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Originally posted by p1ngp0ng3r p1ngp0ng3r wrote:

I'm really surprised reading some of these posts about Stiga quality.

At this moment I own a Clipper Wood, Clipper CC, Infinity and Emerald and IMO there is nothing wrong with the quality. Played a lot with both Clippers and ofcourse they are damaged, but only to my own doing (like hitting the table) Haven't played a lot with Infinity and Emerald, but reglued both blades couple of times. The outer plies are still 100%.



Agree, this thread made me really surprised. I have played with many Stiga blades thru the years and I think they all have had good quality, maybe I have had luck but I dough that the quality is so bad as some guys here want it to sound like. Sure many blades of mine have been broken but thats because of my bad temper haha! 
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Originally posted by *_strataras_* *_strataras_* wrote:

Originally posted by rocketscientist rocketscientist wrote:

Originally posted by AgentHEX AgentHEX wrote:

Stiga makes blades in china for the chinese market. They're better than the swedish ones.

You obvious doesn't know what you are talking about. All stiga blades are made in sweden, even the ones that are sold in China. And that is a fact.

OMG you are probably the ONLY guy in this world that you don't know that Stiga has factory in China!!!

They have an office in China. But only factory in Sweden. You should read more info about different brands before you make a fool of yourself.
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Stiga should pay me for writing all this.
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Funny that anyone still thinks "made in sweden" is anything of a plus for stiga. It also shows how little blade quality matters given some can't even tell.

The best bit is all this time people were willingly propagating PR fluff alarmingly disconnected from the product itself; an illuminating analogy to everything else said about equipment.
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Originally posted by rocketscientist rocketscientist wrote:

Originally posted by *_strataras_* *_strataras_* wrote:

Originally posted by rocketscientist rocketscientist wrote:

Originally posted by AgentHEX AgentHEX wrote:

Stiga makes blades in china for the chinese market. They're better than the swedish ones.

You obvious doesn't know what you are talking about. All stiga blades are made in sweden, even the ones that are sold in China. And that is a fact.

OMG you are probably the ONLY guy in this world that you don't know that Stiga has factory in China!!!

They have an office in China. But only factory in Sweden. You should read more info about different brands before you make a fool of yourself.

Keep these commends for yourself mr.Ok??If you make a fool of yourself your bussiness.But keep these commends for yourself, they doesn't make you more clever
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Random thoughts on this subject:

I've been impressed with Stiga's Clipper products. And I really like the Clipper CC besides the price. (Although its cheaper than a Butterfly composite blade, so I can't complain too much.)

The unfinished, splintery aspect of Stiga's wood blades doesn't bother me, because I can just customize it. But the poor craftsmanship stuff like crooked lenses, etc, are not acceptable for a $100+ product.

And they do have some very cheap/junky feeling products... Optimum Sync felt like a piece of rigid cardboard to me. But again, I like the feeling of their Clipper line of products.

I owned an Infinity VPS which the second ply was coming apart from the core, but I sent it back to the dealer for a full refund, so I'm not going to name names. But I won't buy another VPS.
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I've been using a Stiga Emerald since November. Whilst it plays wonderfully, I must say, if this is an example of Stiga improving the quality of the finishing of their blades, then they really must have been quite poor before. The outer veneer is full of tiny cracks and seems really brittle and bits have chipped off near the handle, where I can't see how it could have come into contact with anything. The handle doesn't seem to been sanded nearly as well as other brands either. 
I am really quite worried as to what will happen when I come to change the rubbers.

This leaves me with a bit of a dilemma, I love the way the blade plays, but just can't see it lasting and there is no way I will purchase another one the same whilst there is a risk it could have the same quality issues. Can anyone suggest something that may be similar from a different brand? I like the size and shape of the Stiga legend handles.

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I haven't tried that many Stiga blades but the Emerald and the Infinity that I have played with have been of really great quality and also the Allround classic that I started playing with. I thinking about trying the new Carbonado blades by Stiga have someone heard something about the quality?
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Also my old clipper wood blade still works like a charm after almost five years, maybe it just luck? Smile
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My Stiga Emerald woes continue. It felt a bit strange when playing today, when I inspected it, it appears the outer veneer is coming away. It is still the first sheet of rubber, so I can't see how I could have done anything to cause this to happen. 
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Happy Harry, are you a sock puppet for Fehrplay? Because you have the same IP address and you seem to write the same kinds of things about Stiga products.

I don't use any Stiga products and have no thoughts about these things (except maybe for sentimental reasons I want them to thrive), but I do care about the website.
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Originally posted by Sedis Sedis wrote:

My Stiga Emerald woes continue. It felt a bit strange when playing today, when I inspected it, it appears the outer veneer is coming away. It is still the first sheet of rubber, so I can't see how I could have done anything to cause this to happen. 


Don't worry, that's probably VPS-technology with Diamond tOuch.Ouch JK, that's unacceptable even for the cheapest blades.
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Originally posted by Sedis Sedis wrote:

My Stiga Emerald woes continue. It felt a bit strange when playing today, when I inspected it, it appears the outer veneer is coming away. It is still the first sheet of rubber, so I can't see how I could have done anything to cause this to happen. 




That's what happened to my first Emerald. The outer ply was unstucked in the center part and made a bubble, same that happen sometimes with rubbers. The seller changed the blade inmediately.
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I've emailed the seller and I've only had it for 3 months, so hopefully they will change the blade. I'm a bit reluctant to get another Stiga though.
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Originally posted by Sedis Sedis wrote:

My Stiga Emerald woes continue. It felt a bit strange when playing today, when I inspected it, it appears the outer veneer is coming away. It is still the first sheet of rubber, so I can't see how I could have done anything to cause this to happen. 



This is exactly what happened to my Infinity VPS. (But the dealer gave me a refund without much hassle.)



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