Diode Pro

5W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style: DEF
Price: —
Weight: 90 g
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Plies: 5
Composition: 5W · All wood
Outer ply: Kiso Hinoki
Core wood: —
Carbon type: —
Fibre placement: None
Blade size: 165 × 156 mm
Handle types: FL · AN
Made in: —
Release year: —

Metadata confidence: Partially resolved

Blade construction

5W · All wood

5 plies · Kiso Hinoki surface · all-wood · 5.5 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 Diode Pro with 5 plies: Kiso Hinoki · Material not published · Material not published · Material not published · Kiso Hinoki. — HANDLE · NAVY BLUE · SILVER AND GREY STRIPES

Kiso Hinoki
Outer ply · layers 1 and 5
Very high dwell · Full, resonant feel
Material not published
Medial ply · Core · layers 2, 3 and 4
Material details have not been published by the manufacturer.

Stack order — face A to face B

01
Kiso HinokiOuter ply
Premium single-ply cypress — very high dwell and a full, resonant feel through the handle.
02
Material not publishedMedial ply
Material details have not been published by the manufacturer.
03
Material not publishedCore
Material details have not been published by the manufacturer.
04
Material not publishedMedial ply
Material details have not been published by the manufacturer.
05
Kiso HinokiOuter ply
Premium single-ply cypress — very high dwell and a full, resonant feel through the handle.

Partially resolved · 2 of 5 plies with published material · stack order unconfirmed

Sources: Butterfly — 5-ply all wood; Kiso Cypress outer veneer described

About this blade

Butterfly Diode Pro is a 5-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Kiso Hinoki on the playing surface. Its TTDNA profile reads balanced — speed 55, control 69, feel 77 — with a flexible response and medium dwell. Physically it measures 5.5 mm thick, around 90 g, 165 × 156 mm head, FL, AN handles. Butterfly positions it for def play. Kiso Hinoki: Premium single-ply cypress — very high dwell and a full, resonant feel through the handle.

TTDNA overview

Speed55

Control69

Spin Potential61

Feel77

Power44

Forgiveness48

Short Game59

Looping61

TTDNA ratings — all 55

Performance

#01Speed55

#02Control69

#03Spin Potential61

#04Feel77

#05Flex·59

#06Dwell Time67

#07Catapult45

#08Stability34

#09Precision55

#10Forgiveness48

#11Power44

#12Short Game59

#13Blocking54

#14Looping61

#15Countering54

#16Flat Hitting54

#17Flicking65

#18Chopping61

#19Lobbing64

#20Touch64

Construction

#21Stiffness·41

#22Vibration·86

#23Sweet Spot24

#24Ball Hold56

#25Head Heaviness·64

#26Balance87

#27Weight·67

#28Weight Consistency68

#29Thickness·20

#30Overall Thickness·20

#31Handle Thickness·50

#32Handle Size·50

#33Handle Comfort82

#34Surface Hardness·60

#35Surface Finish64

Material properties

#36Carbon Feel·12

#37Carbon Intensity·0

#38Outer Feel45

#39Inner Feel77

#40Wood Feeling90

#41Crispness41

#42Softness·48

#43Elasticity54

#44Rebound Speed50

#45Energy Return39

#46Damping84

Playing profile

#47Offensive Rating54

#48Defensive Rating60

#49Allround Rating96

#50Beginner Friendliness62

#51Advanced Potential53

#52Technique Requirement·45

#53Spin Sensitivity·67

#54Passive Stability69

#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.