TableTennisDNA
Butterfly

Butterfly · OFF+

Kim Taek Soo

1-ply Hinoki

Specifications

Playing style
OFF+
Price
Not published
Weight
95 g
Thickness
10.3 mm
Plies
1
Composition
1-ply Hinoki
Outer ply
Hinoki
Core wood
Hinoki
Carbon type
Not published
Fibre placement
None
Blade size
Not published
Handle types
Not published
Made in
Not published
Release year
Not published

Metadata confidence: Secondary sources

Blade construction

Verified

1-ply Hinoki

1 plies · Hinoki surface · all-wood · Hinoki core · 10.3 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 Kim Taek Soo with 1 plies: Hinoki.
HANDLE · NATURAL BLOND WOOD · BLACK CORK

Stack order · outer face to outer face

  1. 1 · Single ply / core

    Hinoki

  • Hinoki

    Entire stack · layer 1

    Soft and elastic · Deep catch

Stack order — face A to face B

  1. 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

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. Hinoki in the single ply: Japanese cypress — soft, elastic and forgiving, with a deep catch on the ball. Physically it measures 10.3 mm thick, around 95 g. Butterfly positions it for off+ play.

TTDNA ratings

Normalized

Performance

Speed86
Control56
Spin Potential56
Feel74
Flex·64
Dwell Time64
Catapult62
Stability29
Precision46
Forgiveness33
Power63
Short Game39
Blocking41
Looping64
Countering64
Flat Hitting69
Flicking67
Chopping50
Lobbing61
Touch50

Construction

Stiffness·36
Vibration·87
Sweet Spot15
Ball Hold54
Head Heaviness·57
Balance93
Weight·83
Weight Consistency67
Thickness·100
Overall Thickness·100
Handle Thickness·50
Handle Size·50
Handle Comfort82
Surface Hardness·62
Surface Finish65

Material properties

Carbon Feel·11
Carbon Intensity·0
Outer Feel51
Inner Feel77
Wood Feeling89
Crispness41
Softness·48
Elasticity63
Rebound Speed70
Energy Return57
Damping86

Playing profile

Offensive Rating74
Defensive Rating45
Allround Rating77
Beginner Friendliness49
Advanced Potential66
Technique Requirement·61
Spin Sensitivity·65
Passive Stability56
Active Stability35

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