Nittaku Violin

This is my third blade and to be honest, I'm a bit disappointed. The quality is top notch - no doubt about it, but the racket is pretty slow. I switched from a Primorac (classic 15 years old hungarian made blade from a very nice batch of wood) and the Violine is slower. You can tell immediately - I tested the two blades with exact same rubber - Yasaka Rakza 7 and the bounce was higher and faster on the Primorac. Also it is stiffer and harder. In my opinion Violin must be labeled ALL+ or even ALL, not OFF-. That being said, the blade is very consistent and the control is awesome. I'm disappointed because the Primorac is a better blade (for me) and it costs trice as cheap. Maybe I've come across a good batch with the Primorac or something but that's the reality of it. Nittaku Violine is a very well made blade with awesome control but it is overpriced, hyped and slow.

The Nittaku Violin is an extremely high quality 5 Ply blade that I would rate in the All+/Off- category. An amazing blade for developing players, it has great feel and control. It's Ply composition is fairly unique with the blade feeling harder yet very flexible compared to your standard Limba 5 Ply wood. It's great for looping and close to the table play. Not quite as fast or good at blocking as the Acoustic but the control and feel is the best. As a new player to the sport of table tennis I used this and the Yasaka Sweden Extra as my main blades along with Mark V rubbers. A very high quality All Around wood blade by Nittaku. Recommended.

Despite its reputation and price, it's a pretty mediocre racket. It's also relatively slow. Nittaku also has a number of much better rackets, even in clear woods.

It is a wonderful blade. A light and superbly consistent blade that many people would play better TT by using. It is not too fast. It has all the speed you need without the loss of control or feel. It is a fast blade- Butterfly's Primorac or Optimum Sync plus a bit. However it doesn't lose control at all. ( Far too much emphasis is put on Carbon and very fast blades.) I know a man who played in Germany in the professional league and he never used a blade faster than a Stiga Allround or Donic Allround . One must be learn to crawl before they can walk. 10/10 for the Violin.

Build quality is as expected top notch. Comparing with nittaku acoustic and barwell, with same rubber and same blade weight 88g. Speed: Barwell >acoustic >violin# Control: acoustic >violin >barwell # Flex : acoustic >violin >barwell # Blocking: barwell >acoustic >violin # Agressive topspin: acoustic >barwell >violin # Arc: acoustic >violin >barwell (all similar)# Best overall performance : Acoustic >barwell >violin down by couple of notch. # Acoustic and barwell are very close on performance and play, has medium feel and feel very alive on all strokes dwell and superior catch is a instant feel when playing Agressive. Violin is not the same, it is slower by couple of notch the feel is soft and is less Agressive than other two. It's for all round play with high spin. Still highly recommended .