STIGA · OFF-
Offensive Classic
5W · All wood
Specifications
- Playing style
- OFF-
- Price
- $70
- Weight
- 85 g
- Thickness
- 5.5 mm
- Plies
- 5
- Composition
- 5W · All wood
- Outer ply
- Limba
- Core wood
- Ayous
- Carbon type
- Not published
- Fibre placement
- None
- Blade size
- 156 × 150 mm
- Handle types
- Master/Concave · Classic/Straight
- Made in
- Sweden
- Release year
- 1976
Metadata confidence: Secondary sources
Blade construction
Estimated5W · All wood
5 plies · Limba surface · all-wood · Ayous 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
Limba
2 · Medial ply
Spruce
3 · Core
Ayous
4 · Medial ply
Spruce
5 · Outer ply
Limba
Limba
Outer ply · layers 1 and 5
Softer touch · Longer dwell
Spruce
Medial ply · layers 2 and 4
Fast energy return · Clear feedback
Ayous
Core · layer 3
Lower weight · Wider sweet spot
Stack order — face A to face B
- 01LimbaOuter ply
Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.
- 02SpruceMedial ply
Stiff, resonant core wood — fast energy return with a clear, high-pitched feedback.
- 03Ayous — coreCore
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 04SpruceMedial ply
Stiff, resonant core wood — fast energy return with a clear, high-pitched feedback.
- 05LimbaOuter ply
Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.
Secondary sources · 5 of 5 plies with published material
Note: Independent sources disagree between Limba and Koto outer veneers; Limba has broader support but is not manufacturer-confirmed.
About this blade
STIGA Offensive Classic is a 5-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Limba on the playing surface and a Ayous core. Limba in the outer layer: Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes. Spruce in the medial layer: Stiff, resonant core wood — fast energy return with a clear, high-pitched feedback. Ayous in the core: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot. Physically it measures 5.5 mm thick, around 85 g. STIGA 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