Nittaku Telion table tennis blade

The Nittaku Telion blade is a three ply hinoki blade that I have used for about 8 hours and will buy a flared version off my practise buddy shortly.  

I am excited as it will be my first Nittaku blade ever, and I loved hinoki so much when I was at my peak and it feels like it suits my favorite rubber combination 25 and 05.  It is like a perfect blade!  It is fast soft and stiff.  It is thick  with a large inner vertical grained layer so has stiffness and speed to drive hit smash and attack.  But is soft because it's 3 plies of only hinoki.  

Best of all it is cheap!  Sure it's the kind of blade that needs replacing as hinoki is a soft wood, but hay...  It is a sexy blade.  

I will be posting lots more about my progression with my thoughts about it.