Butterfly · OFF-

Maze Advance

5W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style
OFF-
Price
Weight
82 g
Thickness
6.7 mm
Plies
5
Composition
5W · All wood
Outer ply
Limba
Core wood
Ayous
Carbon type
Fibre placement
None
Blade size
157 × 150 mm
Handle types
FL
Made in
Release year

Metadata confidence: Species unresolved

Blade construction

5W · All wood

5 plies · Limba surface · all-wood · Ayous core · 6.7 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 Maze Advance with 5 plies: Limba · Ayous · Ayous · Ayous · Limba.
HANDLE · BLUE · WHITE STRIPE
  • Limba

    Outer ply · layers 1 and 5

    Softer touch · Longer dwell

  • Ayous

    Medial ply · Core · layers 2, 3 and 4

    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
    Ayous — coreCore

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

  4. 04
    AyousMedial ply

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

  5. 05
    LimbaOuter ply

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

Species unresolved · 5 of 5 plies with published material · stack order unconfirmed

Sources: Butterfly — 5-ply all wood

About this blade

Butterfly Maze Advance is a 5-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Limba on the playing surface and a Ayous core. Its TTDNA profile reads balanced — speed 62, control 66, feel 76 — with a flexible response and medium dwell. Physically it measures 6.7 mm thick, around 82 g, 157 × 150 mm head, FL handles. Butterfly positions it for off- play. 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

Speed62
Control66
Spin Potential61
Feel76
Power49
Forgiveness45
Short Game55
Looping63

TTDNA ratings — all 55

Performance

#01Speed62
#02Control66
#03Spin Potential61
#04Feel76
#05Flex·59
#06Dwell Time67
#07Catapult49
#08Stability34
#09Precision54
#10Forgiveness45
#11Power49
#12Short Game55
#13Blocking52
#14Looping63
#15Countering57
#16Flat Hitting56
#17Flicking65
#18Chopping58
#19Lobbing63
#20Touch61

Construction

#21Stiffness·41
#22Vibration·86
#23Sweet Spot24
#24Ball Hold58
#25Head Heaviness·29
#26Balance76
#27Weight·40
#28Weight Consistency69
#29Thickness·68
#30Overall Thickness·68
#31Handle Thickness·50
#32Handle Size·50
#33Handle Comfort82
#34Surface Hardness·55
#35Surface Finish62

Material properties

#36Carbon Feel·12
#37Carbon Intensity·0
#38Outer Feel44
#39Inner Feel77
#40Wood Feeling90
#41Crispness39
#42Softness·51
#43Elasticity55
#44Rebound Speed55
#45Energy Return43
#46Damping84

Playing profile

#47Offensive Rating59
#48Defensive Rating56
#49Allround Rating98
#50Beginner Friendliness59
#51Advanced Potential57
#52Technique Requirement·49
#53Spin Sensitivity·68
#54Passive Stability66
#55Active Stability33

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.