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The Ishlion is one of a very select
few blades that I regard highly. At first it is quite fast and slightly
head heavy. Once you settle in the blade really starts to shine. It's
fast enough, with enough vibration and its light in weight. I play a 2
wing looping game (Although Haggisv wants me on the darkside), I don't
glue and I use Mendo MP which is a fairly difficult rubber to use. I
loop fine and the quality of my loops has increased a few levels. The
only disadvantage I see with this blade is that when your further back
away from the table it does lack some power. LawOCG
Comments: this blade is very good, i love it. just need the perfect
rubber combination. the best rubber to go on this blade is something
with soft sponge. otherwise you will definitely notice the head
heaviness. so anything that have speed glue effect build in is good.
there's a rubber sheet from zeropong, it's very cheap and the sponge is
perfect. but it needs speed glue. with speed glue, this combination is
so perfect. ball feel is greater than any blade and rubber combination i
have tried. (embarasing to count... wasted so much money). carbonblade
Comments: This blade as the same excellent quality as the rest of the
Japanese-made Butterfly blades. The handle is comfortable (same as KLHS),
but I prefer the handle style of the Schlager Carbon. My Ishlion weighed
a mere 74 grams, which sounds exciting until you start playing with it.
If I used 2.1 rubbers, it felt too head-heavy, so I used 1.9 rubbers for
better balance (even though I don't like 1.9 rubbers). The end result
was a very light setup for over-table play with lots of control. Using
1.9 rubbers and with the ULC carbon design of this blade, there's was
never a lack of feel for the ball. Speed was good, but a setup this
light would have questionable power from the mid-distance unless you're
using fast rubbers. Timing is the biggest problem I encountered when
playing with this blade because of the low weight, but if you need
something light, this would be a good blade. The rubbers I tried on this
blade were Bryce FX 1.9, Sriver G2 1.9, Tackiness-C 1.9, as well as an
assortment of 2.1 rubbers. I think the ideal rubbers for this blade for
both power, total weight, and balance would be to use EEII-treated "high
tension" rubbers, 2.1 rubber thickness on the FH (or strongest side) and
1.9 on the BH (or weaker side). Examples of good rubber would be Sriver
G2 FX, Catapult, Solcion, or Cermet. The problem with using a lot of
Chinese rubbers is that they are very heavy and have hard sponges. The
problem with using rubber like regular Sriver is that they'll be too
slow from the mid-distance. (Remember that this is a light blade and it
still requires faster rubbers from the mid-distance.) Tackiness-C was
too slow on this blade, and Bryce FX was fast but didn't have enough
dwell time. If you don't mind a slightly head-heavy setup, then go with
Solcion 2.1 on both sides, but treat with two layers of EEII (if you
want a speedglue effect without using speedglue). Otherwise, you'll
spend a lot of money on this blade and not find a setup that works
right. Stephen, USA
Bty Ishlion:
Very light and fast blade that shines when used for driving. Also very
much head heavy and with low dwell time making it horrible for looping
and the blade I like least of this set.
Very much going to sell/trade this blade. Servio |
