Falcima

5W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style: OFF-
Price: —
Weight: 87 g
Thickness: 6 mm
Plies: 5
Composition: 5W · All wood
Outer ply: Koto
Core wood: Kiri
Carbon type: —
Fibre placement: None
Blade size: 157 × 150 mm
Handle types: FL
Made in: —
Release year: —

Metadata confidence: Specialist measured

Blade construction

5W · All wood

5 plies · Koto surface · all-wood · Kiri core · 6 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 Falcima with 5 plies: Koto · Koto · Kiri · Koto · Koto. — HANDLE · NAVY BLUE · WHITE AND ORANGE PINSTRIPES

Koto
Outer ply · Medial ply · layers 1, 2, 4 and 5
Crisp, direct hit · Speed off the bounce
Kiri
Core · layer 3
Lower weight · Controlled rebound

Stack order — face A to face B

01
KotoOuter ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.
02
KotoMedial ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.
03
Kiri — coreCore
Paulownia core — extremely light, damping the stack and slowing the blade down for control.
04
KotoMedial ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.
05
KotoOuter ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.

Specialist measured · 5 of 5 plies with published material · stack order confirmed

Sources: TTGearLab

About this blade

Butterfly Falcima is a 5-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Koto on the playing surface and a Kiri core. Its TTDNA profile reads balanced — speed 61, control 66, feel 76 — with a flexible response and medium dwell. Physically it measures 6 mm thick, around 87 g, 157 × 150 mm head, FL handles. Butterfly positions it for off- play. Koto: Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce. Kiri: Paulownia core — extremely light, damping the stack and slowing the blade down for control.

TTDNA overview

Speed61

Control66

Spin Potential56

Feel76

Power48

Forgiveness45

Short Game55

Looping61

TTDNA ratings — all 55

Performance

#01Speed61

#02Control66

#03Spin Potential56

#04Feel76

#05Flex·57

#06Dwell Time68

#07Catapult48

#08Stability35

#09Precision55

#10Forgiveness45

#11Power48

#12Short Game55

#13Blocking53

#14Looping61

#15Countering57

#16Flat Hitting63

#17Flicking66

#18Chopping58

#19Lobbing62

#20Touch61

Construction

#21Stiffness·43

#22Vibration·85

#23Sweet Spot25

#24Ball Hold50

#25Head Heaviness·37

#26Balance83

#27Weight·57

#28Weight Consistency69

#29Thickness·40

#30Overall Thickness·40

#31Handle Thickness·50

#32Handle Size·50

#33Handle Comfort82

#34Surface Hardness·78

#35Surface Finish74

Material properties

#36Carbon Feel·13

#37Carbon Intensity·0

#38Outer Feel55

#39Inner Feel77

#40Wood Feeling90

#41Crispness50

#42Softness·36

#43Elasticity54

#44Rebound Speed54

#45Energy Return42

#46Damping83

Playing profile

#47Offensive Rating57

#48Defensive Rating56

#49Allround Rating99

#50Beginner Friendliness58

#51Advanced Potential55

#52Technique Requirement·49

#53Spin Sensitivity·63

#54Passive Stability66

#55Active Stability34

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.