Ma Long's new blade
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Topic: Ma Long's new blade
Posted By: hut8
Subject: Ma Long's new blade
Date Posted: 02/17/2013 at 11:31am
| Which blade is Ma Long using now |
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Posted By: chain_05
Date Posted: 02/18/2013 at 7:59am
http://mytabletennis.net/forum/uploads/25360/xzggs.jpg -  ------------- 2017 (update) ViS Fh:TauI Bh: Mxs Firefall FH : Mantra H BH: Razanter R50 |
Posted By: entel5
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 1:06am
| What blade is this ? |
Posted By: TurboZ
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 1:40am
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It is a custom built Hurricane Long not released to the market yet. The lens is the same as the current Hurricane Long 2 but blue handle like the Hurricane Hao. Probably he likes the colour blue rather than brown in HL2. It should have the same structure of 7 ply wood like his previous 506 as it got the same distinctive 2 red plys. May be DHS will release it as Hurricane Long 3 and charge a fortune someday. ------------- http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53150&title=feedback-turboz - My Feedback |
Posted By: Imago
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 1:57am
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Hurricane 3 are all composites. But you are right as far as handle is concerned.
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Posted By: Anderni
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 6:55am
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It's probably a TB ALC with custom handles. I feel sorry for the poor suckers who will pay 500$+ for some DHS "prototype" blade like they did with the DHS 506, a blade made for tricking people into paying hundreds of dollars for a high quality PG7. |
TurboZ wrote:Posted By: TurboZ
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 7:15am
If you talk about Hurricane Hao 3 then it is not what ML is using as it got only one fiberglass-carbon layer in the middle. The one ML is using now still got the usual 2 red plys, the same as many of the DHS 7 ply all wood blades. ------------- http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53150&title=feedback-turboz - My Feedback |
Posted By: Anderni
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 7:41am
It's easy to paint some red lines on a Viscaria or TB ALC. This is the Hurricane Long 2 and you can see the red lines have been painted after the plies have been glued.
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Posted By: TurboZ
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 9:30am
You are not kidding about ML painting his own blade to fool everyone and he is indeed still using his butterfly TB ALC all these years?  ------------- http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53150&title=feedback-turboz - My Feedback |
Posted By: Anderni
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 9:45am
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Ma Long has a DHS contract, if someone changed the handle and painted red lines on his blade, it would be done by DHS. Do you think Christian Suss plays an Andro Kinetic? Suss, Ovtcharov and Baum all use edge tape... First of all, I meant no offense to you. I just think we consumers should be aware that these companies are being very cynical about replacing handles on these blades, trying to make us buy expensive new blades. Do you think cheating the customer like this is ok? It's pretty well known that Wang Liqin played a Stiga blade with Hurricane King handles for a while. |
Posted By: TurboZ
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 10:06am
I understand the fact that many players use blades with their sponsor's handle to boost business. They might like the structure of one blade but the handle of the other so they can enjoy the freedom of custom built by factory for them. Anything is possible but to say his blade is a TB ALC with HL handle in blue and 2 painted red plys by DHS.... ------------- http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53150&title=feedback-turboz - My Feedback |
Posted By: bluebucket
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 10:10am
| where's the picture showing red plys. This new blade looks far too thin to be the 506. |
Posted By: Anderni
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 10:30am
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Wouldn't be so different from Suss using a Butterfly blade with Andro handles and Andro edge tape to hide the Tenergy sponges. |
Posted By: TurboZ
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 11:44am
The handle clearly shows the 2 red plys just like any normal DHS 7 ply wood blade.  ------------- http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53150&title=feedback-turboz - My Feedback |
Posted By: debraj
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 4:02pm
I know .. i Know... they will be calling it "Hurricane Hao Long?" ------------- 729-F1||Rhyzm-P(FH)|| Rasant Grip orRhyzm-P max(BH) http://youtu.be/y9y9nE9g778" rel="nofollow - vid1 http://youtu.be/xqNy786yGOs" rel="nofollow - Vid 2 |
Posted By: Imago
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 4:21pm
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Hurricane Ding Ning is a nice predication |
Posted By: IanMcg
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 6:17pm
Do you know Hao Long until it is released?
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Posted By: TurboZ
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 6:32pm
DHS had already released both Hurricane Ning and Xia, although they still use Stiga Ebenholz without a handle change.  ------------- http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53150&title=feedback-turboz - My Feedback |
Posted By: stiltt
Date Posted: 02/19/2013 at 6:45pm
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Posted By: glanden.zheng
Date Posted: 02/20/2013 at 5:34pm
 ------------- Butterfly Viscaria FL FH: Hurricane 3 Prov BH: Tenergy 05 |
Posted By: TurboZ
Date Posted: 02/22/2013 at 12:22am
 This pic should clear things up. What is DHS waiting for? Till Ma Long win WTTC? ------------- http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53150&title=feedback-turboz - My Feedback |
Posted By: TurboZ
Date Posted: 03/02/2013 at 9:43am
So it is about time for DHS to announce the introduction of the awesome Hurricane Long 3 to celebrate Ma Long's back to WR1.   ------------- http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53150&title=feedback-turboz - My Feedback |
Posted By: glanden.zheng
Date Posted: 03/03/2013 at 9:19pm
WOW AWESOME!!!! ------------- Butterfly Viscaria FL FH: Hurricane 3 Prov BH: Tenergy 05 |
Posted By: Giangt
Date Posted: 03/04/2013 at 2:28am
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Where did you find the source? ------------- http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=57639&PID=697616#697616" rel="nofollow - My Feedback |
Posted By: bluebucket
Date Posted: 03/04/2013 at 4:26am
| Well thats interesting considering they already released a commercial version of the 506 |
Posted By: TurboZ
Date Posted: 06/15/2013 at 1:10pm
Ma Long change blade again in this year's China Open. Probably another custom made Hurricane Long. Anyone who is ready to buy the HL-3 may have to think again.....  ------------- http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53150&title=feedback-turboz - My Feedback |
Posted By: ejmaster
Date Posted: 06/15/2013 at 1:45pm
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Dhs marketing is awful. They are releasing very expensive and no player using blades on one side and cheap blades on the other.
Why clearly state a malong blade with a good price (100-120 $)instead of this mess. And go to sell a number of blades. -------------  EJ Club. MM T05(fh)/Srvfx(bh);  InfVps,LSW,Viscaria,RwV,TBAlc,PG7,yextsc,yeo. EJmaster wood.
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Posted By: Roger Stillabower
Date Posted: 06/15/2013 at 3:17pm
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Yeah, looks more like the HL2 blade, can't really see the color clearly, but it doesn't look blue. ------------- Shifter |
Posted By: TurboZ
Date Posted: 06/16/2013 at 9:42am
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Probably another custom blade not release to market like what Wang Hao is using. DHS said WH use their HH656 but his personal blade does not look like that at all. Some pics show that ML's new blade has no visible red plys like the HL-1 so it could be another composite blade but beige in color. It has no pic of ML's head down the handle (same as WH's blade). It also got a simple lens styled unlike any HL series (again same as WH's blade). If DHS did not release what WH use to the market after so long then we may not see ML's blade either. He must be upset losing to WH in last month's WTTC with his HL-3 hence the blade change. Definitely not helping the HL-3 sale as it is still new to the market. ------------- http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53150&title=feedback-turboz - My Feedback |
Posted By: tianhai
Date Posted: 06/16/2013 at 9:56am
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http://eacheng.net/index.php?act=detail&ID=3632 - http://eacheng.net/index.php?act=detail&ID=3632
Yes. HL3 is out!
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Posted By: TurboZ
Date Posted: 06/16/2013 at 1:05pm
Yup but Ma Long had just dump that newly released HL-3 for a custom blade with dark brown handle, no visible 2 red plys suggesting it is probably a composite blade, lens does not say Hurricane Long but DHS alone, no pic of his head on the bottom of handle tells the rest. ------------- http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53150&title=feedback-turboz - My Feedback |
Posted By: Roger Stillabower
Date Posted: 06/16/2013 at 1:15pm
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The handle looks to me to be the HL2, but I can't see the ply's enough to know about the red ply's, can some body get a picture that would show ? ------------- Shifter |
Posted By: ejmaster
Date Posted: 06/16/2013 at 2:12pm
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Imo there is more bite in a composite moreover at MaLongs level than in the pg7ish blade.
There is room to MaL to play with a sharper and more powerful blade. ------------- EJ Club. MM T05(fh)/Srvfx(bh); InfVps,LSW,Viscaria,RwV,TBAlc,PG7,yextsc,yeo. EJmaster wood.
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Posted By: snerdly
Date Posted: 06/16/2013 at 9:40pm
| Ma Long is looking for his WC blade. His FH is solid with many blades, but like XX he is not comfortable with his BH and so both players keep trying different blades. |
Posted By: danroid
Date Posted: 06/16/2013 at 10:21pm
| The one from the china open 2013 looks like Hurricane King, anyone agrees with me? |
Posted By: ztec
Date Posted: 06/16/2013 at 10:33pm
I wonder why Ma Long doesn't try something like KLH did with having wood on the FH and composite on the backhand. It seemed like Ma Long's backhand was more consistent with the TB ALC than his recent all-wood blades. If he prefers the feeling of all-wood on the FH (which I assume he does if he continues to use all-wood), then maybe that could be a compromise? ------------- Your play will change your opinion of your equipment more than your equipment will change your opinion of your play. |
Posted By: snerdly
Date Posted: 06/16/2013 at 11:38pm
IDK, just conjecture on my part, but I think that ML could really open up the table with a strong BH down the line that lands consistently. He would generally own the table after such a shot, and just the threat of this would seriously complicate the game for his opponents. Whatever might help him establish this.
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Posted By: TurboZ
Date Posted: 06/17/2013 at 12:44am
Pic from the recent China Open.   ------------- http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53150&title=feedback-turboz - My Feedback |
Posted By: TurboZ
Date Posted: 06/17/2013 at 12:58am
It really does however the plys look thicker than a normal 5 ply Hurricane King. Best guess is that it is a composite blade like that of a HK-3 or HL-1. Or even another 7 plys wood blade without 2 red dyed plys. Hope to see some more detail pics to confirm if any carbon layers.
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Posted By: ejmaster
Date Posted: 06/17/2013 at 8:05am
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It looks a waldneroff 40.
A 6,3 mm limbaspruceayous. Very solid. Powerful. Linear. Everything in control. It is a pity nexy does not make the spear carbon/zylon. Maybe sometime. ------------- EJ Club. MM T05(fh)/Srvfx(bh); InfVps,LSW,Viscaria,RwV,TBAlc,PG7,yextsc,yeo. EJmaster wood.
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Posted By: bonggoy
Date Posted: 06/17/2013 at 10:53am
| Is it really too hard to believe that Ma Long is an EJ? That he changes blades after a disappointing tournament? |
Posted By: ejmaster
Date Posted: 06/17/2013 at 12:27pm
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Because he reads mytabletennis forum. And from the beginning the 506 is missing something. ------------- EJ Club. MM T05(fh)/Srvfx(bh); InfVps,LSW,Viscaria,RwV,TBAlc,PG7,yextsc,yeo. EJmaster wood.
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Posted By: Ray
Date Posted: 06/17/2013 at 2:20pm
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Why would anyone care every few weeks about handle ML has been using? ------------- Life is too short for defensive play. https://twitter.com/spinnier_com" rel="nofollow - https://twitter.com/spinnier_com https://fb.me/spinnier" rel="nofollow - fb.me/spinnier |
Posted By: lifewire
Date Posted: 06/18/2013 at 12:19pm
Dont get too excited guys - Ma Long is using Wang Liqin's custom 506. Most of the Chinese players now use some variation of the 506 now. |