Butterfly · OFF
Harimoto Tomokazu Innerforce Super ALC
5W+2 Super ALC · Inner
Specifications
- Playing style
- OFF
- Price
- —
- Weight
- 87 g
- Thickness
- 5.9 mm
- Plies
- 7
- Composition
- 5W+2 Super ALC
- Outer ply
- Limba
- Core wood
- Kiri
- Carbon type
- Super ALC
- Fibre placement
- Inner
- Blade size
- 158 × 152 mm
- Handle types
- FL · AN · ST · CS
- Made in
- —
- Release year
- —
Metadata confidence: Secondary sources
Blade construction
5W+2 Super ALC · Inner
7 plies · Limba surface · Super ALC inner fibre · Kiri core · 5.9 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.
Limba
Outer ply · layers 1 and 7
Softer touch · Longer dwell
Ayous
Medial ply · layers 2 and 6
Lower weight · Wider sweet spot
Super ALC
Fibre layer · layers 3 and 5
More stiffness · Extra top-end gear
Kiri
Core · layer 4
Lower weight · Controlled rebound
Stack order — face A to face B
- 01LimbaOuter ply
Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.
- 02AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 03Super ALCFibre layer
Denser arylate-carbon weave — more stiffness and gear at the top end than standard ALC.
- 04Kiri — coreCore
Paulownia core — extremely light, damping the stack and slowing the blade down for control.
- 05Super ALCFibre layer
Denser arylate-carbon weave — more stiffness and gear at the top end than standard ALC.
- 06AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 07LimbaOuter 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
Source note: Butterfly states the plywood was retuned versus Harimoto ALC; detailed reports support a Kiri core rather than the Ayous core of Harimoto ALC.
Sources: Butterfly — 5W+2 Super ALC, plywood retuned vs Harimoto ALC
About this blade
Butterfly Harimoto Tomokazu Innerforce Super ALC is a 7-ply blade built around Super ALC fibre placed inner, with Limba on the playing surface and a Kiri core. Its TTDNA profile reads fast — speed 77, control 52, feel 42 — with a medium response and medium dwell. Physically it measures 5.9 mm thick, around 87 g, 158 × 152 mm head, FL, AN, ST, CS handles. Butterfly positions it for off play. Limba: Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes. Kiri: Paulownia core — extremely light, damping the stack and slowing the blade down for control. Super ALC: Denser arylate-carbon weave — more stiffness and gear at the top end than standard ALC.
TTDNA overview
TTDNA ratings — all 55
Performance
Construction
Material properties
Playing profile
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.