One sided Cpen Blade choices

Greetings fellow forums members.
I am usually a RPB player now, but I do miss the one sided Cpen.
As it makes my game more enjoyable with more footwork and a faster FH swing(lighter blade)

I would like to know some of the one sided Cpens which you guys would recommend.
I prefer a thicker thickness as I feel thin blades don't really cut it for comfort for one sided rubber play.
Kindly refer to the following:

1) Cpen blade with thickness of 6.5mm or more.
2) Relatively fast blade with adequate power to loop from mid/far table distance. (paired with rubbers such as Tenergy 05/ Tibhar MX/EL.
3) Blade face length of at least 161cm or more.
4) Composite or all wood blades are fine with me
*Cpen blades only, not Jpen please.

Blades that I've currently found that fits the list: (Will update this list, let me know if any mistakes)
1) Butterfly Yoshida Kaii
2) Stiga Clipper/CR/CC
3) Butterfly Chinese Real
4) Avalox/AVX J Aramid
5) Xiom Strato (Not sure if blade face length is at least 161cm)
6) Avalox/AVX Hado G2
7) Nittaku Ludeack Power Cpen (Rec. from ronakvyas86)

Cheers and keep them coming! 😊



Edited by Chewy - 08/17/2016 at 3:15am

Nittaku ludeack power cpen

1) Thickness is 6.6mm

2) 7 ply all wood OFF/OFF+ blade. Speed and construction (Limba-Ayous-Ayous-Ayous-Ayous-Ayous-Limba) similar to clipper but way better build quality. Pricey, but totally worth it (I had a shakehand septear with which i played with penhold grip coz i could not find a penhold blade at that time in my country. It has excellent build quality. Better than all of my other blades). And it works well with Tenergies.

3) The guy I buy my equipment from (and I trust his advice) had told me it has a headsize of 165×154mm. Although it's not the case with other nittaku cpens like violin and acoustic both of which have the headsize of 161×151mm. So, not a 100% sure here.


Edited by ronakvyas86 - 08/17/2016 at 2:18am

I've never owned a Nittaku cpen but the shakehand septear that I have has a thin handle, much thinner than stiga clipper's shakehand which my friend plays with. I think I read another post in this or the ooak forum in which there was a mention of nittaku cpens having a thin handle, but again, not very sure.

Strato Cpen has a blade face of 160 x 151mm and 6.8mm in thickness. 

@Turboz, thank you Turboz. Always reliable first-hand information!

@Seryi, sorry Seryi but I don't quite get you. I guess you are recommending the Timo Boll Spark?

I would say Clipper or Donic Burn Off.

@Ron Yes know about the Taksim but having mixed feelings about the slightly smaller headsize. I did not know about the Taksim X though, I can get both through pre-ordering from China. But the price is indeed expensive! Thank you, I will check with the Yinhe models you mentioned.

@TTNewbie, which Clipper variants? Or all of them are good?

@suds79, similarly I spin better with Cpen as well! I think its mainly because I started out very young as a one sided Cpen thats why I'm "naturally" more used to it. Jpen is good and all but I already have 2 of them. Haha! This is just my blade to go to when I take a short break from RPB between matches/ trainings.

@TT newbie sounds good enough to me!

Has anyone have experience playing with a Cpen with 7-ply hinoki wood? Curious to know how it feels compared to Clipper, YEO, HHao or Intensity Cpen would be useful.

Butterfly Chinese Real has a quite small head size.

Chewy wrote: @TT newbie sounds good enough to me! Has anyone have experience playing with a Cpen with 7-ply hinoki wood? Curious to know how it feels compared to Clipper, YEO, HHao or Intensity Cpen would be useful.

I've played with septear and YEO. Both blades are good. Septear is faster, much softer, has more gears and slightly better feel than YEO. Goes very well with medium hard to hard rubbers. I tried Acuda S1 Turbo, nimbus soft and mark v on Septear. Out of these, Acuda works best with this blade and nimbus the worst (too soft). Not suitable for pips either

take a look of Avalox P900:
it is 9-ply wood designed for 40+, faster than clipper with great control.
although its loop likes a 5-ply, it has great power.
thickness is 5.9-6.0 mm and head size is identical to clipper.

I have some Nittaku Cpen but not Septear. I see it has a mid size head of 150 x 157mm unlike any of mine. 

Edited by TurboZ - 08/20/2016 at 1:55am

Yup. I just saw that, its from nittaku's official website

I think you should get a Clipper. Better if you get a HRT clipper. It's a Clipper clone that you can get for 20 dollars from ttnpp. There is a wide range of blades that play similar to clipper. If you like HRT, but still feel that you should get a proper branded blade then you can go for a Clipper or other clipper like blade later on

ronakvyas86 wrote: That's weird. Coz the shakehand septear that I have also has the headsize of 157×150mm. Did you get this from nittaku's official website?

The information is right. Septear C has a very small head size compared to "made in Sweden" cpen blades (Donic, Stiga, Avalox, Yasaka)