DHS · OFF+
Dipper M SP500
5W+2 ALC · Inner
Specifications
- Playing style
- OFF+
- Price
- Not published
- Weight
- 93 g
- Thickness
- 5.9 mm
- Plies
- 7
- Composition
- 5W+2 ALC
- Outer ply
- Koto
- Core wood
- Ayous
- Carbon type
- ALC
- Fibre placement
- Inner
- Blade size
- Not published
- Handle types
- FL · CS
- Made in
- China
- Release year
- 2013
Metadata confidence: Secondary sources
Blade construction
Verified5W+2 ALC · Inner
7 plies · Koto surface · ALC inner fibre · Ayous core · 5.9 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 · Medial ply
Ayous
3 · Fibre layer
ALC
4 · Core
Ayous
5 · Fibre layer
ALC
6 · Medial ply
Ayous
7 · Outer ply
Koto
Koto
Outer ply · layers 1 and 7
Crisp, direct hit · Speed off the bounce
Ayous
Medial ply · Core · layers 2, 4 and 6
Lower weight · Wider sweet spot
ALC
Fibre layer · layers 3 and 5
More stability · Larger sweet spot
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.
- 02AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 03ALCFibre layer
Arylate-carbon — stiffens the stack and enlarges the sweet spot while keeping a wooden feel.
- 04Ayous — coreCore
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 05ALCFibre layer
Arylate-carbon — stiffens the stack and enlarges the sweet spot while keeping a wooden feel.
- 06AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 07KotoOuter 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 confirmed
Note: A specialist specification lists Koto / Ayous / ALC / Ayous / ALC / Ayous / Koto. DHS retailers instead describe the fibre as aramid-carbon, so the fibre name remains a documented source conflict.
About this blade
DHS Dipper M SP500 is a 7-ply blade built around ALC fibre placed inner, with Koto on the playing surface and a Ayous 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. Ayous in the core: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot. ALC in the fibre layer: Arylate-carbon — stiffens the stack and enlarges the sweet spot while keeping a wooden feel. Physically it measures 5.9 mm thick, around 93 g. DHS positions it for off+ play.
TTDNA ratings
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