Tibhar MK Carbon

The Tibhar MK Carbon is a very good blade. It features a classic Viscaria structure with Koto outer veneers.

What makes this blade special is the “Krypto Carbon” fiber used in its construction. This results in a huge sweet spot and provides clear feedback during play.

The blade is neither too hard nor too soft. You can feel the ball very clearly upon impact, offering a very good touch and high-speed potential.

Being “Made in Japan,” the build quality is excellent. The MK Carbon is a direct competitor to the Butterfly Outer ALC blades. I prefer the Tibhar MK Carbon over the Butterfly Viscaria and Butterfly Timo Boll ALC.

This is a decent blade, quite similar to Viscaria. However, the Viscaria feels slightly harder and stiffer, producing more powerful shots. On the other hand, this blade holds the ball a bit longer than the Viscaria, giving it less of a bouncing feel. It also tends to provide a greater sense of control.
Speed - MK - 8.5 ; Vis - 9
Spin - MK - 9 ; Vis - 8
Control - MK - 8.5 ; Vis - 8

Best blade ever.

Fast but controlled.

I am used to all-wood blades and have tried some blades with external layers, but I wasn’t getting the feeling I wanted. I read about this blade and saw a detailed review on a table tennis gear website, so I ended up buying it.

It has a decent amount of vibration, which I like, and it is hard. Actually, it feels as if I am using a wood blade.

• Weight: Light; mine is 82 grams (thanks to the Tabletennis11 team for fulfilling my request).
• Speed: OFF blade, fast with amazing control.
• Feeling: It is all about feeling, the best carbon blade I have ever used, and I have used a lot.
• Looping: Just a monster, I love it.
• Blocking, flicks, chops… Name whatever stroke you are thinking of: you won’t go wrong with this blade.

The light weight helps a lot, as most modern rubbers are on the heavy side.

NB: I am using Hammond Z2 on the BH and Dignics 80 on the FH.

NB: I haven’t changed the blade or the rubbers since I bought it, which is unusual for me!

I hope you get my point about how much I admire it!

This is the best bat I’ve ever played with. It’s light, hard, and fast, yet offers good control. It’s also easy to generate spin.

This blade is the best fit for me.

It provides great touch for all my shots. Both backhand and forehand shots feel excellent. It’s the first time I’ve found a blade that performs so well on both sides.

My job is to advise players for a big seller, and I’ve tested over 200 blades in recent years.

This is simply the only one that made me want to stop testing.

Quite hard, weighing 84 grams. Rubbers used: Skyline 2 Pro Blue 2.1 40’ and G-1 2.0 red.

The weight distributes well, remaining in the handle even with the blade’s light, bare weight. It tends to stiffen up on gears 1-3, gears 4-6 are quite kick-oriented, and then gears 7-10 stiffen up again.

Blocks are consistent but require some form of active approach; you must add something. Even a little swing helps. Passive blocks are only good when the other player is loop killing the ball with tons of power/spin.

Looping is easy with Chinese rubber using a shorter, more compact stroke. It maintains good speed and spin on shorter strokes and longer strokes with tensors for spin, or shorter strokes for good drives. Active smashes/blocks are excellent.

Rallying needs some form of active ball engagement; you cannot let the blade passively return the ball when the other player hits to you. This blade rewards even the lowest level of active engagement to the ball, but not passive shots.

Serve/receive is excellent with clear touch and easy to flick. Chop blocking is also easy.

Drives are good as well, with a slight squirrel on the flat drives. Viscaria tends to create direct, straight balls; the MK dwells a tad longer, and more curvature occurs. Countering is good, along with touch. I like it close to the table and far away.

The blade works well from slow to mid-speed on the table and slow to super-fast 1-4 steps off the table. Placement is easy, with crystal-clear feedback.

It seems to play better with lower arc rubbers, as the blade seems to have a quite high throw momentum. T05 and C45/48, BlueGrip C2 or 09c may only work with loop spinners, but no loop driving is available as the throw is uncontrolled.

This is a great blade for those who want a slightly more flexible Viscaria with more spin, much better feedback, and control. It needs good technical skills and is not for the faint of heart.