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I often wonder when a particular blade is hard to find, whether it's discontinued, or some of the dealers have just stopped carrying them.
Some manufacturers, like Donic, actually publish a regular list of blades that are discontinued.

I propose we compile a list, sorted by brands, of the blades that we know are discontinued here.
If you know of any discontinued blades not on the list, please post them here so that I can add them to the list

Andro:
Kinetic Supreme Off- Zylon/Hinoki
JM Saive Kinetic OFF
JM Saive Kinetic OFF–

Avalox:
P600

Butterfly:
Adolescen
Agnes Simon
Alan Cooke
Allure Tamca 5000
Allways
American Style
Ardes
Atlantic Style
Ayazo Umemura
BalsaCarbo X3
Batorfi
Berczic
Biside
Blaszcyzk Off
Blaszczyk
Börszey
Chuan Chih Yuan
Clearfield
Coleus
Coleus Fast
Compara
Cresail
Cutlass
Cypress P
Cypress-X
Czech Style
David Jacobs Tamca 5000
Defahre
Defence
Defence II
Defence Alpha
Des Douglas (UK Flagg)
Des Douglas Pro
Diode
Dr. Simon
Ehrlich
Elegance
Engelbert Hüging
English Style
Ethel Tamca5000
Euro5
Evaris
Evaris Light
Exalter
Firehand
Firehand Style
French Style
German Style
Grandis
Grubba Softfeel
Grubba Variant
Hermoso
Hermoso Light
HiChop
Hilscher
Hinoki Shake Speedy
Hinoki Shake Swift
HS-Beat
Iolite
Jonyer-H
Kazan
Kenny Pro
Kenny Style
Keyshot
Keyshot Light
Kiso Hinoki VII
Kitoh Pro Model
Klampar
Klampar T5000
Klampar-H
Kong Linghui
Kong Linghui Special
Korbel MagicHand,
Korpa
Kreanga Aeros
Kreanga Carbon ULC
Kreanga Powerspin
Kucharski
Legout Performance
Madash
Manarsa
Matsushita Alpha
Matsushita power defence - seems to be discontinued but still available here and there
Matsushita Pro
Matsushita Pro Special
Matsushita Pro Alpha
Maze Passion
Mazunov
Mitamura Pro Model
Moonbeam
New York Style
Oberon Tamca5000
Oh Sang Eun
Orlowski
Panic
Panic Style
Perdir
Phalanx
Phalanx II
PL Star
Pohoralek CBS
Pohoralek HS
Power 3
Power9
Powerdrive
Powersmash
Primorac Powerfeeling
Pulser
Quetzal Tamca5000
Ranato
Repiaredo
Retriever
Sardius
Schlager Carbon
Schlager Inspire
Schlager Light
Schlager Off
Schlager Precision
Scorna (another Version, blue Color in lense)
Scorna Tamca 5000
Secretin All
Senkoh 85, 90 and Max
Setaru
Shibutani pro -people started looking for this blade after shiono won the Japan open but it was found to be discontinued
Shoare
Special-S Tamca 5000
Spinart
Spinshot
Stanek Style
Steger
Stipancic H
Surbek E.C.
Surbek Junior 555
Swedish Style
Tamaropa
Tamropa
Tarles
Tempest
Tiffara
Timo Boll Spark
Topspin
Vriesekoop
X-Star
Zhang Yining

Darker:
Legato-2A
Point Carbon Legato
Point Carbon Legato 7P
Speed 90

Donic:
Bloodwood 7 Senso / Bloodwood 5
Burn Aratox / Aratox RS
Burn Carbotox
Blue Enforce
Black Thunder V1
Ovtcharov Senso Carbon
Nittaku Redshank
Ovtcharov Senso Carbon
Black Thunder
Dotec Carbokev
Crisan Titanium
Dima Speedster
dotec waldner hinoki
Opticon
Opticon RS
Persson powerspeed

Dr. Neubauer:
Bulldozer
Gladiator

Galaxy/Yin-He
Galaxy/yinhe t10: replaced by t10+ which is a7 ply blade, this change came completely unannounced and many sellers shipped out the t10+ thinking they sent out the regular t10.
Galaxy/yinhe t11: replaced by t11+ with different plies, this change came completely unannounced and many sellers shipped out the t11+ thinking they sent out the regular t11.

Giant Dragon:
giant dragon balsa def: not in stock anywhere it seems
Giant dragon super balsa 2: not in stock anywhere it seems

Joola:
Cat
Cool
Feyer-Konnerth Light
Guo3c
Panther
Tactics (large flexible chopping blade -two black cloth (not carbon) layers - very versatile IMO)

Stiga:
Allround WRB Oversize
Cornet wood
Dynapower wood
Energy Wood
Graphite wood
Metal wood
Offensive nct
Titanium
Ultimate wood


Tube Defensive (it is still available in some shops, but not in the Stiga catalogue anymore)

Tibhar:
Tibhar co-s3: replaced with a different shape blade and I think even different plies
Rapid carbon

TSP:
tsp balsa def series: replaced with new handle and print, not sure if the new ones play the same. Anyone have more info on this?
Besty

Yasaka:
Yasaka sweeper: not discontinued but limited availability
6X

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Very useful I'd say as discontinued blades can still be used in matches, unlike discontinued rubbers.

I'll make a start:

Galaxy/yinhe t10: replaced by t10+ which is a7 ply blade, this change came completely unannounced and many sellers shipped out the t10+ thinking they sent out the regular t10.
Galaxy/yinhe t11: replaced by t11+ with different plies, this change came completely unannounced and many sellers shipped out the t11+ thinking they sent out the regular t11.
Tibhar co-s3: replaced with a different shape blade and I think even different plies
tsp balsa def series: replaced with new handle and print, not sure if the new ones play the same. Anyone have more info on this?
butterfly Matsushita power defence: seems to be discontinued but still available here and there
giant dragon balsa def: not in stock anywhere it seems
donic dotec waldner hinoki: friend of mine wants to buy one but apparently not available anymore. If anyone has one available please let me know
Giant dragon super balsa 2: not in stock anywhere it seems
Yasaka sweeper: not discontinued but limited availability
Butterfly shibutani pro: people started looking for this blade after shiono won the Japan open but it was found to be discontinued

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Competition bats:
Win-tec power def Tibhar 5Q sound Power Update 1.8 * Spinlord Agenda ox
TSP Balsa 3.5 Tibhar Genius+Optimium sound 1.8 * Grass D-tecs ox

Put to rest:
Galaxy T10 Bluefire M2 2.0 Palio Ck531a ox
Victas Koji Matsushita Tibhar Genius+Optimium sound MAX * Spinlord Dornenglanz ox
Donic Defplay Senso Tibhar Aurus Sound Black max * Grass D-tecs ox

Check out my quest for my new blade here: http://ooakforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=23241
Current standings:
Butterfly Matshushita powerdefence * Joola Chen Weixing * Nittaku KVU * Nittaku Shake defense* Tibhar stratus power defense * Victas Koji Matsushita * Yasaka Sweeper * Win-Tec power defence

Dr. Neubauer Bulldozer
Butterfly Sardius
Butterfly Grubba Variant

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My whole set-up costs less than a sheet of Butterfly Dignics

- Butterfly Matsushita Pro
- Butterfly Defence
- Butterfly Defence II

I also thought Butterfly Cutlass was discontinued, as I can't find them on ta q & ttjapan, but it seems to be still available...

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Thank you guys! I've added them all to the list in the first post, as well as all the Donic ones that I found records off.

Elvis56: good idea to add additional notes, like alternative if we have them.
Yes Giant Dragon has discontinued a wide range of their blades.

Pipsy: Not sure about the Cutlass... I just know they're still available here, but it could be old stock.

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I've just heard that Dr N Gladiator is also discontinued. I've never used it myself, so I don't know how good it was, but I guess it didn't sell well.

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Recent Articles: Butterfly Tenergy Alternatives | Tenergy Rubbers Compared | Re-Impact User Guide

Not sure if these are factory discontinued or just rarely found.

Butterfly Maze Passion (red handle - fiberlgass layers- a very smooth medium speed blade IMO )
Joola Tactics (large flexible chopping blade -two black cloth (not carbon) layers - very versatile IMO)

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OSP Ultimate cpen
Acuda S1 Turbo
Hallmark Phoenix ox

Donic persson powerspeed

Joola cool
Joola cat
Joola panther
Joola Guo3c

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Don't know why you think Donic Bloodwood 5 and Senso 7 is discontinued. On the official Donic Germany Homepage, you can still buy them

http://www.donic.de/index.php?screen=dstore.webshop.productlist&TreeNodeID=2&Description=Hoelzer&sid=1
http://www.cms.donic.de/cms/en/2012-09-10-16-27-17/donic-bloodwood-series.html

Same for Artox, Artox RS and Carbotox.

Discontued for Example:

Donic Opticon and Donic Opticon RS, at least for Germany

Kind Regards

Because Donic sends a list to dealers of the blades they're discontinuing, and these were on this list. Those listed on the website must be remaining stock levels.

Thanks everyone, list updated!

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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

Ok thanks, couldn't know that.

Kind Regards

According to the pimp my blade forum the new tsp balsa series play the same but the handles are a bit different.

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Competition bats:
Win-tec power def Tibhar 5Q sound Power Update 1.8 * Spinlord Agenda ox
TSP Balsa 3.5 Tibhar Genius+Optimium sound 1.8 * Grass D-tecs ox

Put to rest:
Galaxy T10 Bluefire M2 2.0 Palio Ck531a ox
Victas Koji Matsushita Tibhar Genius+Optimium sound MAX * Spinlord Dornenglanz ox
Donic Defplay Senso Tibhar Aurus Sound Black max * Grass D-tecs ox

Check out my quest for my new blade here: http://ooakforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=23241
Current standings:
Butterfly Matshushita powerdefence * Joola Chen Weixing * Nittaku KVU * Nittaku Shake defense* Tibhar stratus power defense * Victas Koji Matsushita * Yasaka Sweeper * Win-Tec power defence

In stock here
http://www.spinfactory.de/shop/giant-dragon-superbalsa-c-22_3050_3667.html

Andro JM Saive Kinetic OFF
Andro JM Saive Kinetic OFF–

(Saive is no longer sponsored by Andro, so these blades have been discontinued 3-4 years ago, I think)

Wow, great list. For Butterfly, is this an official list of all blades discontiued by Butterfly? Is it exhaustive?

Concerning defensive blades: aren't Butterfly Defence Alpha & Butterfly Matsushita Pro Alpha also discontinued?

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