Hi Eric, there's a list of approved rubbers for hardbat just like
there is a list of approved rubbers for sponge play. Without
oversight people would be using very unpleasant, chemically treated
thermonuclear spin devices masquerading as rubbers. As far as the
Double Happiness wood blade is concerned it is legal so long as it is
all wood and has no carbon, or kevlar, or other non wood material.
If you are looking for some traditional hardbat professional
equipment then check out my website. I hand-make pen hold blades that
are specially made for hardbat and far superior to others mass-
produced commercially.

Alberto Prieto
www.valortabletennis.com

--- In hardbat@yahoogroups.com, eric jensen <kozackpathfinder@...>
wrote:
>
> i bought a rubber from friendship 755 .for my hard bat. i
use that right now. but i looked on the rules for classiacal
hard bat this rubber is not on the list. ????????/////// also i
bought it in two different colors no knowing that the rules say
it has to the same color. i also use a pin holder blade
double happiness which is not on the the list either. why is the
rules so strict if if fall into a all wood blade, and the rubber
does not have rubber sponge under it.. i come back to the
hard bat to work on my form and play in a tournment or to.
eric
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mark Johnson <manxpingpong@...>
> To: hardbat@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2007 2:06:40 PM
> Subject: [hardbat] Valor table tennis
>
> Hi Alberto, I just thought I would let you know as there were no
> League Matches this week, we gave the Stingray a test using my
Andro
> Classic rubbers I peeled off the Andro Victor (same size),I can
tell
> you now that the rubbers are not going back on the Andro (previous
> favourite commercial "hardbat"blade) I found the Stingray has
> fantastic control using either defence or attack,it just feels and
> sounds (no cheap high pitch "ping" sounds) right straight away and
> can honestly say it has increased my enjoyment of playing,laughing
> at my new found ability to chop back seemingly impossible
> smashes,while flicking and driving loose ball point winners freely.
> Being neither too fast nor too slow, it just feels like an
extension
> of my hand, very impressive.
>
>
> I am now on a search for rubbers that will complement and fully
> cover the blade on the "Big Stick". I have found a Hong Kong
> website called www.table-tennis. hk that stocks the TSP millitall
> that many have said have small/ soft Andro/leyland type pips and
> plays classic, also they have Miracle super which again has
> soft/small pips, not the large stiff type that standard Miracle has.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
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