TIBHAR · OFF-
Samsonov Alpha
5W · All wood
Specifications
- Playing style
- OFF-
- Price
- $60
- Weight
- 83 g
- Thickness
- 5.9 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: Secondary sources
Blade construction
Estimated5W · All wood
5 plies · Limba surface · all-wood · 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
Limba
2 · Medial ply
Koto
3 · Core
Ayous
4 · Medial ply
Koto
5 · Outer ply
Limba
Limba
Outer ply · layers 1 and 5
Softer touch · Longer dwell
Koto
Medial ply · layers 2 and 4
Crisp, direct hit · Speed off the bounce
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.
- 02KotoMedial ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.
- 03Ayous — coreCore
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 04KotoMedial ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.
- 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: TIBHAR states only that the middle layer is extra strong; the limba–koto–ayous stack comes from a retailer quoting TIBHAR's own spec sheet.
About this blade
TIBHAR Samsonov Alpha 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. Koto in the medial layer: Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce. Ayous in the core: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot. Physically it measures 5.9 mm thick, around 83 g. TIBHAR positions it for off- play.
TTDNA ratings
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Material properties
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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.
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