TableTennisDNA
Butterfly

Butterfly · OFF

Oh Sang Eun

5W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style
OFF
Price
Not published
Weight
Not published
Thickness
Not published
Plies
5
Composition
5W · All wood
Outer ply
Koto
Core wood
Ayous
Carbon type
Not published
Fibre placement
None
Blade size
Not published
Handle types
FL
Made in
Not published
Release year
Not published

Metadata confidence: Secondary sources

Blade construction

Estimated

5W · All wood

5 plies · Koto surface · all-wood · Ayous 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 Oh Sang Eun with 5 plies: Koto · Koto · Ayous · Koto · Koto.
HANDLE · RED · BLACK STRIPES

Stack order · outer face to outer face

  1. 1 · Outer ply

    Koto

  2. 2 · Medial ply

    Koto

  3. 3 · Core

    Ayous

  4. 4 · Medial ply

    Koto

  5. 5 · Outer ply

    Koto

  • Koto

    Outer ply · Medial ply · layers 1, 2, 4 and 5

    Crisp, direct hit · Speed off the bounce

  • Ayous

    Core · layer 3

    Lower weight · Wider sweet spot

Stack order — face A to face B

  1. 01
    KotoOuter ply

    Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.

  2. 02
    KotoMedial ply

    Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.

  3. 03
    Ayous — coreCore

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

  4. 04
    KotoMedial ply

    Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.

  5. 05
    KotoOuter ply

    Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.

Secondary sources · 5 of 5 plies with published material

About this blade

Butterfly Oh Sang Eun is a 5-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Koto on the playing surface and a Ayous core. Koto in the outer layer: Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce. Ayous in the core: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot. Butterfly positions it for off play.

TTDNA ratings

Normalized

Performance

Speed66
Control64
Spin Potential53
Feel74
Flex·55
Dwell Time63
Catapult50
Stability35
Precision55
Forgiveness43
Power52
Short Game52
Blocking51
Looping59
Countering59
Flat Hitting65
Flicking64
Chopping55
Lobbing60
Touch58

Construction

Stiffness·45
Vibration·84
Sweet Spot26
Ball Hold47
Head Heaviness·37
Balance78
Weight·44
Weight Consistency69
Thickness·58
Overall Thickness·58
Handle Thickness·50
Handle Size·50
Handle Comfort82
Surface Hardness·78
Surface Finish74

Material properties

Carbon Feel·14
Carbon Intensity·0
Outer Feel56
Inner Feel74
Wood Feeling89
Crispness51
Softness·35
Elasticity54
Rebound Speed58
Energy Return45
Damping82

Playing profile

Offensive Rating59
Defensive Rating53
Allround Rating95
Beginner Friendliness56
Advanced Potential57
Technique Requirement·52
Spin Sensitivity·60
Passive Stability63
Active Stability36

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