For the Nostalgic series, we have chosen to build each blade using the same brilliant yet simple and timeless middle veneers and thicknesses used in the three STIGA classics. This creates a core feeling and balance quick to recognize and easy to handle. The truly unique aspect of these blades is the all-natural Wenge wood used for the outer veneer and on the handles. This is the first time in our history we have used Wenge material for the outer veneer, but thanks to the combination of innovative machinery, human proficiency and years of development and testing, we feel comfortable including this material into the long list of high quality woods used in STIGA blades. Thanks to the hard, yet elastic dimensional stability of Wenge wood, the blades get the boost in speed which its predecessors lacked. This creates three, for their each respective category, fast blades with recognizable feeling and balance. The handles also consist of solid Wenge wood, creating a firm and stabile feeling in your hand while hitting the ball. For the lens we have decided for the first time in four decades to move away from the classic STIGA shaped lens. Instead, we present what we call the Nostalgic squircle, a mathematically shaped lens intermediated between a square and a circle, used for the first time in Table Tennis. The Nostalgic series features handmade quality from Sweden and innovative thinking with classic design, just the way we want to cherish our legacy of building world champions since 1944.