About two months ago I built a set of KZG forged blades for a friend of mine from London. I had previously made him a set of Snake Eyes Viper MS's last year. He liked the Snake Eyes, but wanted to use the blades to tighten up his game. He figured if he practiced and played with the blades, the feedback would help him play the Snake Eyes even better. So far he loves the feel of the blades so much he hasn't touched the Snakes again.
Royce Engler -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Rees Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 1:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Blades On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 08:51:19AM -0400, Dave Tutelman wrote: > > (3) Because of the increased "feedback" of the blade (that is, both the feel > and the performance of the shot degrade faster for a bad hit), this might be > a better tool to TEACH the working of the ball. Even on an informal > shot-to-shot basis, the "teaching" effect might make a difference. That is, > what you did and felt on the last shot might well affect what happens to the > next one. I think this is an interesting idea right here: Could the forgiveness in a cavityback lend towards making people actually worse ball-strikers? The blade being less forgiving, definately lets you know when you hit the ball off-center by any amount. Many cavity backs don't. I would think that practicing with a blade would teach a person to hit more balls on-center as bad shots would feel bad. This idea has me tempted to build up a 5I blade to the same specs as my cavity backs and see what happens... -Dave
