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IllSonny 
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 Topic: Red Sponge H3?Posted: 10/20/2013 at 1:32pm |
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Has anyone ever seen a Hurricane 3 with red sponge? A buddy of mine has one but the label was cut off. He says he remembers that it was Hurricane 3 when he bought it. This rubber played much faster and felt more springy compared to my H3. The only thing I could come up with was that it was a Nittaku H3. Any thoughts?
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IanMcg
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Posted: 10/20/2013 at 1:38pm |
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Maybe it's TinArc III, which has a red sponge
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IllSonny
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Posted: 10/20/2013 at 1:43pm |
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When did TinArc III become available? He purchased the rubber about 3-4 years ago.
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bluebucket
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Posted: 10/20/2013 at 1:47pm |
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It can be Haifu whale with red sponge, that is the most common Chinese rubber with red sponge, it's also much faster than H3
Edited by bluebucket - 10/20/2013 at 1:47pm |
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jonyer1980
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Posted: 10/20/2013 at 4:26pm |
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TA3 hasn´s got red sponge. It´s orange. It can´t be a legit H3, unless he got another of the millions fakes out there, maybe it´s a BW2 or Shark 2 old version.
Edited by jonyer1980 - 10/20/2013 at 4:27pm |
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Posted: 10/20/2013 at 4:41pm |
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Either it is not H3, or it is H3 topsheet on Haifu red sponge (chance is low)
you dont get H3 with red sponge |
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beeray1
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Posted: 10/20/2013 at 4:58pm |
Tin Arc 3 has a super red sponge, regular Tin Arc has an orange sponge. Why would he cut the label part of the rubber?
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schen
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Posted: 10/20/2013 at 8:07pm |
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There was a version of the non-NEO hurricanes that had a red/deep-orangish sponge (maybe the red you were talking about?). I had a black sheet of hurricane 3 with that sponge... I think it was the provincial version and mine was very hard. I got it from a shop in Taiwan that used to be "ilpp.tw" sometime in 2007 I think.
Also I know some penholders cut off any unnecessary part of the rubber on their FH to maximize the playing surface (I know a lot of SP players that do this), especially if they leave room on the blade for their fingers. I believe its legal as long as the ittf logo and ID number (if it has one) is still present.
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TurboZ
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Posted: 10/22/2013 at 2:40am |
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I have a black DHS G888 with red sponge bought a year or 2 ago. May be that is something similar.
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Posted: 10/22/2013 at 3:19am |
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I love that the label has been cut off but he "remembers it was Hurricane". This is a classic case of cognitive bias if I've ever seen one. He probably has some kind of Haifu rubber.
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