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Something like that. It's a paint that gives that effect. 
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Another Innegra S - Carbon blade (IC), this time it's an inner fiber type.

Structure: Black Limba / Limba / IC / Ayous / IC / Limba / Black Limba
Weight: 81.3g
Thickness: 5.7mm
Freq.: 1205 Hz






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I really like the natural look of the black limba.
And I am waiting for the first impressions about the innegra fibre.
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beautiful blade!
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Thanks!

I haven't had the chance to try neither of the blades I made with Innegra S yet, however  I feel this is more of a supporting fiber. What I mean is that it doesn't take over the feeling of the whole blade like ALC or Carbon, it's a little more tamed. The sound is also very different.
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This was the second blade in the katana family, made for the same costumer.

Composition : Black Walnut / Yellow Pine / Ayous / Yellow Pine / Ako
Weight: 87.6g
Thickness: 5.7mm
Freq. : 1205 Hz








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This one of two blades I made for a forum member. It's inspired in the Timo Boll Spark, hence the very cool orange and grey handle.

Composition : Black Lima / Innegra-Carbon / Ako / Ayous / Ako / Innegra-Carbon / Black Limba
Weight: 83.0g
Thickness: 5.3mm
Freq. : 1140 Hz






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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Hipnotic Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05/20/2020 at 3:20am
And this is the sister of that last blade. Very interesting composition with a classic looking handle.

Composition : Black Walnut / Aramid-Carbon / Ako / Ayous / Innegra-Carbon / Ako / Limba
Weight: 82.5g
Thickness: 5.45mm
Freq. : 1230 Hz








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More quarantine experiments. 

I have to admit there was an inspiration in a certain recent Butterfly blade  I love the look of the Revoldia, so I wanted to make something similar without looking like a flat out copy. Composition wise it's also similar, except for the CNF layer, however I experimented with something I hope will give similar results.

Composition : Koto / Magic fairy dust / Ayous / Kiri / Ayous / Magic fairy dust / Koto
Weight: 88.2g
Thickness: 5.8mm
Freq. : 1270 Hz
Balance: 2.9cm (Low)








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This was one of the blades I had the most fun building lately. Mostly because the client was very clinical during the whole process, which is a good thing, this is what "custom" means. So after a few back and forth emails we set on a composition similar to the W968, based on his playing style. But he also had a clear idea of what he wanted for the final weight, balance and frequency of the blade so it was an extra challenge to achieve that objective. The handle was inspired in the Harimoto blade and was projected to help with lowering the centre of gravity.

Composition : Black Limba / Ayous / Aramid-Carbon / Ayous / Aramid-Carbon / Ayous / Black Limba
Weight: 88.5g
Thickness: 5.95mm
Freq. : 1360 Hz
Balance: 2.2cm (Very Low)








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I think I'll call this one "Longclaw" 

Composition: 1 ply Tola
Weight: 101.2g
Thickness: 7.0mm
Headsize: 155x150mm
Freq.: 1550 Hz






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Awesome blades, congratulations!
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Thank you!
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Built this one some time ago for a forum member. Typical Boll ALC composition but with a slightly larger core.

Composition: Koto / A-C / Limba / Kiri / Limba / A-C / Koto
Thickness: 5.95mm
Weight: 88.4g
Freq.: 1507 Hz






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More quarantine experiments.

This might be the world's first variable stiffness blade. This blade was designed with a push-blocking game in mind, the BH side has more flex than the FH to create more energy dissipation. I'm not a push-blocker, so I will be looking for testers for this blade!

Composition: Padauk / Cork / Kiri / Balsa / Limba / Carbon / Limba
Weight: 76.3 g
Thickness: 7.7 mm
Head-size: 158x152 mm
Freq: 1140/1230 Hz
Balance: 2.5 mm (Low)






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More quarantine experiments.

This is my second bamboo core blade, only 5mm thick so it's very flexible (as the frequency reading suggests). Very high throw blade, I thought it would be a lot slower than it really is.

Composition: Limba / Koto / Bamboo / Koto / Limba
Weight: 85.8g
Thickness: 5mm
Freq.: 925 Hz
Balance: 3.3cm (medium)






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Very interesting blade this one. It was born as an experiment and the result was good, it now belongs to a very good player.

Composition: Black Walnut / Ayous / A-C / Kiri / A-C / Ayous / Black Walnut
Thickness: 5.95 mm
Weight: 88.4 g
Freq.: 1442 Hz
Balance: 2.0 cm (Very Low)




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Custom order with a cool looking handle!

Composition: Black Limba / Ayous / Innegra-Carbon / Ayous / Innegra-Carbon / Ayous / Black Limba
Thickness: 5.75mm
Weight: 83g
Freq.: 1330 Hz
Balance: 2.9cm (low/med)






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SDC Blades are so wonderful, you can see the exceptional Quality already in the pictures.
Go on like this

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Originally posted by erik07 erik07 wrote:

SDC Blades are so wonderful, you can see the exceptional Quality already in the pictures.
Go on like this


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Another experiment I've made during quarantine. I've always liked the Persson Powerplay and that blade uses a layer of foil underneath the top ply. So I also used foil but with a different composition. The Queen seems to like it!

Composition: Framiré / Foil / Framiré / Kiri / Framiré / Foil / Framiré
Weight: 89.8g
Thickness: 5.85mm
Freq.: 1230 Hz
Balance 2.9cm (Low/Med)






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Trying to push the limits of a 5 ply blade. This is a fast, stiff, but relatively soft blade that retains a good feedback. The handle was just to see if I could do it.  I can, but I did mess up that yellow stripe. It will go better next time.

Composition: 5 ply Spruce
Thickness: 7.0 mm
Weight: 96.6 g
Freq.: 1570 Hz
Balance: 3.1 cm (Med)








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Thank you very much for the kind words!
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A couple of blades I made for a forum member. Based on an OTC but in a asymmetric construction with an harder Ovangkol top ply for pips out rubber. Very similar weight between these, not even a full gram difference.

Composition: Koto / A-C / Ako / Kiri / Ako / Super A-C / Ovangkol
Weight: 86.1g
Thickness: ~5.5mm
Head size: 157x150mm
Handle: ST (oval)
Freq.: 1507/1528 Hz 
Balance: 2.8mm (Low)








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A five ply blade made with hide glue that I built for a forum member. Gotta love the classics!

Composition: Black Limba / Limba / Ayous / Limba / Black Limba
Weight: 87.6 g
Thickness: ~5.55 mm
Freq.: 1162 Hz
Balance: 1.9 mm - Very Low






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Hi, 

Back in the days, Borko Dragojlovic was ahead using hide glue and one of his favorite composition that I really enjoyed was a balsa core, inner black walnut and maple outer plies, the quintessential 5-ply flexy blade to loop, it was ALL/ALL+ and in the low 80 grams.

Did you ever read about him? I had a few of his blades. Forum member emihet is a good friend of his in San Diego and I bet he still have some of his work. 

Here are a few links of what Borko used to do:




Those were mine at some point, all done with hide glue:


I hope you are interested and that I am not polluting your thread (I will edit out all of it at your request), I just wanted to bring your attention to his work in case you overlooked him, which I highly doubt, I feel like you 2 are playing in the same league up there.

Your composition above is an all time favorite and I am in awe at knowing somebody carries the noble flag of hand made blades with hide glue. I hope you are comfortable with it and that it will become a signature in your personal trade.

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I think I've seen his work in the past but I wasn't aware they were custom made blades. I thank you for bringing that to my attention, don't worry about polluting the thread, all knowledge is welcome.

I think there are many other blade builders using hide glue, I'm certainly not the only one. And to be honest, it's not my favorite glue, I much prefer PU glue. I still use it from time to time but to me the disadvantages don't compensate for the advantages. I still have to make a more scientific approach to compare the differences in feeling but, out of the similar blades I've built with both glues, I preferred the PU ones. Hide glue is heavier, so it's only suitable for certain compositions, and it's harder to use. I get a much stronger bond using half the amount of glue with PU. Forget about using it consistently in lower temperatures. Not to mention it's sensitivity to moisture...
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The classic Black Limba / Limba / Ayous / Limba / Black Limba blade was actually build for me so I can provide some background. I currently play with a Stiga 2000 all-round blade from 1976 and I wanted to have a replica or backup blade. My blade weighs 90g, has an anatomic handle (that's what the 2000 stands for), weight is centered on the handle and it plays like Off-. All the sizes and thicknesses were tried to be duplicated except that I wanted the handle to be straight rather than anatomic as I like that a bit better and I have also tried some twiddling and a straight handle is better for that. I also wanted to use the old school hide glue as that is likely what an old Stiga blade would have used. The blade looks fantastic and craftmanship is top notch! Unfortunately, due to the bad COVID situation in Arizona I can't test the blade right now and it might actually be a while until I will be able to.
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After testing the Innegra outer blade I made, member Magic_M was so pleased with the result that he commissioned two blades with the same composition!

Composition: Framiré / Innegra-Carbon / Framiré / Kiri / Framiré / Innegra-Carbon / Framiré
Weight: 88.0g and 88.1g
Thickness: ~5.7mm
Freq.: 1290 Hz
Balance: 2.4 cm (Low)






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Originally posted by Hipnotic Hipnotic wrote:

After testing the Innegra outer blade I made, member Magic_M was so pleased with the result that he commissioned two blades with the same composition!
And when I received theses beauties and continued the test, I immediately ordered number 3 and 4 Wink
with the same composition and measures, only with a little different handle-design.


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