Butterfly · OFF-
Shamada
5W · All wood
Specifications
- Playing style
- OFF-
- Price
- Not published
- Weight
- 90 g
- Thickness
- 7.5 mm
- Plies
- 5
- Composition
- 5W · All wood
- Outer ply
- Basswood
- Core wood
- Balsa
- Carbon type
- Not published
- Fibre placement
- None
- Blade size
- 160 × 150 mm
- Handle types
- FL · AN · CS
- Made in
- Not published
- Release year
- Not published
Metadata confidence: Secondary sources
Blade construction
Estimated5W · All wood
5 plies · Basswood surface · all-wood · Balsa core · 7.5 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
Basswood
2 · Medial ply
Walnut
3 · Core
Balsa
4 · Medial ply
Walnut
5 · Outer ply
Basswood
Basswood
Outer ply · layers 1 and 5
Neutral feel · Forgiving contact
Walnut
Medial ply · layers 2 and 4
Dense and firm · Controlled impact
Balsa
Core · layer 3
Very low weight · Soft, muted impact
Stack order — face A to face B
- 01BasswoodOuter ply
Even-grained light veneer — smooth, neutral feel with forgiving contact.
- 02WalnutMedial ply
Dark, dense hardwood veneer — adds weight behind the ball and a firm, controlled impact.
- 03Balsa — coreCore
Ultra-light core — big sweet spot, very low blade weight and a soft, muted impact.
- 04WalnutMedial ply
Dark, dense hardwood veneer — adds weight behind the ball and a firm, controlled impact.
- 05BasswoodOuter ply
Even-grained light veneer — smooth, neutral feel with forgiving contact.
Secondary sources · 5 of 5 plies with published material
Note: Species come from a single retailer description (Balsa centre core, Walnut secondary, Basswood outer plies) and are not manufacturer confirmed.
About this blade
Butterfly Shamada is a 5-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Basswood on the playing surface and a Balsa core. Basswood in the outer layer: Even-grained light veneer — smooth, neutral feel with forgiving contact. Walnut in the medial layer: Dark, dense hardwood veneer — adds weight behind the ball and a firm, controlled impact. Balsa in the core: Ultra-light core — big sweet spot, very low blade weight and a soft, muted impact. Physically it measures 7.5 mm thick, around 90 g. Butterfly positions it for off- play.
TTDNA ratings
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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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