viscaria comparison

Sure, I'm interested. I think perhaps an analysis of what makes the old tag viscaria better would help players find a suitable modern replacement, as its a relatively rare and expensive blade.

Tt Gold wrote: I heard that zhang jike alc is like viscaria but is it like the new or old one ? I guess the new one otherwise everyone would buy it.i have a viscaria new one I like it but I don't think the feel is amazing and I hope that the feel of the old viscaria is amazing but them again why would it be amazing isn't it the same composition

Interesting question. The two new new ZJK ALC I have are actually a bit like heavy older Viscarias.  Right now  the two Viscarias I play with are old ones (black tags)  and  I have about five new ones in a drawer along with the ZJKs.  (At some point I should probably sell the blades I'm not using).  I would rather play with the ZJKs than the new ones because I prefer handle and weight distribution. 

Of course I am talking about pretty subtle differences.  In the greater scheme of things, these are all good blades.  I would rather use the worst of these blades than anything else I have tried. 

As to why I prefer the black tag, I think they are very slightly more flexible and softer and definitely just a touch slower, and yet they feel solid.  It is hard to describe, really.  The new very light ones barely feel like a Viscaria to me.

It could be that the extra soft feel is just a matter of the wood and glue aging, but I think it is some minor thing that has changed in the way they make them.  For sure, they never used to be as light as they are now.  That may be something they have done to try to make it fit heavier rubbers, but if so, it is not to my tastes, that is for sure.

At the end of the day a lot of this is a question of tastes, so just because I like something doesn't mean you will.  (Although everybody who has hit with my main blade says, wow, this is a nice blade).

I have a new tag viscaria 90gramms but one day it was just way to fast might be because it was re glued with 2 tenergy 64 but i also noticed that i didn't have to put in that much efford.I was switching between my infinity vps v and viscaria and when my infinity broke I decided that I'd buy a new blade at the World Cup (luckily my infinity broke on Friday one day before World Cup weekend)when I was there there was a stiga shop where I could have bought the infinity but I thought if want to give viscaria another go so I went to the butterfly shop where I asked if there are any viscarias left and how much they weight one viscaria light was there one normal one which I saw welter was already bought but I saw another viscaria in all of the blade boxes so I asked for the weight which was 82 gramms and I thought ok let's go with this one and this is the blade I've been playing until now i got some edge hits on thee which damaged a little of the top ply (same with stiga but on stiga it didn't have edge hits it was just bad quality)I thought I'd buy an infinity again but when I noticed that the viscaria was damaged I felt I had to buy another viscaria which showed my that I should stick with it.So I keep playing with this viscaria which is completely fine I just have to watch out that I don't hit any edges.But I am considering to buy a new viscaria and I thought I should buy an old tag one so if the zjk alc comes close to it I'm going to buy it if not I might have to look for an old tag viscaria

I've 2 each of old, pristine ST & S T Viscarias (pls don't pm me for any of the quartet) which I'm sure ppl are crazy about or longing for. I can't remember their exact weights (ranging from high 80s to very low 90s). I keep them in my wife's bank vault for safe-keeping & therefore I don't see them as often as I'd like to.
My new version FLs (88g & 90g), imho, play like dreams & the best imho as I could just play them & bring the best outta them, no reservation & no worry about "hurting" them at all.
I also have an 84g new model but would like to play it 1 day for comparison vs my old TBS An.

My main point is that Heavier (88g - 90g) Viscarias are, imho, better for me & lighter ones or/and old versions (ST, S T, FL & F L) don't necessarily mean good. Good for display or drooling on don't necessarily mean good for your games.


Edited by tiehwen - 01/10/2015 at 6:33pm

I use an old black tag Viscaria and finally purchased a new silver tag for a back up. I have yet to play with the new one but by looking at the difference in plies I can see why the new ones may often be lighter.  The outer ply of the silver tag is noticably thinner on one side than the other, and both outer plies of the new are thinner than the old. The carbon arylate weave is also much thinner than in the black tag.  I love my old Viscaria but already have my doubts about the new.