KORBEL
| Everyone's rating |
[Hardness] Little soft [Performance] Control and Spin are excellent. |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed: 6.78
- Spin: 8.44
- Control: 8.92
- Synonym For All-Wood 5-Ply Blade
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If you want to develop a consistent offensive game, but are unsure which blade to use, you can't go wrong with the Limba outer plied Petr Korbel blade that can do it all.
- FL
Specifications
- Producer
- Butterfly
- Product code
- 30271
- Speed
- Mid-Fast
- Touch
- soft
- Size
- 158 × 152mm
- Weight
- 88g
- Material
- 5 sheets (Wood, 5 ply wood)
- Thickness
- 5.9mm
Players use KORBEL
- Excellent control and superior ball retention
- Comfortable grip shape and high-quality feel
- Large individual weight variation (85-100g)
- Good compatibility with various rubbers
- Suitable for players from beginners to advanced
User reviews
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Corbel (Experience: ２〜３ years) Korbel is the best lolololol
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2019/05/12
The Korbel is the best.
First, the feel on contact is that it grabs the ball and launches it. That's true no matter what rubber you use.
It's a heavy blade, 92g (I think?). It works great as your very first blade, but it's also fine to switch to later on.
It's a blade you can use for at least 3 years.
I really want people to choose this blade.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) HURRICANE PRO Ⅲ TURBO ORANGE
Recommended rubber (Backhand) ROZENA
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Muscat (Experience: ２〜３ years) As expected from Korbel❗
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2019/04/23
First off, this blade makes it really easy to put spin on the ball. So if you put a spin-friendly rubber on it, you can produce balls with a ton of spin. Also, it's not that heavy, so you don't have to worry about the rubber's weight when choosing one.
The Dark Flame Master really does have the power to see through anything - no lie ✨Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Flyatt Spin
Recommended rubber (Backhand) ROZENA
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Nakayama (Experience: ２〜３ years) Recommended for beginners
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2019/02/09
My first impression is "heavy." There's not much speed, but it's easy to get spin on the ball. Given all that, I thought of it as a beginner's blade. (Choppers and the like are an exception.)
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
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THY (Experience: ２〜３ years) Best value for money
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2019/02/06
I filed down the FL handle of my Korbel and used it as an ST. The Korbel definitely feels better as an ST - it just fits. The weight was on the heavier side, at 92 grams. The amount of spin is top-class even among wood blades, and I have no complaints there. You can generate speed if you really try, but it's not a blade that produces a lot of it on its own. The bounce is moderate too. That said, the feel on contact is really good - it's a feel like the ball gets wrapped by the blade. It's great even for beginners, and as long as you're not chasing bounce, it's more than enough.
In conclusion, it's a very usable god-tier blade. ...aside from the weight.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) TENERGY 80
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Bluefire M2
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Novice kid (Experience: ４〜５ years) Made in Japan, high-spec, best value for money
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2019/01/23
I recently rethought my equipment and bought a Korbel again (my second one). It weighs exactly 100g, which is really heavy and makes picking rubber tricky, but the bounce is as good as a 7-ply or special-material blade, and it gives distance and speed you wouldn't expect from a 5-ply! I think the wood is probably denser than the 80-90g Korbels, which is why the bounce is better. It's definitely a heavy blade, but spin comes easily and drives are easy to hit, so somehow the weight isn't a dealbreaker (chopping is easy too).
I've tried a lot of different blades, but the Korbel really is great. It has good ball-holding, a softer feel that's easy to hit with, and it isn't picky about rubber. The grip is thinner than I'd personally like, but I think that thinness actually makes spin-based techniques like chiquita easier to do. Plus it's made in Japan and genuinely cheap! I recommend it. That said, for women and kids the weight can be an issue, so depending on the rubber, some caution is a good idea.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) ROZENA
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Deeply (Experience: ４〜５ years) Perfect for your first racket
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2019/01/14
I started playing table tennis in high school and this was my first blade. Bottom line: it's really easy to handle, and it kept producing good ball quality even after my skills improved somewhat, so I used it all three years of high school. Because it uses soft wood, spin bites really well and is easy to generate. I'd recommend it for beginners, but I also felt that as your skill improves, you can raise the power by using harder rubber and keep enjoying it for a long time. That said, I apparently ended up with a heavy individual blade - once I hardened the backhand rubber too, with thick rubber (around 2.0mm) on both sides, it went over 200g. I've heard that heavy individual blades are common, so when buying a Korbel, I'd suggest weighing it in the store and picking as light a one as possible.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Fastarc G-1
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Vega Europe
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2019/01/12
The blade itself is on the heavy side, so you might struggle a bit at first. That said, it has plenty of snap and flex, so every technique is easy to execute. It suits any rubber. For anyone from lower-level players (not total beginners) up through intermediate-advanced players, the performance is more than good enough for the average player.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
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