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Butterfly · OFF-

Cypress G-MAX

1-ply Kiso Hinoki

Specifications

Playing style
OFF-
Price
$359
Weight
93 g
Thickness
10 mm
Plies
1
Composition
1-ply Kiso Hinoki
Outer ply
Kiso Hinoki
Core wood
Kiso Hinoki
Carbon type
Not published
Fibre placement
None
Blade size
163 × 135 mm
Handle types
CS
Made in
Japan
Release year
Not published

Metadata confidence: Manufacturer confirmed

Blade construction

Verified

1-ply Kiso Hinoki

1 plies · Kiso Hinoki surface · all-wood · Kiso Hinoki core · 10 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.

Exploded view of Cypress G-MAX with 1 plies: Kiso Hinoki.
HANDLE · NATURAL CORK · BLACK WOOD BLOCK

Stack order · outer face to outer face

  1. 1 · Single ply / core

    Kiso Hinoki

  • Kiso Hinoki

    Entire stack · layer 1

    Very high dwell · Full, resonant feel

Stack order — face A to face B

  1. 01
    Kiso Hinoki — coreSingle ply / core

    Premium single-ply cypress — very high dwell and a full, resonant feel through the handle.

Manufacturer confirmed · 1 of 1 plies with published material · stack order confirmed

About this blade

Butterfly Cypress G-MAX is a 1-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Kiso Hinoki on the playing surface and a Kiso Hinoki core. Kiso Hinoki in the single ply: Premium single-ply cypress — very high dwell and a full, resonant feel through the handle. Physically it measures 10 mm thick, around 93 g. Butterfly positions it for off- play.

TTDNA ratings

Normalized

Performance

Speed73
Control62
Spin Potential60
Feel77
Flex·68
Dwell Time68
Catapult57
Stability28
Precision47
Forgiveness39
Power54
Short Game48
Blocking45
Looping65
Countering58
Flat Hitting61
Flicking67
Chopping57
Lobbing66
Touch57

Construction

Stiffness·32
Vibration·89
Sweet Spot13
Ball Hold57
Head Heaviness·69
Balance91
Weight·77
Weight Consistency67
Thickness·100
Overall Thickness·100
Handle Thickness·50
Handle Size·50
Handle Comfort82
Surface Hardness·60
Surface Finish63

Material properties

Carbon Feel·10
Carbon Intensity·0
Outer Feel47
Inner Feel79
Wood Feeling90
Crispness38
Softness·51
Elasticity62
Rebound Speed60
Energy Return50
Damping87

Playing profile

Offensive Rating66
Defensive Rating53
Allround Rating89
Beginner Friendliness56
Advanced Potential59
Technique Requirement·52
Spin Sensitivity·67
Passive Stability63
Active Stability31

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.

TTDNA ratings are normalized comparison values, not laboratory measurements. They are built from published specifications, technical sources and structured product evidence, converted to one 0–100 scale. Where a directly comparable measurement is unavailable, the value is an evidence-based estimate. Overall-style scores are composites of several characteristics. Methodology