Butterfly · OFF+
Mizutani Jun ZLC
5W+2 ZLC · Outer
Specifications
- Playing style
- OFF+
- Price
- Not published
- Weight
- 87 g
- Thickness
- 5.7 mm
- Plies
- 7
- Composition
- 5W+2 ZLC
- Outer ply
- Limba
- Core wood
- Kiri
- Carbon type
- ZLC
- Fibre placement
- Outer
- Blade size
- 157 × 150 mm
- Handle types
- FL · AN · ST
- Made in
- Not published
- Release year
- Not published
Metadata confidence: Secondary sources
Blade construction
Estimated5W+2 ZLC · Outer
7 plies · Limba surface · ZLC outer fibre · Kiri core · 5.7 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.
Stack order · outer face to outer face
1 · Outer ply
Limba
2 · Fibre layer
ZLC
3 · Medial ply
Limba
4 · Core
Kiri
5 · Medial ply
Limba
6 · Fibre layer
ZLC
7 · Outer ply
Limba
Limba
Outer ply · Medial ply · layers 1, 3, 5 and 7
Softer touch · Longer dwell
ZLC
Fibre layer · layers 2 and 6
High speed · Elastic response
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.
- 02ZLCFibre layer
Zylon-carbon — high speed with a softer, more elastic response than pure carbon.
- 03LimbaMedial ply
Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.
- 04Kiri — coreCore
Paulownia core — extremely light, damping the stack and slowing the blade down for control.
- 05LimbaMedial ply
Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.
- 06ZLCFibre layer
Zylon-carbon — high speed with a softer, more elastic response than pure carbon.
- 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
About this blade
Butterfly Mizutani Jun ZLC is a 7-ply blade built around ZLC fibre placed outer, with Limba on the playing surface and a Kiri core. Limba in the outer layer: Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes. Kiri in the core: Paulownia core — extremely light, damping the stack and slowing the blade down for control. ZLC in the fibre layer: Zylon-carbon — high speed with a softer, more elastic response than pure carbon. Physically it measures 5.7 mm thick, around 87 g. Butterfly positions it for off+ play.
TTDNA ratings
NormalizedPerformance
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.
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