Stiga ‘CRW VII(= Clipper Rosewood VII)’ released in 2013 is an exclusive product for Chinese market. It is like the combination of two kinds blades very popular in China – ‘Clipper’ series and ‘Rosewood’ series. In China, products with long names are often abbreviated to some English letters. Accordingly this product was introduces under the name ‘CRW VII’ instead of its full name, ‘Clipper Rosewood VII (7)’. And, on the blade, the name is also written not as ‘Clipper Rosewood VII’ but as ‘CRW VII’. The blade construction is based on traditional 7-ply wood construction of ‘Clipper’ series, but the top layer is replaced from Limba to Rosewood. As the result, ‘CRW VII’ is stiffer and more elastic than ‘Clipper’ series (of similar weight).

‘CRW VII’ is based on ‘Clipper’. But, because its top layer is replaced by Rosewood, its overall appearance is much different from that of ‘Clipper’ series. It looks like a variation of ‘Rosewood’ series.

The blade construction of ‘CRW VII’ is based on the classic 7-ply wood construction of ‘Clipper’ series. Top layer is Rosewood, which is different from the top layers of ‘Clipper’ series. The five other layers are all Ayous, and two thick layers are dyed in red. Overall thickness is around 6.8mm.

The head size is around 155mm x 150mm which is quite short as the head of the pure wood blade of Stiga.

The width of Master (= FL : flared) handle is around 25.5mm (at head side) ~ 26.2mm (at bulge) ~ 25.7mm (at narrowest point) ~ 34mm (at the end). And, the thickness of FL handle is around 22.5 mm (at thumb) ~ 26mm (at the end). Only Master handle is available for ‘CRW VII’.

The blade name printed at the wings beside handle is the tradition of Stiga blade. ‘CRW’ and ‘VII’ are printed on left wing and right wing respectively.

The name of product, the type of handle, the origin (= Made in Sweden) and the logo of Stiga are printed in the transparent lens at the foreside of handle.

A shiny paper sticker is applied at the end of handle. It includes the logo of Swedish Table Tennis Association.

Nothing is printed on the backside of head, and there isn’t backside lens.

Following are the performance indices of Stiga CRW VII (avg.weight = 95.6g) :

– Ep = 2.20

– Ec = 1.74 (Ec/Ep = 0.79)

– Vp = 1.20

– Vl = 1.36 (Vl/Vp = 1.13)

Please note that above are average values and can be updated by further measurement.

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