C100

Weight: 85 grams; average weight 83-86 grams

Size: 152x157mm blade head

Thickness: 6mm

Plies: 5 (koto-ayous-ayous-ayous-koto)

C300

Size: 152 x 157mm blade head

Weight: 85 grams

Thickness: 7mm

Plies: 5 (Limba-ayous-kiri-ayous-limba)

Rubbers used: Adidas P7, Dawei 388 Speed, Adidas Syntec Fast

The C300 is the thickest blade among any other C-series blades. The 7mm thickness provides substantial amount of power that it feels like a 7 ply blade when playing with it. I have to admit im biased with the C300 since Im an all wood blade lover. The limba and ayous plies provide good feel and control for the blade and kiri center ply provides good speed. This is for players who do not want to lose control in shifting to a this blade but having enough power and speed for their offensive shots. This is an offensive blade, a true OFF blade. It has a medium sweetspot but good enough for attacks. When I was looping with this blade it felt like I was using a clipper wood in a 5 ply blade which is lighter. Chinese rubbers are very much appreciated using this set up. Its liek this blade is built for close to the table attacks with control over the short game. I love doing drop shots, flicks and short pushes with the C300 because it was designed for players who wants to play in and out of the table while maintaining their touch and control over delicate strokes. Blocking and countering is very good with this rubber. I also suspect that this will be a good short pip blade but I havent had the chance to test it yet.

Recommended rubbers:

1. Adidas Tenzone regular

2. Adidas Tenzone SF

3. Adidas Syntec Fast

C500

Weight: 85 grams; average weight 80-85 grams

Size: 152x157mm blade head

Thickness: 5mm

Plies: 7 ( Limba, Ayous, Carbon, Kiri, Carbon, Ayous, Limba)

The thinnest and the lightest blade among the C-series blade is the C-500 but this is also the fastest among the 3 with a speed range between OFF to OFF+. This stiff blade produces a high pitch ping upon flicking of your fingers against the blade. It has a big sweetspot and has a balanced feel and weight. Looping and counter hitting with this blade using the R4 and R6 was fun since the set up is very loud due to the rubbers and the blade itself. The blade has a more woody feel maybe because of the construction of the blade wherein the carbon layer instead of being placed immediately after the top layer, it was placed as the 3rd layer right after the limba and ayous layers respectively. Control is good. Its as fast as those soft carbon yasaka blades but very controllable. It has some feel and doesn't feel to stiff. i would recommend soft and medium rubbers for this blade. Hard rubbers are ok if you are using chinese rubbers or the harder euro rubbers if you have the skill. Definitely not a beginner's blade. i highly recommend the following rubbers to be paired with this blade:

1. Adidas Tenzone SF

2. Adidas P7

3. Syntec regular and fast

Note: Its better to seal these blades before using. i used a regular nailpolish with no color.

nice review yogi

"have you played with the innerforceS, esp ULC or Tamca5000, which also have limba as the top ply and the same composition of the other wooden layers?

They may be a little thicker than the c500, (or TSP Black Blizard, which has koto top-ply, it similar but woodier thinner and slower than 729 F-1 and the above mentioned Innerforce blades)"

I am prefer composite blades, so I'll probably get the c500 next month, to compare it with Innerforce Tamca and the Black Blizzard (no longer own any of the other blades mentioned above). 

what is the thickness (if you happen to own a caliper)? 

Also, looking at the pictures, the center-ply - kiri, seems to be cut at a 60 degrees relative to the vertical axis of the blade. I've seem that only on some of Sword's asymmetric blades, this usually implies that the bending of the blade at high speed would be different on FH and BH. Well, this is really difficult to tell for sure from these 2 pictures of c500, so if you have one from the side, I'd appreciate you help.

also, using heavier rubbers on the C500 such as t05, would make the C500 a relatively head heavy combo. for a very thin carbon blade this usually means some flex, which makes looping away from the table very rewarding but harder to control. well, I am anxious to try it myself and check my hypotheses :-)

summer is my active blade-testing period, during the active season I try (at least try) to stay focused :-)

kickass - maybe it was to reduce the head heaviness of the blade

- what is the hardness - soft, medium-soft, medium?

- flex - compare to Tibhar Stratus Power Wood

If it´s possible little comparison to Tibhar SPW would be useful. Thanks

in therms of velocity, feel and control ? 

tnks