Kim Taek Soo

1-ply Hinoki

Specifications

Playing style: —
Price: —
Weight: —
Thickness: —
Plies: 1
Composition: 1-ply Hinoki
Outer ply: Hinoki
Core wood: Hinoki
Carbon type: —
Fibre placement: None
Blade size: —
Handle types: —
Made in: —
Release year: —

Metadata confidence: Secondary sources

Blade construction

1-ply Hinoki

1 plies · Hinoki surface · all-wood · Hinoki 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 Kim Taek Soo with 1 plies: Hinoki. — HANDLE · NATURAL BLOND WOOD · BLACK CORK

Hinoki
Entire stack · layer 1
Soft and elastic · Deep catch

Stack order — face A to face B

01
Hinoki — coreSingle ply / core
Japanese cypress — soft, elastic and forgiving, with a deep catch on the ball.

Secondary sources · 1 of 1 plies with published material · stack order confirmed

Sources: Butterfly — single-ply solid Hinoki

About this blade

Butterfly Kim Taek Soo is a 1-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Hinoki on the playing surface and a Hinoki core. Its TTDNA profile reads balanced — speed 49, control 72, feel 79 — with a flexible response and medium dwell. Hinoki: Japanese cypress — soft, elastic and forgiving, with a deep catch on the ball.

TTDNA overview

Speed49

Control72

Spin Potential61

Feel79

Power38

Forgiveness49

Short Game64

Looping60

TTDNA ratings — all 55

Performance

#01Speed49

#02Control72

#03Spin Potential61

#04Feel79

#05Flex·69

#06Dwell Time67

#07Catapult45

#08Stability30

#09Precision52

#10Forgiveness49

#11Power38

#12Short Game64

#13Blocking53

#14Looping60

#15Countering49

#16Flat Hitting49

#17Flicking64

#18Chopping67

#19Lobbing70

#20Touch67

Construction

#21Stiffness·31

#22Vibration·89

#23Sweet Spot13

#24Ball Hold55

#25Head Heaviness·35

#26Balance76

#27Weight·39

#28Weight Consistency69

#29Thickness·50

#30Overall Thickness·50

#31Handle Thickness·50

#32Handle Size·50

#33Handle Comfort82

#34Surface Hardness·62

#35Surface Finish64

Material properties

#36Carbon Feel·9

#37Carbon Intensity·0

#38Outer Feel44

#39Inner Feel79

#40Wood Feeling90

#41Crispness39

#42Softness·50

#43Elasticity57

#44Rebound Speed44

#45Energy Return37

#46Damping88

Playing profile

#47Offensive Rating51

#48Defensive Rating65

#49Allround Rating89

#50Beginner Friendliness67

#51Advanced Potential47

#52Technique Requirement·38

#53Spin Sensitivity·66

#54Passive Stability72

#55Active Stability25

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.