Equipment : Blade Help.

Author: Ray
Subject: Blade Help.
Posted: 09/06/2014 at 5:10am

NBSR wrote: Thank you everyone for your input so far. I was thinking about Tibhar Stratus Power Wood or Tibhar Samsonov Force Pro, actually... And just recently maybe Tibhar Samsonov Alpha (although I'm not too sure of Alpha's handle, I think it's square-straight). I've been using DHS and Mark V recently and will try to make a switch to Bluefire and Acuda series so maybe I shouldn't get a blade that's too fast. Any opinions regarding these blades?

Although Stratus Power Wood ST handle is not SQ ST, it is one of the most comfortable straight handles I tried so far. Samsonov Force Pro ST looks nice.

YEO ST is also very comfortable.

TSP Gaia (5ply wood, 6.6mm thick) and Besty (composite) have squared ST handles silmilar to Butterfly TB serie.


OSP Martin SQST:




Several blades to help you compare the handles: