
Nittaku Septear

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Chasse Patate

I do have a 7p2a. It's surprisingly light, and slow in comparison to the N11 I was using back when I bought it. Maybe I should revisit it (though there's nothing wrong with the M8 I'm using now). It's the total opposite of the M8 when it comes to price, though.. Actually I should also revisit my Yinhe Kiso 7 blades (I have three of those).

Iskandar

huh
maybe i should get myself an N11...

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I did have an N11 but sold it. It's just me but I'd never really have confidence in a cheap blade, no matter how good it was. Something would just keep niggling at me. That's not to say it has to be expensive but just known to be a great blade. Having said that, I'd struggle to have a W6 or PG7 as my number 1 long term blade despite good reviews.

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Donic Waldner Senso V1,FH Baracuda Big Slam 2.0mm ,BH Victas Triple Regular 2.0mm

Yeah, Force Pro BE is a good one.
Unfortunately for me, the chunky handle is a bit too chunky for me. For for those having bigger hands and/or prefer chunky handle it would be great.

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DHS Hurricane Long 3 is for me the king of the clippers. Or a 506. But both are outside your price range (the 506 not desperately so) and not European. So the Tibhar Force Pro BE looks a good bet, although a little heavier than your preference.

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Other setups:
SDC Custom Blade/Butterfly Dignics 80/Butterfly Glayzer
BTY Viscaria/Tibhar K3/Tibhar K3

Hah me too. I've never been 100% happy with galaxy and friendship blades quality wise.

I do like DHS blades though. There's one I didn't mention - Hurricane HWL. Really nice blade. Sort of similar to a bty KLH.

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Here's a few blades I've dismissed
Tibhar Stratus Powerwood - was looking at a second hand one but had size I bigger then I want. Slightly heavy too.
Donic Waldner Senso Carbon - Have always wanted this one for some reason but not a big fan of the Allplay its based on. Carbon might lose the feel.
Tibhar Samsonov Alpha - Head a fraction small and FL handle is a bit small. A mate has one and prefer to be different though it played well.
DHS PG7 - Can't bring myself to get a Chinese blade as my main blade. I'm sure it's great though.
Avalon BT555 - Have used the BT550 and wasn't that impressed. Not sure if it was the feel or the purple.
Xiom Offensive S - Used it and feels just what I want but once again it's my mates and I like to try different things.

So there's just an example of the pointless overthinking I do when buying something new.

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Donic Waldner Senso V1,FH Baracuda Big Slam 2.0mm ,BH Victas Triple Regular 2.0mm

Not really overthinking. If you don't like it, you won't play well with it

Donic WSC are overrated. Poor feel and not really carbony enough.
BT555 - It was ok, but the feel was overrated. Ditto with P500. Didn't mind the 777 but a bit heavy.


Those Donic 89 series blades look nice actually.

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Are there much cheaper blades around than your Appelgren?

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- style: modern defense -

The thing about quality - I could find absolutely no fault with the N11's build quality. It looked and felt a great deal better than my Stiga Allround Classic. Taking off that shrink wrap for the first time, that was tactile ecstasy, it was just so darned mirror smooth. The Stiga was roughly built in comparison - the lens, for instance, stuck out about one mm. Yinhe makes their own blades (other than the Kiso Hinoki ones - those come from Taiwan, like everyone else's), and every one I've bought was built every bit as good as the Darkers and Nittakus and Stigas I've had.

(I actually own three N11s and used them continuously for something like two years, and I kept going back to them after trying some fairly expensive blades.)

Other Chinese manufacturers aren't as good. HRT and Palio can be atrocious (NOT a sign of confidence when the name label/plate comes off the butt end, or is applied crooked). Sanwei? A little rough. The M8 (costs $9 including shipping) IS a little rough (there's a bit much in the way of variation of blade thickness from blade to blade) but it feels excellent and plays really nicely. Haven't had any good reason to try DHS as yet.

Iskandar

I agree that the finish of galaxy blades are generally good for surface smoothness, etc.

However, of the dozen or so that I've had, I've seen a fair amount of ply thickness inconsistency. Typically on composite blades.

I think the best finished galaxy blade I had was a 961...

I haven't had a stiga blade with a protruding lens. I think all of the ones I had were inset by a few mm instead. If you're looking at lens finish, Xiom is better for this.

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Did you end up getting anything?

Early this morning, while sleep deprived and jigging the baby trying to get him back to sleep, that I really like Clippers...

They play well, nothing outstanding but well balanced across the board. And for some reason I really like the finish on these (not super smooth and slick)...

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Yes, I ended up ordering the Gewo Alvaro Robles Off-. My decision was pretty superficial but in the end it was between that and the Force Pro Blue Edition but the Gewo handle won me over.

Should arrive in the next couple days and I'll post my findings.

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Donic Waldner Senso V1,FH Baracuda Big Slam 2.0mm ,BH Victas Triple Regular 2.0mm

Please report back on how soulful your topspins become...

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