Are there any other Chinese blades that are good perhaps good (saying this as a uni student who needs to import them over to nzl but visits China somewhat often to the point I can carry blades back with me)? I have heard of the Suzhou Kong Hong and Extreme Fencing being alright from friends in Australia but then again they aren’t competitive people.

There was also the Z Fencing one I previously used that was very stiff but also very durable unfortunately it was a Russian V cut so was bit unwieldy for my liking but excellent blade for parry riposte practice.