Butterfly · OFF+
Apolonia ZLC
5W+2 ZLC · Inner
Specifications
- Playing style
- OFF+
- Price
- Not published
- Weight
- 91 g
- Thickness
- 5.7 mm
- Plies
- 7
- Composition
- 5W+2 ZLC
- Outer ply
- Limba
- Core wood
- Ayous
- Carbon type
- ZLC
- Fibre placement
- Inner
- Blade size
- 157 × 150 mm
- Handle types
- FL · AN · ST
- Made in
- Not published
- Release year
- Not published
Metadata confidence: Specialist measured
Blade construction
Verified5W+2 ZLC · Inner
7 plies · Limba surface · ZLC inner fibre · Ayous core · 5.7 mm total
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.
Stack order · outer face to outer face
1 · Outer ply
Limba
2 · Medial ply
Ayous
3 · Fibre layer
ZLC
4 · Core
Ayous
5 · Fibre layer
ZLC
6 · Medial ply
Ayous
7 · Outer ply
Limba
Limba
Outer ply · layers 1 and 7
Softer touch · Longer dwell
Ayous
Medial ply · Core · layers 2, 4 and 6
Lower weight · Wider sweet spot
ZLC
Fibre layer · layers 3 and 5
High speed · Elastic response
Stack order — face A to face B
- 01LimbaOuter ply
Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.
- 02AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 03ZLCFibre layer
Zylon-carbon — high speed with a softer, more elastic response than pure carbon.
- 04Ayous — coreCore
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 05ZLCFibre layer
Zylon-carbon — high speed with a softer, more elastic response than pure carbon.
- 06AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 07LimbaOuter ply
Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.
Specialist measured · 7 of 7 plies with published material · stack order confirmed
About this blade
Butterfly Apolonia ZLC is a 7-ply blade built around ZLC fibre placed inner, with Limba on the playing surface and a Ayous core. Limba in the outer layer: Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes. Ayous in the medial layer: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot. Ayous in the core: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot. ZLC in the fibre layer: Zylon-carbon — high speed with a softer, more elastic response than pure carbon. Physically it measures 5.7 mm thick, around 91 g. Butterfly positions it for off+ play.
TTDNA ratings
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Construction
Material properties
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