Stiga Stellan Bengtsson Hock

I played hardbat for close to a couple years and came back to sponge and didn't really want to go crazy trying different equipment like I did previously playing sponge.  According to my resreach the old Stiga blades seemed to best fit what I wanted to I got an early 70s Stellan Bengtsson and fell in love with the way it played, excellent crisp ball feel, not too bouncy in the short game, great spin and looping ability with plenty of put away power.  Absolute perfection if I could pick everything I wanted in every aspect of a blade, except for on big problem.  I just couldn't get used to the big squared handle, it literally made my backhand as well as my transition worse and seriously was hindering my game.  I was strongly considering trying other blades to get a handle I could use when I had the idea of changing the handle.  I didn't want to totaly lose the classic look of the blade so I had the bright idea of using a Hock handle as I had been playing with a Hock blade for a couple years in hardbat and loved the handle.  And Don Varian current owner of Hock Table tennis and all their stock is a friend and had extra un used handles he let me try.  So I put on this one and finished it out.  Now I have my all time favorite handle on my all time favorite blade!  And I think still a classic look with the dark mahogany wood handle.  So what do you think, did I commit a sort of paddle blasphemy, or keep the character of the blade while making it more personally functional?

As you didn't sand the bottom of the handle or u shrinked the sides of the handle the balance of the blade didnt change, maybe a little lose but no one would ever feel the difference. The balance would have changed if you shrinked down the handle from the sides or at the bottom and also if u have used strange glue for the handle cups.

It fits you and u enjoying playing with it, that only matters.