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A new blade by Yinhe using a layer of basalt fibres instead of carbon both responsible for a larger sweetspot. The advantage of the basalt is a much smoother touch.

I played the blade a few times and it is together with my Darker 7p-2a.7t the best off-blade which I had in hands so far. The Darker gives LN-OX a lower arc with more rapid sinking after bouncing from the table whereas the Yinhe shows a little better braking blocking topspins. Overall the 5ply Yinhe is faster than the 7ply Darker. I played the Yinhe with a Desperado/OX and a Victas 401/1.8mm. The latter generates superb spin on this blade.

Some pictures (=> too big for OOAK) may be seen here:
http://www.pimp-my-blade.de/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1574

The outer veneers seem to be American Hinoki.

A beautiful looking blade!

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Some more information: the German importer of Yinhe blades told me that the described version is a special issue for Europe with 1.2mm Kiso Hinoki outer veneer whereas in China the blade is sold with 0.9mm so called "american hinoki". He says that there is a great difference in touch between the two versions, the chinese one being much harder and a little faster. The No. Z7 VF version (=> 7ply) exists only in the chinese version.

p.s. by the way in Germany the No. Z5 VF is meanwhile sold out; so it was smart from me to order directly a second blade .

Sounds like YinHe have cloned the Basalt blade made by Soulspin, a small German company. Soulspin had that composite on the market at least two years ago.

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May be. Whereas the Soulspin blade is sold for 162 €, the Yinhe blade costs 75 €.

I can't quite feel right about them cloning other designs though... puts me off, especially when they copy the small companies, who often do a lot of R&D to come up with a good design, and want to recover some of their costs.

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It is definetely NOT a clone. The only common component is the basalt fibre layer and nobody knows if different types of fibre sheets have been used. If this is a clone than any carbon blade is a clone of the first carbon blade.

The blade structures are very different:

http://www.soulspin.tt/de/technologie/basalt-faser.html

http://www.pimp-my-blade.de/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1574

Just compare the pictures showing the cross section of each blade.

That's good to hear!

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beautiful blade! where i can buy? is it possible to order in china low cost?

Better buy it here
http://www.galaxysport.de/catalog/produ ... ts_id=2771

In China they sell only the chinese version with 0.9mm (not Kiso !) Hinoki veneer. There is a great difference in touch compared to the European 1,2mm Kiso Hinoki model.

thanks! what do you say about of this blade stiffer? is it with or without vibrations? I play with t-11+ blade...what's difference with z5?

The blade is stiff. I don't know the T-11.

are you sure? and z7? the same?

The Z7 is the 7ply (chinese) version with THINNER Hinoki outer veneer. It has a totally different (touch much harder) and is a lot faster. I tried it and sold it.

how is possible see the difference about european version vs chinese version? have you photos for it? chinese seller saw me that there isn't an european version, is the same kiso hinoki esternal layers 0,9mm 86 gr weight...