Nittaku KASUMI BASIC
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Topic: Nittaku KASUMI BASIC
Posted By: ocvillager
Subject: Nittaku KASUMI BASIC
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 12:07pm
| Has anyone played with this blade? According to Paddlepalace, this blade is the Best Seller in Japan and is growing because of the well balanced of offense and control of the blade. Sounds interesting. Could someone please compare it to other wood blade such as Acoustic, HK, Petr Korbel, Clipper, OC Cr....? Since they're all wood so i think it's easier to compare. The price is good too. THanks |
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Posted By: ThaiLe
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 12:18pm
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Kasumic Basic is a very good controllable blade. Great for looping at closed to the table but not enough power from mid distance or third zone. It is also slower than all of the blades you mentioned above. Since you have played HK before, you might not like this one due to its slow speed. |
Posted By: bogeyhunter
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 12:22pm
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Med speed, not the one-and-done kind of blade but more than enough speed.
Soft wood. ------------- www.NexyUSA.com We also carries Sauer & Tröger. Lissom O+EASY P 1mm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_65FLO2Lneo https://youtu.be/YgYFPJCBCr0 https://youtu.be/NeHp789Lb1c https://youtu.be/_65FLO2Lneo |
Posted By: ocvillager
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 12:33pm
| thanks you two. Hard to decide:). I like HK and Tenor but they're too expensive. I often hit blade at the table from practice from service so I always need to buy a 2nd one. Can't afford expensive blades |
Posted By: bogeyhunter
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 12:45pm
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It's a good blade. Well balanced. There's nothing wrong using a blade named after a 16 yrs old girl but it seems weird to me.
I bought for my student(11 yrs old girl) and tried it a few minutes. ------------- www.NexyUSA.com We also carries Sauer & Tröger. Lissom O+EASY P 1mm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_65FLO2Lneo https://youtu.be/YgYFPJCBCr0 https://youtu.be/NeHp789Lb1c https://youtu.be/_65FLO2Lneo |
Posted By: ocvillager
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 12:47pm
| thanks |
Posted By: takaaki
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 1:31pm
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kasumi basic??? who on earth comes up with these names?? ishikawa kasumi can't possibly be happy with that name, that is, assuming she knows enough english to know what "basic" means? is that a statement on what butterfly thinks her level (or status) is?? |
Posted By: Tomii
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 1:37pm
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i think the name should reflect the blade's properties not the player's
------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Rtenkmt6M Self-made video please watch and comment |
Posted By: takaaki
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 1:39pm
do you work for butterfly?? that sounds like something they would say!! |
Posted By: ocvillager
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 5:34pm
| any other comparisons? |
Posted By: ErikaT
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 7:08pm
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the blade is really very basic, control is the thing it has.
but the touch (during strokes) of the blade is very special. u can feel that the 1st layer of the blade is harder than the inner core layers which provide a little speed/power. ------------- 
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Posted By: ocvillager
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 7:21pm
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Erika, if i undersntood it right, the blade is not that special you meant? Beside it's having great control, the speed and power is very little? Thanks |
Posted By: ErikaT
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 7:29pm
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yea that nothing much special of this blade, only the touch which is very different from other blades -------------
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Posted By: ocvillager
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 7:33pm
| thanks. No wonder it's not that expensive. The conclusion is most good blades are expensive such as Amultart... way too expensive . |
Posted By: ErikaT
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 7:44pm
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it may not be no good, provided that u hav the power, for the people who loves to play short games will like this blade -------------
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Posted By: Sallom89
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 7:46pm
Amultart is worth every penny to me! Even though I only owned two blades which are TBS and Amultart but I tried hitting with few also such as mazanov, some stiga and yasaka before.. nothing feels like Amultart. ------------- Member of Wang Hao fan club. Hurricane Hao III FH: Thors RPB: Omega Pro |
ocvillager wrote:Posted By: spitfire
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 9:14pm
| It's not even funny that kasumi herself uses HK... |
Posted By: spitfire
Date Posted: 12/10/2009 at 9:17pm
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Posted By: takaaki
Date Posted: 12/11/2009 at 10:38am
no and yes, to certain extent--the japanese write mostly or at least 50% in chinese (which i can't read), but foreign (non-chinese) words like "basic" are written in "japanese." now, i dunno about you, but i wouldn't want a racket named after me with the word "basic" in the name!! would you?? would you be proud of a racket called the "the spitfire basic--the best racket for all you noobs out there?" y'know, assuming she understands the word, she's probably asking herself, "why they named a "basic" racket after me and not my teammates? where's the 'mizutani basic?' or the 'fukuhara basic?' or the 'matsudaira basic?' or the 'yoshida kaii basic?' or whatever?" now, y'know, i'm not even half-serious with this, cuz they had to get her permission first before using her name on the racket, but maybe to sell her on it, they told a little white lie and said, "oh, we're just starting off with the 'basic' version first, and after that one takes off, we'll come out with the 'kasumi advanced' later!" |
Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 07/20/2011 at 2:01am
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Why would Nittaku have deliberately chosen a bad-selling name? I suppose they thought it was a good name. Then again, not knowing Japanese, I understand nothing about most Nittaku names. But the real reason why I'm digging out this thread is to ask if somebody played with Kasumi Basic recently. I'm curious to read some more impressions. ------------- Nexy Arche & Nittaku Violin LG. Join the forum_posts.asp?TID=47778" rel="nofollow - Nexy Clan ! Also member of Violin & 1-Ply clans. |
Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 05/05/2017 at 5:00pm
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Here is a link to http://www.mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68566" rel="nofollow - frogger's review of KB . -- I recently realised, when I got to try a Donic "Waldner Offensiv 2016" (DWO) (special edition JO-shape) that its structure and thickness, as well as those of Donic Waldner Dicon and Avalox Blue Thunder 555, are very similar to Kasumi Basic, so I'm surprised that KB did not get more love/attention. Somewhat off-topic, I think that DWO is a great blade for a developing player and quite inexpensive, too. My only gripe is the oval ST handle, which just doesn't feel right in my hand (though it allows for more freedom of grip variations with respect to squared ST handles). ------------- Nexy Arche & Nittaku Violin LG. Join the forum_posts.asp?TID=47778" rel="nofollow - Nexy Clan ! Also member of Violin & 1-Ply clans. |
Posted By: frogger
Date Posted: 05/05/2017 at 9:43pm
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It's a really nice blade Off- class. A lot like BTY Primorac just a slight tic faster. Handles are small. A lot of Nittaku blades handles are small. See my review posted a few years back. :) ------------- Wood Paddle Red side Black side. |
Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 05/06/2017 at 10:20am
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Hello frogger, thanks. I'd seen your review, this is why I linked it in my previous post. Sad to hear that the handles are on the small-ish (more like regular Violin/Acoustic, I suppose) rather than Violin/Acoustic LG, Tenor, or Latika, I suppose. If this is the case, then I suppose I'm still better off with my Donic Waldner Offensiv 2016, which has an oval cross-section ST handle, but at least it's regular-size. The construction of the two blades is about the same. ------------- Nexy Arche & Nittaku Violin LG. Join the forum_posts.asp?TID=47778" rel="nofollow - Nexy Clan ! Also member of Violin & 1-Ply clans. |
Posted By: doraemon
Date Posted: 05/08/2017 at 8:15pm
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My friend uses Kasumi Basic + Tenergy 05 both sides. That set up has excellent control with enough power reserve to blast the ball. By the way, Kasumi Basic is another version of Primorac and Korbel. I would say its speed is in the middle of the two. ------------- Blade : Just wood FH : black rubber BH : red rubber |
Posted By: Snakefish
Date Posted: 05/08/2017 at 9:51pm
Are the plies in Kasumi Basic same as regular Korbel / Primorac ? ------------- Andro Treiber Z - fl FH: Tibhar MX-D max BH: Tibhar Quantum ProX-blue,max |
Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 05/09/2017 at 3:43pm
No, Korbel and Primorac are LLALL Kasumi Basic is LSASL L=Limba; A=Ayous; S=Spruce ------------- Nexy Arche & Nittaku Violin LG. Join the forum_posts.asp?TID=47778" rel="nofollow - Nexy Clan ! Also member of Violin & 1-Ply clans. |
Posted By: doraemon
Date Posted: 05/09/2017 at 11:46pm
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@argo I might recall differently, but Kasumi Basic is indeed LLALL. No spruce. ------------- Blade : Just wood FH : black rubber BH : red rubber |
Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 05/10/2017 at 12:41am
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I see. I recall having read it was a thinner and regular sized Latika, but I've never seen one. ------------- Nexy Arche & Nittaku Violin LG. Join the forum_posts.asp?TID=47778" rel="nofollow - Nexy Clan ! Also member of Violin & 1-Ply clans. |