Butterfly NA and ST blades

I just found a barely used one from a member here.  So end of this story for now.

Roundrobin's analysis mostly held true for Mr. I kept sliding down my handle and with big hands, prioritized uniform feel. I wanted to develop my forehand and thought that flare blades could help. I used them for the second half of 2014. I did develop ny forehand but began to feel increasingly lost on ny backhand side. Hence I am setting myself straight again.

@baal
actually i got same experience
I love to use Tenergy 05 in 1,9mm but unfortunely there is only 2.1 in mine
i have asked many times to the agent to make an order for thinner rubbers
but they said... you can get it, only if you bought at least 1K sheet per year...
because It's the minimum order......

I dunno which is the right one...
it's Butterfly Policy or My dealer's economic reason (because most of the player in my country love to use max thickness TT__TT)

but about the policy of selling areas... i think it's good... because every country have different tax policy... and that can ruin the business in there if someone from others countries (which has cheaper tax) insult in that country

The local distributor here told me once that no one measure the weights when they produce the blades and that's why he can not guarantee me the asking weight. And he never has what i want in stock. What a sweet job - to sell nothing ! I'm smart enough to not order like this, but my partner decided to take a risk and recently make an order for Joo Se Hyuk ( of course not available for such a famous blade ) and guess the weight when it come -  115 gr.  Slapped the rubbers he use - with 1,2 LP on one side - 200 gr. Well ... it can be useful in the forest .... for cutting trees maybe. If we want to change something we could probably stop making orders like this.

Tried the straight ZJK-ALC today that I bought from a member here.  The blade itself was a bit slower and felt hollow and light compared to my Viscarias and my other ZJK-ALC blades and it seemed to throw quite low.  (Is that the blade or a fresh glue job?).

But the effect of using that handle was very interesting indeed.  My wrist was suddenly liberated.  I was ripping some backhands that I couldn't believe, my practice partner was just shaking his head.  Also it felt great in short game and serving.  It seems really easy to get really good control of the grip after serving and very fast transitions from FH to BH were so fluid..  I felt a bit lost at time on some forehands, not quite sure how to hold it, but I think that was as much the different feel of this particular blade as the handle.  (It really felt odd for an ALC blade and that was definitely not the handle).

I have to say, after 1 session, I liked it a lot.  Time will tell.  One thing that was interesting is that after 2 hours with the ST, I got my Viscaria out and was suddenly very conscious of this big lump in my palm that immediately made my distal forearm tense up.

This experiment will definitely continue.  

Well Baal, as your mantra goes "... you have to try it for yourself."

I've always felt that ST blades provide the world of freedom in my hand and I can't get along with FL handled at all...

I think I've got about 5 different grips (including serves), with the freedom and comfort of ST handle...

Welcome to the world of ST...

I have never really noticed a difference. It always seems to be more a matter of the particular blade than the handle. I go back and forth with no problem and no conscious adjustment.

It took me about 15 min to get over this strange feeling that the blade was going to fly out of my hand.  Once I did, everything opened up in interesting ways.  I hope the blade itself (outside of the handle) feels better today, though.  I am hoping it's strange feel yesterday was because I glued on rubber an hour before I played with it.  Sadly, I don't think that's it.  But today I will see.

I am actually enjoying it more now that the blade I have is a little more familiar.  Of this continues I may have to have a giant clearance sale on very good Viscaria blades (and have a couple of ST Viscarias custom made).  This particular ZJK-ALC I got is not one of the best of its breed I have to say, but it is certainly good enough for me to see the potential of ST.

As soon as they get back to me with the price, I will PM you.

DreiZ wrote: Still wish they would bring back Korbel ST version. That blade was my favorite ST handle 5ply wood.

I believe it is still made, no?

Edited by the_theologian - 10/19/2015 at 10:41pm

DreiZ wrote: Only the European version which I read is crap. JTTA is no longer made, and the ones that are sold here on forums are severely overpriced.

Hmm, I'm a bit on the fence whether to keep mine.

tonky777,

Last time I spoke to a Korean club owner who is also a butterfly dealer he said he couldn't get it anymore. I'm sure shops in Korea still have it but to pay the shipping plus all the fees would be too much for the blade. Soon enough the stock will run out since I don't see it on the Japanese website. And the custom "korbel" that many Korean pros use is just too much for what it's worth.

Tonky, did you order from Korea or bought it while visiting Korea? Also how much in USD did you pay for it?

Edited by DreiZ - 10/21/2015 at 8:26am