Butterfly · OFF+
Timo Boll ZLC
5W+2 ZLC · Outer
Specifications
- Playing style
- OFF+
- Price
- Not published
- Weight
- 84 g
- Thickness
- 5.5 mm
- Plies
- 7
- Composition
- 5W+2 ZLC
- Outer ply
- Koto
- Core wood
- Kiri
- Carbon type
- ZLC
- Fibre placement
- Outer
- Blade size
- 157 × 150 mm
- Handle types
- FL · AN · ST
- Made in
- Not published
- Release year
- Not published
Metadata confidence: Specialist measured
Blade construction
Estimated5W+2 ZLC · Outer
7 plies · Koto surface · ZLC outer fibre · Kiri core · 5.5 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
Koto
2 · Fibre layer
ZLC
3 · Medial ply
Ayous
4 · Core
Kiri
5 · Medial ply
Ayous
6 · Fibre layer
ZLC
7 · Outer ply
Koto
Koto
Outer ply · layers 1 and 7
Crisp, direct hit · Speed off the bounce
ZLC
Fibre layer · layers 2 and 6
High speed · Elastic response
Ayous
Medial ply · layers 3 and 5
Lower weight · Wider sweet spot
Kiri
Core · layer 4
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.
- 02ZLCFibre layer
Zylon-carbon — high speed with a softer, more elastic response than pure carbon.
- 03AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 04Kiri — coreCore
Paulownia core — extremely light, damping the stack and slowing the blade down for control.
- 05AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 06ZLCFibre layer
Zylon-carbon — high speed with a softer, more elastic response than pure carbon.
- 07KotoOuter ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.
Specialist measured · 7 of 7 plies with published material · stack order unconfirmed
About this blade
Butterfly Timo Boll ZLC is a 7-ply blade built around ZLC 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. Ayous in the medial layer: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot. Kiri in the core: Paulownia core — extremely light, damping the stack and slowing the blade down for control. ZLC in the fibre layer: Zylon-carbon — high speed with a softer, more elastic response than pure carbon. Physically it measures 5.5 mm thick, around 84 g. Butterfly positions it for off+ play.
TTDNA ratings
NormalizedPerformance
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