Timo Boll W7

7W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style: —
Price: —
Weight: —
Thickness: —
Plies: 7
Composition: 7W · 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

7W · All wood

7 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 Timo Boll W7 with 7 plies: Koto · Ayous · Ayous · Ayous · Ayous · Ayous · Koto.

Koto
Outer ply · layers 1 and 7
Crisp, direct hit · Speed off the bounce
Ayous
Medial ply · Core · layers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
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
AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
03
AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
04
Ayous — coreCore
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
05
AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
06
AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
07
KotoOuter ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.

Secondary sources · 7 of 7 plies with published material · stack order unconfirmed

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

About this blade

Butterfly Timo Boll W7 is a 7-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Koto on the playing surface and a Ayous core. Its TTDNA profile reads balanced — speed 66, control 64, feel 74 — with a medium 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

Speed66

Control64

Spin Potential54

Feel74

Power53

Forgiveness44

Short Game52

Looping60

TTDNA ratings — all 55

Performance

#01Speed66

#02Control64

#03Spin Potential54

#04Feel74

#05Flex·52

#06Dwell Time65

#07Catapult49

#08Stability37

#09Precision56

#10Forgiveness44

#11Power53

#12Short Game52

#13Blocking52

#14Looping60

#15Countering60

#16Flat Hitting66

#17Flicking65

#18Chopping54

#19Lobbing59

#20Touch58

Construction

#21Stiffness·48

#22Vibration·83

#23Sweet Spot31

#24Ball Hold48

#25Head Heaviness·37

#26Balance78

#27Weight·44

#28Weight Consistency69

#29Thickness·58

#30Overall Thickness·58

#31Handle Thickness·50

#32Handle Size·50

#33Handle Comfort82

#34Surface Hardness·78

#35Surface Finish74

Material properties

#36Carbon Feel·14

#37Carbon Intensity·0

#38Outer Feel57

#39Inner Feel75

#40Wood Feeling90

#41Crispness52

#42Softness·34

#43Elasticity53

#44Rebound Speed59

#45Energy Return44

#46Damping81

Playing profile

#47Offensive Rating60

#48Defensive Rating53

#49Allround Rating94

#50Beginner Friendliness55

#51Advanced Potential59

#52Technique Requirement·53

#53Spin Sensitivity·61

#54Passive Stability63

#55Active Stability37

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.