For other blade speed comparisons, I can say the Aruna Hinoki Carbon is faster than a Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon by a small margin or more or less equal to the Butterfly Innerforce ALC’s speed. Yes, the RITC Battle 2 is slower than the mentioned Nexxus rubbers but it gave me a picture of the speed because I used the same rubber in other blades I have tested before. I believe the Aruna Hinoki Carbon is fast but when I placed an RITC Battle 2 rubber on it instead of the Nexxus EL 53, it was clear to me what the actual speed of the blade is. I would attribute the speed of the set up more on the 53 and 50 degree Nexxus EL rubbers than the blade itself. I am quite sure it is faster than Viscaria or Timo Boll Spirit but slower than ZLC or Super ZLC blades of Butterfly. To compare the speed of the Aruna Hinoki Carbon, I could say it is faster than an OFF blade but at the same time not as fast as the off+ Balsa Carbon blades of Gewo. Overall feel is medium-stiff but it is fair to see you can feel some flex or softness in the blade when you are bouncing the ball against it both with the bare blade and with the rubbers mentioned above. The hinoki outer and the soft carbon composite layers may have contributed to the softness of the Aruna Hinoki Carbon. I decided to use the harder rubbers because the Aruna Hinoki Carbon has some sort of softness when I was hitting my fingers against the blade. The Gewo Nexxus EL 53 and 50 degree variant rubbers were used in this test. You can actually see the junction between the hinoki and fineline wood but it is tightly packed it could pass as a continuous and uniform blade surface. The sides of the blade have a fineline-like wood frame covering the sides. The hinoki outer plies seem to have been carefully selected that you could mistake it as Kiso Hinoki. I have the flared type handle and it is larger than the handles of Viscaria or Timo Boll ALC. It has a dimension of 34mm x 25mm x 100mm. The handle of the Aruna Hinoki Carbon is a bit larger to Butterfly blades. We know that OEM blades have a much cheaper cost compared to blades made in other countries such as from Korea, Sweden or Japan but Chinese-made blades depending on the quality demanded by the one who orders them can be increased to a level that rivals those of much more expensive brands. The OEM blades from China can actually rival Butterfly’s quality but comes with a price. I would like to correct the stigma of people who think that OEM blades from China have very poor quality. The smoothness of the Aruna Hinoki Carbon is very evident upon holding it, from the handle to the blade head surface, quality construction has been given emphasis. This is made in China but the quality and construction seem to be much better looking than some of the European-made blades from Gewo also. The Aruna Hinoki Carbon is a high quality blade from Gewo.
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