OOAK Table Tennis Forum

Alx,
my perception is that the 2 North American sources for
LKT Toxic blades (zeropong and colestt)
only stock straight handles.

Maybe,
If I really want a flared handled Toxic 3 badly enough,
I could special order from one of two N.A. vendors
and
be prepared to be very, very patient.

I did see the flared handle Toxic blades advertised outside of North America
so you have educated me that they exist.
Thanks.

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Blade from Juic Smasher pre-made
FH and BH: Yasaka A-1-2

Anybody try single-ply hinoki (or cypress/cedar) hardbat? Seems like the softness+flexibility could potentially work really well with an aggressive style.

Continuing the theme of my post of 29 May 2016....

About a month ago I began using a older hardbat setup assembled about 2007...
Blade: from a Juic Smasher pre-made with the original rubber removed
Rubber, both sides: Yasaka A-1-2 A~1.
My goal is mainly to see of the slightly less spinny rubber (vs Butterfly OX)
would make serve return easier.
[Serve returns turned out to be about the same.]

But,
the Juic/Yasaka, 155gm, set-up is heavier than my LktInstinct5/BtyOX, 125gm, set-up,
but not as heavy feeling as the Barna/AndroClassic set-up from my 29-May-2016 post.

I'm liking the more stable feeling on blocks.

But alas, my level of play is about the same. Sigh.

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Blade from Juic Smasher pre-made
FH and BH: Yasaka A-1-2

We found 729 1060 racket with 729 rubbers an allround and soft blade
only make this rubbers hardbat without the orange sponge and glue the rubber pips out / good control and spin

old 2040 729 racket too fast=soft hardbat offensive blade without control
old 2040 729 + dr evil rubber make slow defensive racket
dr Evil + offensive blade its a allround speed blade
dr evil + defensive blade its a very very low speed blade


eacheng.net
KTL Instinct (all) 10.00
729 c1 (all+) 13.75
big defense blades lkt toxic 3 / 729 w1 / sanwei defence -- 20.00
+ ship

For those interested, I'm selling Dunlop Barna Original blades, new in their package. They come from the stock of an old sport shop which closed in the 80's or 90's. I got 3 left, 25 € each, shipping depends on your country (6,15 € to France, 12,30 € to EU, 24 € to USA...). You can find them with pics on Ebay : https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Bois-Dunlop-Barna-Original-Blade/232945464807

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