TIBHAR · OFF+
Samsonov Stratus Carbon
5W+2 Kevlar Carbon · Inner
Specifications
- Playing style
- OFF+
- Price
- $118
- Weight
- 88 g
- Thickness
- 5.5 mm
- Plies
- 7
- Composition
- 5W+2 Kevlar Carbon
- Outer ply
- Limba
- Core wood
- Kiri
- Carbon type
- Kevlar Carbon
- Fibre placement
- Inner
- Blade size
- Not published
- Handle types
- Concave · Straight · Anatomic
- Made in
- Not published
- Release year
- Not published
Metadata confidence: Secondary sources
Blade construction
Estimated5W+2 Kevlar Carbon · Inner
7 plies · Limba surface · Kevlar Carbon inner 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
Limba
2 · Medial ply
Ayous
3 · Fibre layer
Kevlar Carbon
4 · Core
Kiri
5 · Fibre layer
Kevlar Carbon
6 · Medial ply
Ayous
7 · Outer ply
Limba
Limba
Outer ply · layers 1 and 7
Softer touch · Longer dwell
Ayous
Medial ply · layers 2 and 6
Lower weight · Wider sweet spot
Kevlar Carbon
Fibre layer · layers 3 and 5
Stable and fast · Low vibration
Kiri
Core · layer 4
Lower weight · Controlled rebound
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.
- 02AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 03Kevlar CarbonFibre layer
Kevlar-carbon weave — stability and speed with the vibration taken out of the impact.
- 04Kiri — coreCore
Paulownia core — extremely light, damping the stack and slowing the blade down for control.
- 05Kevlar CarbonFibre layer
Kevlar-carbon weave — stability and speed with the vibration taken out of the impact.
- 06AyousMedial ply
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 07LimbaOuter ply
Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.
Secondary sources · 7 of 7 plies with published material · stack order unconfirmed
Note: TIBHAR confirms seven veneers with a kevlar-carbon inlay. Two independent reports name a kiri core under limba faces and ayous medials; one reviewer is unsure between kiri and ayous.
About this blade
TIBHAR Samsonov Stratus Carbon is a 7-ply blade built around Kevlar Carbon fibre placed inner, with Limba on the playing surface and a Kiri core. Limba in the outer layer: Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes. 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. Kevlar Carbon in the fibre layer: Kevlar-carbon weave — stability and speed with the vibration taken out of the impact. Physically it measures 5.5 mm thick, around 88 g. TIBHAR positions it for off+ play.
TTDNA ratings
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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.
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