Yinhe T-9

You can expect power with this thick headsman’s broadsword blade at 0.9cm. In contrast, it is light with good control.

I read somewhere that this blade has its own soul. Well, that’s true. It’s thick, fast, springy, and very “different.”

I have fun with it, whether I’m chopping gently or smashing brutally. PPPAM! I made a hole on your side of the table, bro. ;)

So fast, both sides, but with long pimples, it is difficult to control, especially in the ox version.

I would say the carbon side is just an OFF and the other side is good enough for pips. The blade is okay, but the feel is strange for me. The blade’s thickness is 9.1 mm.

I would prefer to use a 1-ply hinoki blade than this one.

The carbon side is very fast, while the other side is not as slow as one would like to play with long pimples. It takes a lot of effort to control the ball and make the long pimples effective.

The quality of the blade is excellent. I played with this blade for quite a few years, and it took me to my highest level of play. I used it with short-to-medium pips on the carbon side and a hard rubber on the non-carbon side.

The reason I stopped playing with the T9 is that I feel the dwell time on this blade might be a little bit too short, as it is quite a hard blade. This is a trade-off for it being very fast. I would rate the non-carbon side off and the carbon side off+. So I switched to the Stuor Nobilis ZLC, which gives comparable speed but more dwell.