Stiga Ulf Tickan Carlsson

wood has hardly aged

it is not something to worry a lot because the original from the years with that handle type and lens is not a blade to remember much. 

Seems like a very recently made blade - I am suspicious too.

And yes, all Tickan blades, I have seen, were anatomics. I proudly own one - Allround Wood from mid 1980s.

Yes it is right, the Tickan Blades were always anatomic.

The insert on the handle may be wrong; however, the blade does look like it's well built.

Have you played with it yet?

Do you have a picture of your Allround Evolution, Boss1703?

probabely from the 80's ... i found it in a garbage at one tournement! with an old mark v and an old sriver el... 

stereotip

I've been talking to a clubmate, who has a Stiga Allround Classic that looks virtually the same as yours; but with one notable difference. The difference is the inlay; i.e. he has a correct inlay with "Legend" on it; whereas your blade has the wrong inlay with "Ulf Tickan Carlsson".

As such I would say you've got a genuine Stiga Allround Classic and someone has accidentally put the wrong inlay onto the handle, in the factory.

p.s. I've got a European built Butterfly Petr Krbel with a wrong inlay; so Stiga aren't the only company that have made that kind of mistake.

Is that a fake or a mistake ?

Peter C wrote: Here is the wrong inlay on my Butterfly Petr Korbel, mentioned in my previous post.

Rein Lindmäe is tt-shop owner in Estonia and he was a really good player during Soviet Union time. So maybe he has just ordered few blades with custom lences to his shop. That can be done quite easily.

Tiehwen

The Allround Wood in PLLsystem's picture is the same vintage as my old Stiga Allround Wood, with an Ulf Tickan handle. It is still in use.


Chrisb40

It's a genuine 92 gram Petr Korbel and it's a faster stiffer blade, compared to the Japanese built Petr Korbel.


Tommy16

The Lindmae Special is a lightweight Off+ Balsa Carbon blade, sold in Estonia. It is made in the same factory, as the European Petr Korbel.

Tommy16 wrote: Peter C wrote: Here is the wrong inlay on my Butterfly Petr Korbel, mentioned in my previous post. Rein Lindmäe is tt-shop owner in Estonia and he was a really good player during Soviet Union time. So maybe he has just ordered few blades with custom lences to his shop. That can be done quite easily.

That`s right, I don`t know if heard, but Rein had also a younger brother called Alari Lindmäe (1967-1985), who was very talented TT player. Brother died in a plain crash in 1985 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_SSSR-65856. Rein has been orginizing in memory of his  brother international competition called "Butterfly Baltic Cup", this year it is taking place on 23-24 of April in Tallinn. Link to competition http://www.pingpong.ee/manus/ButteflyBalticCup-invitation.pdf Competition is also recognized by the ITTF and the ETTU. Famous participents this year are Lin Ju (WR 83), Lubomir Pistej (WR 104) and many others, I wish I could go to see them in action.

I am not fully aware, but I think he ordered his Butterfly Lindmäe blade also in memory of his brother. It is different from Petr Korbel as Korbel is wood blade, but Lindmäe blade is balsa carbon (also written on inlay). So, inlay is not wrong, blade is totally different one.


Edited by Rainer87 - 03/20/2011 at 3:43pm

Rainer87

Here is the picture of my 92 gram Petr Korbel, with the incorrect Lindmae Special inlay.

Correspondence with Butterfly Customer Service in Germany, confirmed it's a genuine Petr Korbel




Whereas here is a picture of the actual the Lindmae Special Balsa Carbon, sold in Estonia by Rein.






Van Doorn

Like Stereotips blade; I'd say you've got the genuine article too.

How much it is worth? I don't know, so hopefully someone else on the forum, will be able to help you on that question.

So if i got it correct.

The Stiga Ulf "Tickan" Carlsson is the real one, but with a wrong lens? And which lens is supposed to be in there and how old would you say the blade is?

Thanks!