Butterfly

Hadraw SK

7W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style
Price
Weight
Thickness
Plies
7
Composition
7W · All wood
Outer ply
Limba
Core wood
Ayous
Carbon type
Fibre placement
None
Blade size
Handle types
Made in
Release year

Metadata confidence: Secondary sources

Blade construction

7W · All wood

7 plies · Limba surface · all-wood · Ayous core

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 Hadraw SK with 7 plies: Limba · Ayous · Ayous · Ayous · Ayous · Ayous · Limba.
  • Limba

    Outer ply · layers 1 and 7

    Softer touch · Longer dwell

  • Ayous

    Medial ply · Core · layers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

    Lower weight · Wider sweet spot

Stack order — face A to face B

  1. 01
    LimbaOuter ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

  2. 02
    AyousMedial ply

    Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

  3. 03
    AyousMedial ply

    Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

  4. 04
    Ayous — coreCore

    Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

  5. 05
    AyousMedial ply

    Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

  6. 06
    AyousMedial ply

    Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

  7. 07
    LimbaOuter ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

Secondary sources · 7 of 7 plies with published material · stack order unconfirmed

Sources: Butterfly — published ply construction · Independent blade-builder analyses — veneer sequence

About this blade

Butterfly Hadraw SK is a 7-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Limba on the playing surface and a Ayous core. Its TTDNA profile reads balanced — speed 63, control 66, feel 75 — with a medium response and medium dwell. Limba: Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes. Ayous: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

TTDNA overview

Speed63
Control66
Spin Potential61
Feel75
Power50
Forgiveness46
Short Game54
Looping63

TTDNA ratings — all 55

Performance

#01Speed63
#02Control66
#03Spin Potential61
#04Feel75
#05Flex·54
#06Dwell Time67
#07Catapult48
#08Stability36
#09Precision56
#10Forgiveness46
#11Power50
#12Short Game54
#13Blocking53
#14Looping63
#15Countering59
#16Flat Hitting57
#17Flicking66
#18Chopping57
#19Lobbing61
#20Touch60

Construction

#21Stiffness·46
#22Vibration·84
#23Sweet Spot30
#24Ball Hold58
#25Head Heaviness·37
#26Balance78
#27Weight·44
#28Weight Consistency69
#29Thickness·57
#30Overall Thickness·57
#31Handle Thickness·50
#32Handle Size·50
#33Handle Comfort82
#34Surface Hardness·55
#35Surface Finish62

Material properties

#36Carbon Feel·14
#37Carbon Intensity·0
#38Outer Feel44
#39Inner Feel76
#40Wood Feeling90
#41Crispness41
#42Softness·49
#43Elasticity53
#44Rebound Speed56
#45Energy Return43
#46Damping82

Playing profile

#47Offensive Rating60
#48Defensive Rating55
#49Allround Rating96
#50Beginner Friendliness57
#51Advanced Potential58
#52Technique Requirement·51
#53Spin Sensitivity·68
#54Passive Stability65
#55Active Stability36

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.