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When did manufacturers stop making chopper rubbers & blades

Posted: August 23rd, 2026, 12:18 pm
by Tasha
Did this happen gradually or suddenly happened due to some rule change

Re: When did manufacturers stop making chopper rubbers & blades

Posted: August 23rd, 2026, 12:57 pm
by Aronas
Manufacturers slowly moved away from chopper blades as soon as sponge table tennis became more popular
This would be around 1960s
Before that all chopper blades like 172 mm to 175 mm & were mostly oval with head width & length almost the same