fake blades quick review

fake viscaria:

the one I tried is called woerao viscaria.
compared to the real viscaria the head is a little bigger, maybe 1cm, and the core is a bit thicker, 0.3mm maybe.
also the handle is a bit thicker.
other than that they look the same.
in play I'd say they are very similar, the butterfly blade is a bit bouncier and has more power.
woerao compensates this with more control.
also I think woerao feels a bit softer in general.
the composite could be alc or not, the color of it is the same as butterfly's alc so not sure.

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fake zhang jike super zlc:

I can't compare this blade to the real zhang jike super zlc because I never owned that blade.
but compared to a viscaria I'd say number one, the head dimensions are similar.
the handle is also similar.
one thing that stood out for me about this blade is that it's not faster than the real viscaria. it's quite slower.
you can say this will give you more control in the short game and similar situations, and it's true.
but in longer distance it definitely feels less powerful than viscaria.
also to me it felt quite harder than viscaria or michael maze or even zjk t5000.
the two layers after the composite are a bit thicker than viscaria.
and the core is a bit thinner.
overall the thickness is the same.
the composite I'm not sure what it is. it's definitely not superzlc like the butterfly blades.
if anything it could be regular zlc of a not very good quality.

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fake mizutani super zlc:



this one has exactly the same composite as the zhang jike super zlc.
as I already said, I'm pretty sure it's not super zlc, at least not the one butterfly uses.
thickness is the same as zhang jike super zlc.
again layers after the composite are a bit thicker than in butterfly blades and the core is a bit thinner.
speed is noticeably less than butterfly viscaria and at the same time control improves.
feel in hardness is similar I'd say to viscaria.
overall it's very similar to fake zjk szlc except the limba outer layers give it a bit more touch and softer feel.
I like this one a bit more than the zjk szlc.
oh the head is similar to the zjk szlc which is similar to the real viscaria.

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fake amultart:






the first thing that stood out here was the weight.
the blade I tried is like 105g.
another difference with the real amultart is the real one has 5 plies (hinoki - zlc - kiri - zlc - hinoki).
the fake one has hinoki - hinoki - xxx - kiri - xxx - hinoki - hinoki.
I guess the fake makers can't get hold of thick hinoki so they use two thinner layers.
in terms of playing characteristics I'd say the fake one is slower by a good margin.
it's more like a regular off in speed.
also the feel is still soft but a little sharper than the real amultart.

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