1 ply Hinoki Blades

correct!

but it is just a very user -friendly material,very forgiving if you are playing against more developed an onent as your shots are more accurate and when you have to be in defensive mode you have more control vs when you use a harder (all wood/composite) blade.

since may of us do not take coaching lessons,perfecting technique may take a very long time.with hinoki blades you can still play well,but you errors drop dramatically,because you maintain speed,but iprove contol a lot.

you may just try it later and find out that it works better.even if you cut a bit to fit your grip,it will not be a less valuable blade.of course you may have found something that works for better.there is Hercules at this forum.have you seen his modified darker?he did cut it nicely and the blade does look wonderful and he plays with it i think

 

I tend to prefer softer rubbers anyway, so my preferences will be skewed.  With that being said, I thought Solcion would have been a good rubber, but I thought it was just too soft and it didn't work out as well for me (on these soft one-ply blades,... on the SC it's a different story).  I still like Nimbus Sound on the FH and use Joola Tango on the BH.  I think most will prefer at least medium-hard rubbers, though, if not hard.  I've even been getting decent performance from LKT Pro XP 2.0 rubbers on this blade.

i am thinking it was someone's subjective opinion.it is clearly controllable vs juic air titan that has 10 mm thick core with titanium reinforcing layers.that blade made the ball dissapear..

someone may have erroneously concluded that because it is a thick blade it should be vary stiff(fast) so hard to control just a logical conclusion.

i mean look how jpen players get tricks with their equipment.

 

Niceee....

 

I try not to be too fussy about the grain unless you're buying something to hang on a wall.  Sometimes if the grain is too tight, it will be denser and heavier (and harder) than wood with more separation in the lines.  Some of his blades is much tighter, but the pics are of sample blades and looks are subjective.  One thing to remember, though, is that it's covered with the rubber when playing and soon forgotten.