EmRatThich BLADE GUIDE!
Hello enthusiasts!
I am happy to read in EmRatThich´s blade reference guide...
https://pingsunday.com/top-10-table-tennis-blades-excellent-quality/#6_Darker_Speed_90
...that the blade is the most important equipment and you should always choose the blade that fits your style of play.
Now (playing for a year) after holding up for 25 years, I am really getting into it again and want to move up. So far, the Nittaku Acoustic has been a great blade and eventhough it is -Off rated you can hit very hard with it, so it has been turning out well listening to @EmRatThich advice (I miss his YouTube-videos though
Thanks!
KISO HINOKI
Everybody seems to praise the true Kiso Hinoki-blades highly. They classic ones are around one centimeter thick, hard, but with a soft feel with lots of control that still when u hit can create tremendous power.
1. These blades don´t come cheap (€300-1000) and easily break but the love oozing from reviewers trying them makes them interesting. Ryu Seung-min used a thick Kiso Hinoki-blade from Butterfly attacking almost everything. I wonder how it feels to play with such a thick blade and if it would be harder to serve and maybe feel strange. Who wouldn´t like to smack in the ball like Ryu?! It just looks like fun.
What do you think?
I am happy to read in EmRatThich´s blade reference guide...
https://pingsunday.com/top-10-table-tennis-blades-excellent-quality/#6_Darker_Speed_90
...that the blade is the most important equipment and you should always choose the blade that fits your style of play.
Now (playing for a year) after holding up for 25 years, I am really getting into it again and want to move up. So far, the Nittaku Acoustic has been a great blade and eventhough it is -Off rated you can hit very hard with it, so it has been turning out well listening to @EmRatThich advice (I miss his YouTube-videos though

KISO HINOKI
Everybody seems to praise the true Kiso Hinoki-blades highly. They classic ones are around one centimeter thick, hard, but with a soft feel with lots of control that still when u hit can create tremendous power.
1. These blades don´t come cheap (€300-1000) and easily break but the love oozing from reviewers trying them makes them interesting. Ryu Seung-min used a thick Kiso Hinoki-blade from Butterfly attacking almost everything. I wonder how it feels to play with such a thick blade and if it would be harder to serve and maybe feel strange. Who wouldn´t like to smack in the ball like Ryu?! It just looks like fun.
What do you think?
Comments
For you the Nittaku Accoutic blade, what rubber did you pair it with?
Thanks for your q.
The Acoustic I play black Joola Golden Tango Max 54 degree hardness on the European scale on fhand and Nittaku Fastarc G-1 superthick on bh.
Next week I´m gonna try the Hinoki blade from Darker, its gonna be so much fun, and on that the new Nittaku Sieger 50 degree on fh and Rakza X on bh.
The reason is development in my game and mostly my movement. The Acoustic helped me to play fast hard rubbers and most importantly made me work for it. The Tango rubber is hard and really good - you know exactly where the ball will go, but you really need to move for it to work. It got my fhand working. Now when the body moves more the right way I think I´m ready to try the "hugging" feeling of the Hinoki blade and get a little more help to lift the ball on my loops with this faster blade. The Sieger rubber is said to be quite tacky too so there will taking off some spinnerz from my racquet too pretty soon.
54 is about 41 on the DHS scale.
That gives my opponents some trouble when I get the loops over the net, because of the rather low arc and ball placement. Now with the Hinoki experiment the ball will probably more easily arc over the net on the loops, but with more power and I guess also more spin from the blade.
It is going to be very interesting to see how the ball goes with this.
Power loops yes, but also the setup is there to help me get to the playing style I want to get to. For me this first year have given a few stages of development. First blade I used was too fast for me to handle, later the Acoustic was perfect. Now after getting better body movement I want to try this blade and grow with it. I do think fun and footwork is most important and when you combine that with a racquet you love its just right.
1. Hope to hear from players who have tried Hinoki blades. What is your experience? When did you try it, at what stage in your career? Why do you play with it or why dont you? What do you like and dont like about it? I want to hear your story.
with the new Nittaku Sieger 2,0 with 50 degree hardness on fhand and Yasaka Rakza X 2,0 bhand.
I hit out more and slow strokes land in the net. The one-ply Hinoki blade gives you a smoooth feeling compared to regular 5-ply massproduced blades. There is such a touch on short slow strokes and it’s gonna be very precise ball placements when learned. On the harder strokes a lot happens, oh mama! Blocks close to the table never been easier, saving smashes far from the table almost too easy. Backhand at the table very controllable with great arc over the net.
Last month I have been working with the Hinoki blade trying to find a combination learning from the first test period.