This racquet is similar to the Tour in specs; more flex and closer to even balance than the Pro Staff / 6.1.
It has a little more heft (11.4oz) than the Tour, and the narrow beam of a player's stick.
I had a different experience from the Tennis Warehouse playtesters though; they called the racquet stiff, but at 64 it actually comes in as one of Wilson's flexier sticks, and that's how it played for me; plenty of feel on the groundies. Unlike the testers, I didn't find it as good on the serve, lacking penetrative power.
I fixed that with an ounce of lead in the handle, which put it a lot closer to the very head-light balance I prefer, and added a lot more grunt to the serve and service return. It also made a good volleyer even better, with the handle weight countering its good head mass.That put the weight up to 12.4oz, similar to my hefty PS 5.0 sticks. Like the Tour, it has less power and more control off the ground than the 5.0. I still prefer the 5.0 for serving, but the Blade may be the better all-rounder.
** addendum
This is a good racquet, but if you buy second-hand, make sure there are no cracks in the frame; being thin-beamed, it is easily damaged by e.g. bouncing it on the ground, which is a dumb thing to do anyway. look for shock cracks at the yoke (where the hoop joins the handle) and just above the handle where the side-beams join the handle.
