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Nittaku quality control!!! |
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haggisv
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Looks to me like the blade wasn't clamped properly when the cut was made, and it moved during cutting. Although I doubt it would affect play significantly, I agree it should have been rejected. As other have suggested, the handle pieces might have been attached before an inspection was done, making it impossible to see. Nittaku has always had a good reputation, and I think they would care about issues like this and will try to resolve it, so personally i would try and contact them, or get the get the supplier to contact them.
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Mickael
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Yes all your posts are relevant, but why we don't see these discrepancies in a butterfly blade for example. I can understand a low quality manufacturers and cheap blades making mistakes. But this is nittaku high end blades the string instruments material that cost 4 time more any competition.
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wturber
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You have a sample of one bad Nittaku - even though you posted three pictures of that one sample. You need more samples in order to generalize about Nittaku quality. Maybe others can report their blade dimensions and a better conclusion can be derived. Also, does Nittaku publish any technical specs? I was unable to find anything that suggested what the expected tolerances should be.
If it were my blade and I was concerned, I'd email Nittaku explaining my concerns.
When Nittaku started selling re-labeled DHS 40+ non-celluloid balls under the Nittaku brand I did just that. I sent an email to them explaining how the good Nittaku shouldn't be put on such crappy balls. Their response was a very "corporate", "thank you for you concern/interest", email. Their reputation went down a notch with me after that. OTOH, they did some really nice work finally creating their own ball. So I wouldn't throw them under the bus without first giving them a chance to explain. |
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Jay Turberville
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mykonos96
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How do you know the balls were re labeled?
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wturber
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I wasn't 100% sure that they were DHS, but considering the limited number of cell free 40+ ball manufacturers in existence and that Nittaku clearly labelled them as being made in China and considering how they played and broke, it was a good bet. But it really doesn't matter if they were made by DHS or not. What mattered was that they were crap compared to Nittaku celluloid balls. Edited by wturber - 01/30/2020 at 10:16am |
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Jay Turberville
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Basquests
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OP had so many ways he could go with his post, and simply comes across very poorly.
We have 1 bad blade, and whilst questions should be asked, too many strong conclusions about their processes.
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mykonos96
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My former coach told me that 38mm 3 star nittaku balls were made by DHS
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Baal
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Some were. But they also sold balls that clearly stated "Made in Japan" that were not the same as the DHS-made ones (and they were better). Nittaku has long had some business relationships with DHS, to this day. I guess they don't have enough production capacity to meet demand if they rely just on their Japanese facilities. Like wturber says, though, it sucks that they put their name on inferior stuff. In only buy their stuff that is made in Japan. Makes me wonder about the OP's blade though.
Edited by Baal - 01/30/2020 at 4:04pm |
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Mickael
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Putting this post surely got the attention of nittaku, and I think from now they will handle every blade carefully especially the string instrument blades. We got to wait for the new batch to come out in order to buy again from nittaku.
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wturber
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Seriously?
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Jay Turberville
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6stringer
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This revelation is alarming especially when one considers the retail value of $165 USD. The odds are that there are other Violins just like this one.
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kindof99
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One problem I have with Nittaku blade is the weight. I have several barwell fleet blades, and their weights range from 80g-97g. This is bad even for any manufacture.
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jpenmaster
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The weight tolerance of their blades can be good or bad depending on if you specify weight. You can get just about any of their blades in 80-95g LOL
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kindof99
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It is hard to justify the consistence of blades that weight 20 g apart.
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jpenmaster
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It almost leads me to believe they air dry all their stuff instead of kiln dry.
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Mickael
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The weight difference is not a good sign. Especially on carbon blades. For wood only it may be justified on a +- 5 grams. But for carbon it is +-3 grams max.
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arg0
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I once dropped a regular Violin (ST LG grip, no carbon) and one handle piece fell off. The handle piece was hollow, but the blade was continuous and had no cut-out. Edited by arg0 - 02/21/2020 at 7:05pm |
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stiltt
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I guess Nittaku made the choice to shave weight off the handle to compensate the additional weight brought with the carbon plies.
Favoring head heavier in a time when rubbers are getting heavier too? mmmhhh... I never liked the carbon series of the acoustic/violin, those are for the committed looper going broke on everything, just not me. |
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Knuckle Ball
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I own a Nittaku Acoustic Carbon for some years now. I expected it to be a very exceptional good feeling, well performing blade being a Nittaku and a legendary Acoustic at that. But I felt like there was nothing particularly special about the blade. I have several blades, Adidas, Tibhar, Joola, Donic, Nexy design but there was nothing special that would make me prefer my Acoustic Carbon over the others. As time passed I drifted to using my other blades and stuck with my favorite the Joola Rossi Emotion.
Now Mickael's post on Nittaku. This makes me wonder, do I own a fake Nittaku? I bought it second hand from a reliable player, in its original box and there was nothing in the build quality of the blade that will make me suspect it was a fake. The only thing is that, it was not particularly impressive over all my other blades. How do I know its not a fake? |
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Ray
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Does it look better on ZJK SZLC?
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