Stiga Rosewood

Hi guys
I was looking at buying a Stiga rosewood NCT V but i am unsure how fast it is compared to my
Donic Carbotox or Butterfly Alc.
Does anybody use the rosewood nct v and how fast is it.
does anybody know how heavy the Rosewood nct v is.
thanks

all rosewoods (V or VII) have incredible top gear speeds if you have good technique 

For just a little bit more money, I would just get TB ALC ST.  It's the best one out there imo.

Thanks for the feedback guys
I was also looking at the Rosewood nct v XO.
But looking at the specs it gains speed but loses 1 point controll to me the standard rosewood would still be the better overall blade.
Has anybody tried the XO Yet.
Cheers.

The rw v is the most challenging blade i ever had. Still discovering new things. The hollow handle and the extraordinary feeling allows to handle the blade in somewhat different ways than other blades.

Edited by ejmaster - 08/18/2012 at 7:27pm

ejmaster wrote: The rw v is the most challenging blade i ever had. Still discovering new things. The hollow handle and the extraordinary feeling allows to handle the blade in somewhat different ways than other blades.   With chinese in fh there is a lot of freedom and feeling to play a powerful game with variation.   At a point i was uncomfortable about the sweet spot. Had to hit in the precise spot. With the time i feel more comfortable but still missing not so much precision about it.   However i have been able to have the best score records against the most difficult players so the result of the handling effort is paying. maybe not so consistent about average scoring as other blades.   A difficult part for me is the service. The rw balance still makes uncomfortable to have the precision motion in the service. One can create a lot of variation in the playing game. As XX. It is not an amateur blade.    It needs time.   I like rw v with chinese. If you like Tenergy i would go with tb alc for sure.

ejmaster: do you use H3 or TG3 for your RW5 FH? thanks,

Is it the Yasaka New Era? I think these H3 are for National version ones. I think Xu Xin is using the same H3 for RW5 as well. Thanks. 

IMO the ALC has more feel than the carbotox and for speed they are about the same, if you have the cash go the ALC.

you should try 40deg provincial H3, lightly boost it just to skip the break in somewhat and after that dont touch it... its a beast.

eacheng and ttnpp sell them

thanks a lot.. i think i did a stupid thing sanding off to remove that coat.. (or not..) :)

I also have to lightly sand the surface to improve the glue bounding. The NCT surface is too slippery for some of my rubbers with shrunk sponge. I know I might have weaken the NCT layer, but I don't think it's too big a deal. 

ejmaster wrote: simon_xuan wrote: I also have to lightly sand the surface to improve the glue bounding. The NCT surface is too slippery for some of my rubbers with shrunk sponge. I know I might have weaken the NCT layer, but I don't think it's too big a deal.    do not sand the surface. varnish the surface. the nct coat favours to apply a seal coat. then you have protected the blade and the nct coat.   this is the way to go.

VladiTT wrote: thats a matter of a personal preferences,will not affect more than 0.1 % playing  charakteristics of the blade

no i dont, im talkin about how i feel the diference
how about you,share a video or a proof how varnish or sanding will change blade



Edited by VladiTT - 08/23/2012 at 4:43am