Butterfly · OFF-
Timo Boll CAF
3W+2 CAF · Outer
Specifications
- Playing style
- OFF-
- Price
- Not published
- Weight
- 82 g
- Thickness
- 5.7 mm
- Plies
- 5
- Composition
- 3W+2 CAF
- Outer ply
- Koto
- Core wood
- Kiri
- Carbon type
- CAF
- Fibre placement
- Outer
- Blade size
- 157 × 150 mm
- Handle types
- FL · CS
- Made in
- Not published
- Release year
- Not published
Metadata confidence: Specialist measured
Blade construction
Verified3W+2 CAF · Outer
5 plies · Koto surface · CAF 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
Koto
2 · Fibre layer
CAF
3 · Core
Kiri
4 · Fibre layer
CAF
5 · Outer ply
Koto
Koto
Outer ply · layers 1 and 5
Crisp, direct hit · Speed off the bounce
CAF
Fibre layer · layers 2 and 4
Controlled stiffness · Damped feedback
Kiri
Core · layer 3
Lower weight · Controlled rebound
Stack order — face A to face B
- 01KotoOuter ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.
- 02CAFFibre layer
Carbon-arylate blend — controlled stiffening with a muted, damped feedback.
- 03Kiri — coreCore
Paulownia core — extremely light, damping the stack and slowing the blade down for control.
- 04CAFFibre layer
Carbon-arylate blend — controlled stiffening with a muted, damped feedback.
- 05KotoOuter ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.
Specialist measured · 5 of 5 plies with published material · stack order confirmed
About this blade
Butterfly Timo Boll CAF is a 5-ply blade built around CAF fibre placed outer, with Koto on the playing surface and a Kiri core. Koto in the outer layer: Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce. Kiri in the core: Paulownia core — extremely light, damping the stack and slowing the blade down for control. CAF in the fibre layer: Carbon-arylate blend — controlled stiffening with a muted, damped feedback. Physically it measures 5.7 mm thick, around 82 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.
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