Wörz Beat Sticks

Blades of Fancy

2011-01-18T14:43:00.002-05:00

Couldn't help myself, I had to brand it "The Bazooka"

Business Paused

2011-01-16T18:41:00.003-05:00

For those of you who didn't get the word through other mediums, WBS is currently on hiatus. I've thoroughly enjoyed working with everyone and I hope to be in a position where I can offer regular orders again soon.

Strange New World

2010-05-19T12:48:00.002-04:00

These are for Mr. Thomas up in West Virginia. Me and Thom are always working on s l o w i n g things down.
The idea behind these two blades is to couple very hard thin veneers with low-density balsa to make a slow blade that, when coupled with LP, will cause severe reversal and other pip-funk and take as much off the incoming ball as possible.

First off we have an oversized Defensive blade.

Palo Maria - Balsa - Balsa - Balsa - Palo Maria

9.2mm

62 Grams

Balsa Handle (A first for me... I'm biting on Neubauer again)

Then we have a real freaky blade.

Defensive Rotor C-Pen

Zebrano-WRC-Balsa-WRC-Jatoba

5 mm

57 Grams

Jolan Strikes Again!

2010-05-19T12:45:00.003-04:00

This is another one for JC in France.

Klondike

8.7mm

96 Grams (Handle heavy, should be a nice match up with Tenergy)

Finally... A J-PEN!

2010-05-19T12:28:00.003-04:00

This will be a trial blade and join the shakehand and two c-pens in a journey around the world. A very big thanks to MyTT member Anton Chigurh who sent me a retired j-pen to be used as a template.

Klondike Structure

I believe the weight is in the high 60's/low 70's (can't remember off the top of my head).

Thanks again Anton!

Jolan's Custom Balsa Blade

2010-04-24T16:19:00.005-04:00

This is a custom for Jolan over in France. I believe this is the first one of my blades to find a permanent home in l'Hexagone. Bon Frappe!

Limba-Walnut-Balsa-Walnut-Limba

6.9mm thick

70 grams

Conic handle with White Limba, Wenge, Black Limba, and Bubinga.

I find the thing to be quite fetching.

P.S. Sorry for the Facebook-esque photo, no personal camera and no photographer this week.

A Special Birthday Blade

2010-04-06T00:07:00.004-04:00

This is a blade near and dear to my heart. It's for my lovely girlfriend, Ms. Lauren Kemper. Lauren is turning 21 and has shown a steadily increasing interest table tennis over the last couple of years, so I figured this would be a good time to build a blade just for her. She's not a pro yet and she's not exactly what you'd call a hardy girl, so weight and control were paramount in the design. This will be dressed up with some Mark-V 1.8 Blk (FH), and some 802-40 1.8 Red (BH). Happy Birthday Girl!

Ako-Basswood-Limba-Basswood-Ako

80 grams

5.1mm

Bad News Bear

2010-04-05T23:59:00.002-04:00

I hate to do this, but I suppose I needed to sooner or later. I will now be requiring a $30.00 deposit on all custom blades. I can't afford to be burned anymore. And remember Guys & Gals, PAYPAL ONLY.

Another Defensive Blade...

2010-04-05T23:21:00.004-04:00

I don't know why I prototype so many defensive blades, it's not even my prefered style! I guess I'd like to offer more options to the over-looked minority in table tennis. Dr. Neubauer does what he can for you cats, but he can only go so far with that hair-helmet weighing him down. I first started playing in a club full very eccentric long pips players, so perhaps it's a tribute to them in a way. Oh boy, I'm digressing....

Anyhow, this offering was quite pleasing to me.

Western Red Cedar-Willow-Willow-Willow-Western Red Cedar

94 Grams

6.8mm

Still too much flex for my liking, but if you like that extra kick for looping it's here. Great chopping and lobbing. Blocks weren't the best, but that's very much relative to style and flex. This ply set-up took a bit off the ball, but not so much you can't surprise your opponent.

Tri-carbon C-pen

2010-04-02T14:03:00.006-04:00

This one is for Ming up in NYC. It's a 9-ply beast of a racquet. It's gonna be silly fast, but it does have a lovely ping sound to it.

Limba-Limba-Carbon-Balsa-Carbon-Balsa-Carbon-Cypress-WRC

80 grams

5.4mm thick

custom 32mmx87mmx23mm ST handle

P.S. Sorry for these sheisty photos, my normal photographer is out of town and I'm no good with a camera.

P.S.S. Ming posted a wonderful review on MyTT, thanks Ming!
Read the review here.

Faceboob... I mean Book

2010-03-17T02:36:00.003-04:00

Hey guys, guess what?

I've got one of them snazzy new facebook pages for the Beat Sticks, so if you happened to be signed up with this wild portal of social behavior, I would love for you to become a friend, or a fan, or whatever kind of subjective label this networking site wants you to be.

Check it out here - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Worz-Beat-Sticks/373396601165

Experimental Composite Defensive Blade

2010-03-17T02:14:00.003-04:00

Willow-Arylate-Willow-Glassfibre-Willow

I tried this out for a couple of 2-3 hour sessions and found it performed well, but had a little too much flex for my liking (I like my blade how I like my drinks: Stiff). I'm going to include it in the SALE post if some one wants to snag it on discount.

Hardbat Happiness: Part 1

2010-03-17T01:57:00.003-04:00

This is my first offering targeted specifically at hardbat. It's simple, economic, and effective.
What we have here is 3 plies of basswood and a simple cypress and poplar veneer handle.
I'll have another one up later in the week but with poplar outter plies.
If anyone is interested in something like this, I'll be offering these for cheap ($20.00-$25.00).
Slap some Dr. Evil on this and you're set.

Uppuluri's Frying Pan Chop Stick 2.0

2010-03-10T23:28:00.002-05:00

Uppuluri requested this XXL Chop Stick from way over in India. This is the new Chop Stick ply composition, the original had way too much flex. This new composition has eliminated much of the previous flex, but it may change again.

Willow-Cork-Willow-Cork-Willow

170x163mm Head

ST Kiaat Handle

7.6mm Thick

92 Grams

Good hitting Uppuluri!

Sven's Combo Beat Stick

2010-03-10T23:20:00.004-05:00

Sven is busy studying down in Barbados, but fortunately he had enough time to request this terrificly offensive combo blade.

Purpleheart-Cypress-Carbon-Cypress-Poplar-Willow

Compact Head

ST Bloodwood and Basswood Handle

5.9mm Thick

98 Grams

Good hitting and good luck with your studies Sven!

Ademir's Klondike Bar

2010-03-10T23:09:00.004-05:00

Ademir is a local player from São Paolo, he's got a really unorthodox grip which is why he requested this lightpost of a handle.

Walnut-Cypress-Balsa-Cypress-Walnut

Oversized Head

XL Handle (Purpleheart and Wenge)

8.7mm Thick

95 Grams

Good hitting Ademir!

Sale

2010-03-07T22:10:00.011-05:00

PRICES LOWERED 3/22/10

These blades have been sitting around, not being played as of late, and I figured they could use homes. They've all been used lightly. E-mail me at ianworz@yahoo.com if you'd like to purchase one.

Blade 2: Zebrano Beast (Off) - $20.00

Zebrano-Cypress-Cypress-Cypress-Zebrano
104 Grams
ST Wenge/Purpleheart Handle

Fast, stiff, a hitter’s blade. Great Shape.

Pause...

2010-01-27T00:57:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the long gap in news/production. The explanation would be a series of things I don't care to describe, but to put it shortly - I got sick and a bunch of other things happened at once, so I sort of dropped out of the TT/Internet circle for a while. Well, the good news is that I'm well and back at the table (and table saw), so I've resumed some production, though my time is a bit limited, so things will be coming in small quantities. Good hitting ya'll.

The Chop Stick

2009-08-20T15:35:00.002-04:00

This one is interesting...
I'm not much for defense and chopping but I like to play around now and then.
I am particularly bad at chopping and tend to chop too hard thus hitting over the other side of the table. To facilitate some chop training I thought I'd make the slowest possible blade. And I did.
It's willow-poplar-cork-poplar-willow, and I'm fairly confidant it's the slowest blade of all time. It has a nice handle with decorative veneers of bloodwood and poplar sandwiched between maple. I dressed it up with TSP Curl P-2 (ox) on one side and Globe 999 (1.8) on the other. I hit with it a little last night and it got to the point that I could return just about any mid-grade loop with a nice, floating, slow moving, backspin ball.

Two Heavy Hitting Beat Sticks

2009-08-20T15:21:00.007-04:00

Here are a couple of real clubs. I haven't had a new beat stick in a while so I thought I'd make myself up a few.

The first is composed of my favorite ply combo walnut-cypress-balsa-cypress-walnut. It came out to be around 85-87 grams and with a thickness of 8.7mm. The handle is a lovely 5-ply combination of wenge and purpleheart.

This next blade got my blood pumping just for it's raw power. It's got an extra thick core and came out to be exactly 10mm thick. It weighs in at a dainty 100-105 grams and is made up of zebrano-cypress-balsa-cypress-zebrano. It plays pretty well too.

Bill's super custom All-rounder

2009-08-13T22:46:00.003-04:00

This is a very custom blade for Bill from Illinois. It's made up of Cypress-Cypress-Balsa-Cypress-Cypress, with a half wenge/purpleheart and half cork handle. It's 6.7mm thick and 79 grams. Bill was exceptionally helpful and descriptive with what he wanted and I hope this fits the bill (or at least comes close).

Stan's Frying Pan Combo

2009-08-13T22:35:00.003-04:00

This blade is for Stan from North Carolina. It's a heck of a big blade with head dimensions of 170mm x 163mm. It's about 8.65 mm thick and weighs in at 60-62 grams. The composition is Limba-Carbon-Balsa-Poplar-Poplar. I sent it out today so I hope it makes safe passage.

Timofey's Oversized Combo

2009-08-13T22:18:00.004-04:00

This is a blade for my training partner Tim. It's an oversized shape with a combo composition of walnut-cypress-balsa-poplar-limba. It's 8.7mm thick and weighs in at a comfortable 85 grams. Tim plays with a lot of loops, drives, and smashes on his forehand and a lot of chops, pushes, and spinny loops of his backhand, so the fast walnut/cypress side and the slow limba/poplar side compliment his game quite well.

NEW Carbon Blade

2009-07-14T10:02:00.002-04:00

Limba-Carbon-Balsa-Carbon-Limba

8.6mm

83 Grams

Wenge handle

Custom 7 ply for Arnold

2009-07-02T09:26:00.004-04:00

This is a 7-ply for Arnold, a player at my local club. This is Arnold's 4th blade from me, and I'm thinking number 5 might be on the house (EDIT: 07/17 - He requested #5, and it was free).

jatoba-palo maria-cypress-balsa-cypress-palo maria-jatoba
6.7mm thick, 85 grams, ST cork handle

This blade is pretty fast and stiff, but still light. Arnold has very interesting style based around heavy spin variations and offensive strokes with long pips. He's been doing some pretty tricky stuff with this blade and curl p-3.

Epic Journey

2009-07-02T09:09:00.002-04:00

These 3 Blades are taking a little trip away from St. Augustine to go around the world and be tested as well as reviewed by members of the mytabletennis.net forum. You can read up on the action by checking out this link.

The Blades are

C-pen 1 - walnut-cypress-cypress-cypress-walnut
6.4mm (Conic Decorative 1 side, cork other side)

C-pen 2 - walnut-cypress-balsa-cypress-walnut
8.7mm (Conic Bubinga handle)

Shakehand 1 - walnut-cypress-balsa-cypress-walnut
8.7mm (ST Maple handle)

7-Ply Offensive Blade

2009-03-29T00:20:00.004-04:00

This is a 7-ply I've been playing with for the last week, it has jatoba outer plies, cypress and basswood intermediate plies, and a balsa core. The handle is prized black and white ebony. It ended up at about 8mm thick, and it's pretty decently heavy (definitely a beat stick). It's pretty quick with a very linear response, but I don't know how confident I am about jatoba being used in TT blades; further testing needs to be done.

Things to come...

2009-03-23T04:17:00.001-04:00

Photos and info up soon.