Adolescen

5W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style: —
Price: —
Weight: —
Thickness: —
Plies: 5
Composition: 5W · All wood
Outer ply: Limba
Core wood: Ayous
Carbon type: —
Fibre placement: None
Blade size: —
Handle types: —
Made in: —
Release year: —

Metadata confidence: Secondary sources

Blade construction

5W · All wood

5 plies · Limba surface · all-wood · Ayous core

One blade, drawn as technical linework at real shakehand proportions. The laminated edge along the crown and right rim exposes every ply boundary in the stack. Edge depth is illustrative because physical veneer thickness is not published.

Exploded view of Adolescen with 5 plies: Limba · Limba · Ayous · Limba · Limba. — HANDLE · DARK REDDISH-BROWN · BLACK BUTTERFLY BADGE

Limba
Outer ply · Medial ply · layers 1, 2, 4 and 5
Softer touch · Longer dwell
Ayous
Core · layer 3
Lower weight · Wider sweet spot

Stack order — face A to face B

01
LimbaOuter ply
Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.
02
LimbaMedial ply
Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.
03
Ayous — coreCore
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
04
LimbaMedial ply
Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.
05
LimbaOuter ply
Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

Secondary sources · 5 of 5 plies with published material · stack order unconfirmed

Sources: Butterfly — published ply construction · Independent blade-builder analyses — veneer sequence

About this blade

Butterfly Adolescen is a 5-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Limba on the playing surface and a Ayous core. Its TTDNA profile reads balanced — speed 58, control 68, feel 77 — with a flexible response and medium dwell. Limba: Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes. Ayous: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

TTDNA overview

Speed58

Control68

Spin Potential62

Feel77

Power46

Forgiveness47

Short Game58

Looping63

TTDNA ratings — all 55

Performance

#01Speed58

#02Control68

#03Spin Potential62

#04Feel77

#05Flex·59

#06Dwell Time67

#07Catapult47

#08Stability34

#09Precision55

#10Forgiveness47

#11Power46

#12Short Game58

#13Blocking53

#14Looping63

#15Countering55

#16Flat Hitting54

#17Flicking65

#18Chopping60

#19Lobbing64

#20Touch63

Construction

#21Stiffness·41

#22Vibration·86

#23Sweet Spot24

#24Ball Hold58

#25Head Heaviness·36

#26Balance77

#27Weight·42

#28Weight Consistency69

#29Thickness·54

#30Overall Thickness·54

#31Handle Thickness·50

#32Handle Size·50

#33Handle Comfort82

#34Surface Hardness·55

#35Surface Finish62

Material properties

#36Carbon Feel·12

#37Carbon Intensity·0

#38Outer Feel43

#39Inner Feel77

#40Wood Feeling90

#41Crispness39

#42Softness·51

#43Elasticity54

#44Rebound Speed52

#45Energy Return41

#46Damping84

Playing profile

#47Offensive Rating57

#48Defensive Rating58

#49Allround Rating99

#50Beginner Friendliness61

#51Advanced Potential55

#52Technique Requirement·46

#53Spin Sensitivity·68

#54Passive Stability67

#55Active Stability32

A TTDNA blade rating measures how much of the named characteristic a blade has. For descriptive rows — flex, stiffness, vibration, head heaviness, weight, thickness, carbon feel, softness, technique requirement, spin sensitivity — a higher number means more, not better.