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Butterfly

Butterfly · OFF-

Falcima

5W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style
OFF-
Price
Not published
Weight
87 g
Thickness
6 mm
Plies
5
Composition
5W · All wood
Outer ply
Koto
Core wood
Kiri
Carbon type
Not published
Fibre placement
None
Blade size
157 × 150 mm
Handle types
FL
Made in
Not published
Release year
Not published

Metadata confidence: Specialist measured

Blade construction

Verified

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

Stack order · outer face to outer face

  1. 1 · Outer ply

    Koto

  2. 2 · Medial ply

    Koto

  3. 3 · Core

    Kiri

  4. 4 · Medial ply

    Koto

  5. 5 · Outer ply

    Koto

  • 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

  1. 01
    KotoOuter ply

    Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.

  2. 02
    KotoMedial ply

    Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.

  3. 03
    Kiri — coreCore

    Paulownia core — extremely light, damping the stack and slowing the blade down for control.

  4. 04
    KotoMedial ply

    Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.

  5. 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

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. Koto in the outer layer: Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce. Kiri in the core: Paulownia core — extremely light, damping the stack and slowing the blade down for control. Physically it measures 6 mm thick, around 87 g. Butterfly positions it for off- play.

TTDNA ratings

Normalized

Performance

Speed59
Control67
Spin Potential56
Feel76
Flex·56
Dwell Time67
Catapult46
Stability35
Precision56
Forgiveness46
Power47
Short Game57
Blocking54
Looping60
Countering57
Flat Hitting62
Flicking65
Chopping59
Lobbing62
Touch62

Construction

Stiffness·44
Vibration·85
Sweet Spot25
Ball Hold49
Head Heaviness·37
Balance83
Weight·57
Weight Consistency69
Thickness·40
Overall Thickness·40
Handle Thickness·50
Handle Size·50
Handle Comfort82
Surface Hardness·78
Surface Finish74

Material properties

Carbon Feel·13
Carbon Intensity·0
Outer Feel55
Inner Feel76
Wood Feeling90
Crispness51
Softness·36
Elasticity53
Rebound Speed53
Energy Return41
Damping82

Playing profile

Offensive Rating56
Defensive Rating57
Allround Rating99
Beginner Friendliness59
Advanced Potential54
Technique Requirement·48
Spin Sensitivity·62
Passive Stability66
Active 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.

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