TIBHAR · OFF-

E. Lebesson

5W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style
OFF-
Price
$70
Weight
85 g
Thickness
6.05 mm
Plies
5
Composition
5W · All wood
Outer ply
Limba
Core wood
Ayous
Carbon type
Not published
Fibre placement
None
Blade size
Not published
Handle types
Concave · Straight · Anatomic
Made in
Not published
Release year
Not published

Metadata confidence: Specialist measured

Blade construction

Estimated

5W · All wood

5 plies · Limba surface · all-wood · Ayous core · 6.05 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.

Exploded view of E. Lebesson with 5 plies: Limba · Mahogany · Ayous · Mahogany · Limba.

Stack order · outer face to outer face

  1. 1 · Outer ply

    Limba

  2. 2 · Medial ply

    Mahogany

  3. 3 · Core

    Ayous

  4. 4 · Medial ply

    Mahogany

  5. 5 · Outer ply

    Limba

  • Limba

    Outer ply · layers 1 and 5

    Softer touch · Longer dwell

  • Mahogany

    Medial ply · layers 2 and 4

    Firm contact · Higher pace

  • Ayous

    Core · layer 3

    Lower weight · Wider sweet spot

Stack order — face A to face B

  1. 01
    LimbaOuter ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

  2. 02
    MahoganyMedial ply

    Hard reddish inner veneer — raises the pace of the mid-plies and firms up the contact.

  3. 03
    Ayous — coreCore

    Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

  4. 04
    MahoganyMedial ply

    Hard reddish inner veneer — raises the pace of the mid-plies and firms up the contact.

  5. 05
    LimbaOuter ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

Specialist measured · 5 of 5 plies with published material

Note: Independent sources agree on limba faces, hard second veneers and an ayous core. Those second veneers are named mahogany by the databases; one lab review compares them to the koto used in the Samsonov Alpha.

About this blade

TIBHAR E. Lebesson 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. Mahogany in the medial layer: Hard reddish inner veneer — raises the pace of the mid-plies and firms up the contact. Ayous in the core: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot. Physically it measures 6.05 mm thick, around 85 g. TIBHAR positions it for off- play.

TTDNA ratings

Normalized

Performance

Speed60
Control67
Spin Potential62
Feel76
Flex·59
Dwell Time67
Catapult48
Stability34
Precision54
Forgiveness46
Power47
Short Game56
Blocking53
Looping63
Countering56
Flat Hitting55
Flicking65
Chopping59
Lobbing63
Touch62

Construction

Stiffness·41
Vibration·86
Sweet Spot24
Ball Hold58
Head Heaviness·40
Balance80
Weight·50
Weight Consistency70
Thickness·42
Overall Thickness·42
Handle Thickness·50
Handle Size·50
Handle Comfort82
Surface Hardness·55
Surface Finish62

Material properties

Carbon Feel·12
Carbon Intensity·0
Outer Feel43
Inner Feel77
Wood Feeling90
Crispness39
Softness·51
Elasticity55
Rebound Speed53
Energy Return42
Damping84

Playing profile

Offensive Rating58
Defensive Rating57
Allround Rating100
Beginner Friendliness60
Advanced Potential56
Technique Requirement·48
Spin Sensitivity·68
Passive Stability67
Active Stability33

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