shocked by ma lin carbon

two days ago i recieved  my new ma lin carbon i put two new sheets of mark v i used dhs water glue to assemble the racket yestreday i took it for a hit and it did not had any feel looping required too much effort i cannot understand why this happened becase as compared to this an old unglued kenny pro with mark v had more feel and required less energy is there something wrong or i just didnt assemble it correctly

Ma Lin Carbon is indeed not a fast blade. Mine is not fast too.

I tried it with Roxon 450 on BH and Mambo GP on FH.
With this setup it's much faster than Mark V.
But still it's slower than acoustic and perhaps Vioncello which is a defensive blade.

i feel that  acoustic  is too slow, and i cant imagine a blade slower than it

I don't think you did anything wrong in your assembly. The Ma Lin carbon is a very stiff blade. If you are used to softer wooden blades it might take quite a while to get used to and you need to adjust your strokes accordingly. I'm curious if you play well and like softer blades why are you jumping to a MLC all of a sudden?

Hmm, I see. May be your setup can only be topped by H2 on Boll Tricarbon as far as stiffness concerns.

I don't loop much with the MLC after switching to Japanese rubber, it is basically a blocking/smashing blade for me. However, I didn't have much trouble while using tacky Chinese rubbers like 729-2, H3, or Hadou on the MLC. Chinese rubbers like the Palio Hadou (plays very much like H3) is cheap so if you think you want to give it a try before throwing in the towel, I would suggest putting a piece just for the fh and see if it works better.

and also how does t05 play on it

big d wrote: hey littlefish what do u think if i combine it with blue whale 2 tuned

I don't know much about BW2 tuned so I don't think I'm qualified to answer this question. In general, I found the MLC plays well using tacky Chinese rubber with hard sponge. If the BW2 tuned is in this category, it should work well. However, I paid about $10 for the Hadou so if it turns out to be a bad combo I only lost $10. The BW2 is over $20 so it would double your risk so to speak.    

LittleFish.Net wrote: However, I did glued T05 to a $18 729 Bomb as well as other blades as part of a 3 weeks test to determine which rubber works best for me.

haha... nice~~~~~

i'll be getting cheap rubbers from china soon. some really really cheap palio training rubbers. i'll put it on my MLC and use it again. since i switched to a nittaku blade, i basically wrapped my MLC in food wraps and stored it away...

when i come to think about it, maybe i should just stick with 1 blade instead of switching back and forth between blades cuz i dont wanna mess up my strokes (still learning)...

Water glue makes regular rubber feel dead.

what i cant believe is how can ma lin generate so much power using this blade

ckm423 wrote: Water glue makes regular rubber feel dead.

Absolutely correct IMO. I think using old REGULAR voc glue is much better with regular rubbers. I will continue to do this until my supply runs out. Then I will use Nittaku finezip which turned out to be OK if used with supplied sponge.

RE: Topic
Not sure about MLC but I have a YEO and it wasn't for me. You know some blades don't work for every style and rubber. The MLC and Mark V should work fine, but maybe it just isn't your  style. I would imagine this combo would work great for someone who hits pretty hard. Also, you may need to break the ruber in a bit. Many rubbers need a bit of healthy practice before they start to work as normal.

Hm...the one i have tried is really fast. It's rather stiff for my taste

big d wrote: what i cant believe is how can ma lin generate so much power using this blade

I saw a close-up picture of Ma Lin's blade from another thread on this forum quite a while ago. It has the handle of a MLC but the outer layer is stained and I can't see any carbon layers. It resembles a YEO more than a MLC. So, it is very possible that Ma Lin is using a YEO with a MLC handle. BTW, I read the below comment from another thread which I think is funny but has some truth to it: "Ma Lin can probably generate great spin using a frying pan." I once saw a picture of Wang Hao with what looks like a 20kg weight resting on his elbow/biceps and his upper arm still keeps a 90 degree angle away from the body. They might not look that strong but I think any world class table tennis player can easily beat most people in an arm wrestling match. The same is true that professional ballet dancers can easily do a round kick and break our necks if they wanted to. Looks can be deceiving.