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Is anywhere a review for that ? It is supposed to be a Primorac Carbon clone but I doubt it because this is very light (75 gr by description )... Did somebody played with T2 ?

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Xiom Strato , St
FH: DHS H3 prov, max
BH: Butterfly Tenergy 05FX, max

The T-2 is a nice blade with a great finish. It's feather light, but still seems to be dense enough to really drive the ball well. It's a very fast up close to the table and is pretty consistent in the short game. If you are used to traditional carbon feel blades and you like to play a very light blade this is a good one. Because it's a traditional carbon feel blade you'll find that it doesn't have a great deal of dwell time, and you do lose alot of springiness that you get out of all woods. Clearly you can drive the ball much better though. The throw of this blade is a fair bit lower than traditional all woods too. I like this blade cause it did help with the weight issue that I was having due to having a love of high tack high control Chinese rubbers. This blade cut off 12 gm's off of my last setup with ease. The long average thickness Straight handle is really comfortable, and the detail in the woodgrains that you can see in the end of the handle is just amazing. There is one drawback to this blade. The outter plies are very thin. I guess they are like .7 mm thick. The cut of Cypress wood is great but clearly too thin. If you strike the table you can chip it badly and with relative ease. Also you should put a very thin layer of varnish on the surface because of how thin it is. I thought that the carbon being so close to the surface of the blade was going to make it tough to play a close to the table touch game, but it hasn't been even a slightly difficult change, so don't be affraid of that. For the money, you can't hardly get a better traditional carbon feeling blade.

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Photino
My rubbers are 9 years old. They won’t be there long.

Thanks , so finally there is a review !

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Xiom Strato , St
FH: DHS H3 prov, max
BH: Butterfly Tenergy 05FX, max

Nice review Skippy, thanks!

There is some weight variation accross batches though, some I weighed were in the mid-eighties from memory....

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I got a 73 gm one. I will say this too. Because a great deal of the weight of this blade is in the handle it really did nice things for the balance of the blade cosidering the heavy rubbers. It was far less head heavy.

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Photino
My rubbers are 9 years old. They won’t be there long.

with 73 grams this blade is "PRECIOUS" . Most new blades are getting lighter by using empty handles. So , that one is a miracle.

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Xiom Strato , St
FH: DHS H3 prov, max
BH: Butterfly Tenergy 05FX, max

Well, I had wanted to try this blade for quite some time. I will only play with Straight handles. I asked JKC about the handles on the T-2 as he had seen quite a few of them. He said that if you sanded down the flared it would be very thin, so I contacted Galaxy directly because no one was carrying Straight handles. I ordered a few blades directly from Galaxy. I wouldn't recommend this if you don't order about $500 worth. The shipping is just nuts, but I wanted a straight handle. Anyway I asked that they send the lightest T-2 they can find, and they sent one at 73.2 gm, so I was very pleased, and it plays very well.

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Photino
My rubbers are 9 years old. They won’t be there long.

Yeap, I talk to the guys from Yinhe too, the shipping is crazyness. I want too a straight handle - is very hard to find ...

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Xiom Strato , St
FH: DHS H3 prov, max
BH: Butterfly Tenergy 05FX, max

SOunds like something we should get in then? When we buy in bulk the shipping is not bad at all..

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Many people like straight handles. And these handles are very rare from what I saw. I don't understand why the retailers didn't have stocks with straight handles.
A flared handle could be sanded and if the handle is to thin it is possible to put a tennis overgrip, but all this stuff is boring and the whole look of the blade is suffering ...

How is the balance of the blade ? Is the head heavy ? I am maniac with these questions ....

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Xiom Strato , St
FH: DHS H3 prov, max
BH: Butterfly Tenergy 05FX, max

off hand, I can't name any current non-defensive chinese players using a straight handle.

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Chasse Patate

So , being so light the blade is not head heavy ? Because, after Yinhe catalog the thickness of the blade is ~ 6.4 mm ...

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Xiom Strato , St
FH: DHS H3 prov, max
BH: Butterfly Tenergy 05FX, max

Yeah, the blade is head heavy, but only a few centimeters. It's not nearly as head heavy as alot of blades. Not like WRB's is what I mean.

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Photino
My rubbers are 9 years old. They won’t be there long.

Is it the ST handle squared like BTY ST handles or is it rounded like Stiga's ?

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Xiom Strato , St
FH: DHS H3 prov, max
BH: Butterfly Tenergy 05FX, max

No it's not squared at all. It's probably the most comfortable handle I've had since my first Tibhar Smash that I got about 8 years ago. Since then the Tibhar Smash's handles suck now. It's not quite as large as I would have liked but it's pretty close.

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Photino
My rubbers are 9 years old. They won’t be there long.