Oh Sang Eun

5W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style: —
Price: —
Weight: —
Thickness: —
Plies: 5
Composition: 5W · All wood
Outer ply: Koto
Core wood: Ayous
Carbon type: —
Fibre placement: None
Blade size: —
Handle types: —
Made in: —
Release year: —

Metadata confidence: Secondary sources

Blade construction

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

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

01
KotoOuter ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.
02
KotoMedial ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.
03
Ayous — coreCore
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
04
KotoMedial ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.
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 · stack order unconfirmed

Sources: Butterfly — published ply construction · Independent blade-builder analyses — veneer sequence

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. Its TTDNA profile reads balanced — speed 61, control 66, feel 75 — with a flexible response and medium dwell. Koto: Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce. Ayous: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

TTDNA overview

Speed61

Control66

Spin Potential54

Feel75

Power48

Forgiveness45

Short Game55

Looping59

TTDNA ratings — all 55

Performance

#01Speed61

#02Control66

#03Spin Potential54

#04Feel75

#05Flex·57

#06Dwell Time65

#07Catapult48

#08Stability35

#09Precision55

#10Forgiveness45

#11Power48

#12Short Game55

#13Blocking53

#14Looping59

#15Countering57

#16Flat Hitting63

#17Flicking64

#18Chopping58

#19Lobbing62

#20Touch60

Construction

#21Stiffness·43

#22Vibration·85

#23Sweet Spot25

#24Ball Hold48

#25Head Heaviness·37

#26Balance77

#27Weight·43

#28Weight Consistency69

#29Thickness·56

#30Overall Thickness·56

#31Handle Thickness·50

#32Handle Size·50

#33Handle Comfort82

#34Surface Hardness·78

#35Surface Finish74

Material properties

#36Carbon Feel·13

#37Carbon Intensity·0

#38Outer Feel55

#39Inner Feel76

#40Wood Feeling90

#41Crispness50

#42Softness·36

#43Elasticity54

#44Rebound Speed54

#45Energy Return42

#46Damping83

Playing profile

#47Offensive Rating57

#48Defensive Rating56

#49Allround Rating100

#50Beginner Friendliness58

#51Advanced Potential55

#52Technique Requirement·49

#53Spin Sensitivity·61

#54Passive Stability66

#55Active Stability34

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.