15 minute read

| BLADES

from Butterfly - Season 2023/24 - EN

by Tamasu Butterfly Europa GmbH

from Butterfly - Season 2023/24 - EN, page 121

Article from: Butterfly - Season 2023/24 - EN

Home Rollaway Outdoor

Fan Zhendong Super ZLC

Equipped with Super ZL-Carbon, a high-density weave of Carbon and ZL-fiber. The blade features a good bounce that provides powerful shots and stability due to the expansion of the “sweet spot”. The overall design was inspired by Fan’s attacking-oriented play at a fast tempo. Straight lines are used on the handle to signify the attitude of Fan Zhendong whose goal is to always move forward.

Made

Fan Zhendong CNF

Cellulose nanofiber; a nano-technology artificial fiber provides this blade with high speed and a lower vibration property. While enabling powerful shots, the blade also offers the feeling of long dwell time thanks to its low vibration property.

Fan Zhendong ZLC

Equipped with ZL-Carbon, an artificial fiber with an excellent balance of bounce and flexibility. This blade combines power with stability and will not be overpowered by your opponent’s shots.

Made in Japan

Fan Zhendong Super ALC

Super Arylate-Carbon, which achieves a higher bounce while maintaining the flexibility of Arylate-Carbon, is used in this blade. The reaction property has been successfully increased without increasing the vibration property when compared to Fan Zhendong ALC.

Made in Japan

Fan Zhendong ALC

A blade structure used by many top players including Fan Zhendong. Equipped with Arylate-Carbon, the flexibility, ease of use, and bounce provide an excellent balance between offensive and defensive play. The high performance of the Viscaria’s plywood structure has been proven time and time again and many of the world’s top players continue to use it with fantastic success.

Made in Japan

Timo Boll ZLC

The dynamic Timo Boll ZLC blade has a medium-hard touch and combines the strongpoints of carbon – stability and precision – with ZL-Fiber, lending lightness and flexibility.

Made in Japan

Timo Boll ZLF

ZL-Fiber, imparting lightness and flexibility to the blade with the name of Superstar Timo Boll, adding to its impressive soft touch and completing the picture of this dynamic, yet very controllable blade. Made

Timo Boll ALC

The Timo Boll ALC is a classic blade in the Butterfly line-up. Typical for Arylateblades, it features a medium-hard touch, plays dynamically and precise and offers a fine touch for any spin-oriented playing style.

Made in Japan

5-ply + 2 ALC

Revoldia CNF

The innovative „Cellulose Nano Fiber“ (CNF) enables the creation of a blade with a rare combination of characteristics, being both soft and fast. With its specially designed composition and soft touch, the Revoldia CNF features a comparatively long dwell time which makes it easier to create spin on any shot. Its weight further enhances the speed and underlines the offensive character of Revoldia CNF. Made

Viscaria Super ALC

The Viscaria Super ALC is a blade equipped with Super Arylate-Carbon, which achieves a higher bounce while maintaining the flexibility of Arylate-Carbon. The basic design of the blade such as the wood veneer structure is based on the classic Viscaria, but the reaction property has been successfully improved without increasing the vibration property. This blade is suitable not only for top players but also for intermediate to advanced players and is recommended for players who want to experience more power compared to the conventional Arylate-Carbon. Made

Return of the classic. Since its introduction in 1993, Viscaria continues to be one of the most popular Butterfly blades. The typical ALC punch and precision combined with a moderate dwell time makes the Viscaria an excellent all-around topspin blade.

Harimoto Tomokazu Innerforce Super ZLC

The first Innerforce blade using Super ZLC fibers is also the fastest of the series. Created in cooperation with Japan’s Superstar Tomokazu Harimoto, the Innerforce technology creates a softer touch by placing the hard carbon fibers directly above the blade’s core, further away from the surface. While the Super-ZLC fibers provide precision and punch, the Harimoto Tomokazu Innerforce Super ZLC with its completely new designed blade composition supports soft and slow shots as much as powerful topspin play from any distance.

Made in Japan

5-ply + 2 Super ZLC Head

Harimoto Tomokazu Innerforce ZLC

Much like the popular Innerforce Layer ZLC, the new Harimoto Innerforce ZLC features a superb balance between stability and a softer touch with increased ball dwell time compared to other ZLC blades. This blade is well suited for powerful, modern offensive table tennis and offers versatile options to score.

Made in Japan

5-ply + 2 ZLC

Harimoto Tomokazu Innerforce ALC

The Harimoto Tomokazu Innerforce ALC was developed in close cooperation with the Japanese superstar, who is already using it with great success. The composition of 5 plies of natural wood combined with 2 ALC fibers directly above the core veneer (Inner force Technology) allow for a softer touch and increased ball dwell time during topspin play. The Harimoto Tomokazu features increased ease-of-play while maintaining the popular stability, precision and punch of an Arylate-Carbon blade.

Patrick Franziska, leading member of the German national team is using this particular wood, utilizing the high reaction and the touch of long dwell time. It is recommended to players looking to enable powerful offensive play and passive control simultaneously. The special design with a shiny lens bearing his initials inside the plain coloured handle,

Dimitrij Ovtcharov Innerforce ALC

Ovtcharov Innerforce ALC, developed in close cooperation with the superstar of team Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov, features a thicker and slightly larger blade compared to Innerforce Layer ALC. This blade supports powerful shots due to its high reaction property among the Innerfiber blades while still providing the feeling of “holding the ball” with increased ball dwell time. The mark consists of his initials D and O. It indicates infinite possibilities, and the black-based handle with ALC’s blue and victory’s gold signifies elegance and strength.

Made in Japan

Lin Yun-Ju Super ZLC

A blade with Super ZLC, high density woven carbon and ZL fibre. The blade features a good bounce that underlines its power and stability due to the wide high-reaction area. Lin Yun-Ju, the rising star from Chinese Taipei, uses this blade with great success. The fusion of such power-oriented blade with a relatively high reaction property and his unique ball touch supports his sharp banana flicks and fast counter attacks. Its appearance, composed of the handle using his favourite colours and wing-shaped mark with his initials, conveys an impression of youthfulness and a successful future.

Butterfly Star Tiago Apolonia grants the name for this blade and is using it with great success at international tournaments. The ZLC fibers are placed closer to the core (Innerfiber technology) which, combined with the softer outer veneer, gives the blade increased dwell time, while maintaining the typical ZLC precision and punch. Apolonia ZLC is suited best for players looking for the feel of a spin-dynamic ZLC fiber blade with

Much like its predecessor, the popular Butterfly Michael Maze blade, the Freitas ALC blade makes use of the proven Arylate-Carbon fiber, lending the blade its character istic “ALC-touch”. In combination with the harder outer veneers, Freitas ALC blade will fit to any versatile spin-based play. The high-class design and workmanship of this hand-crafted blade underline the high aspirations Marcos Freitas posts to his personal

Innerforce Layer ZLC

The Innerforce Layer ZLC blade offers a completely new experience – its carbon fibers are located closer to the core which makes the overall blade feel softer without losing the ZL-Carbon characteristics such as lightness, flexibility and speed.

Innerforce Layer ALC

The Arylate-Carbon fibers are located closer to the core, which lends the blade a softer touch and a stunning feel for the ball. Arylate-Carbon fibers dampen vibrations and allow for dynamic play and precise placement.

Innerforce Layer ALC.S

The Innerforce Layer ALC.S is designed according to the concept of the popular Innerforce Layer ALC blade – but it moves one step further. The thinner core layer provides reduced weight, a lower vibration property and a softer touch, recommended for an offensive playing style focused on spin.

Made in Japan 5-ply

Innerforce Layer ZLF

The Innerforce Layer ZLF features a natural soft touch and homogenous bounce on all areas of the blade. By using ZL-Fiber and an overall thin diameter, the Innerforce Layer ZLF provides excellent feedback on contact with the ball. The increased dwell time supports passive control and soft topspin shots alike.

Made in Japan

5-ply + 2 ZLF

Primorac Carbon

The Primorac Carbon blade especially supports direct and uncompromising attacks. The 5-ply wood supported by two T5000 carbon layers creates a fast, direct and precise touch that players looking for maximum power will love.

SK Carbon

By using the special material Tamca 5000, the SK Carbon provides precision and increased active control, common to a T5000 blade. Due to its lightweight and thin composition, it also features a lower vibration property, resulting in more feedback on touch and an overall softer feeling. The SK Carbon is recommended for players looking for a moderately fast and lightweight T5000 blade with a softer touch.

Made

Timo Boll TJ

The Timo Boll TJ, a lightweight carbon blade with a smaller blade head, is recommended for typically young players to further improve their game. Enhanced with Carbon fibers, the TJ offers precision and speed while maintaining an ease-of-play comparable to all wood blades.

Timo Boll CAF

The Timo Boll CAF features a carbon fiber called „control assist fiber“ which combines increased stability and precision with a particular ease of play and increased reaction. The 5 ply blade is recommended for comparably high ball dwell time.

Made in Japan

3-ply + 2 CAF

Korbel SK7

The 7-ply all-wood Korbel SK7 is one of our fastest all-wood blades. With a high thickness of approx. 6.8 mm and thusly increased weight, the Korbel SK7 provides a soft touch with increased dwell-time, making it well-suited for fast and versatile topspin play.

Made in Japan 7-ply

Maze Advance

The successor model of Maze Performance. It is easy-to-use due to its lightweight and moderate reaction property. Maze Advance is recommended to players looking for an all-wood blade that features good balance with both attack and defense.

Made in Japan 5-ply

Falcima

Falcima was designed with a good balance of bounce, stability and weight. It features a moderate weight that is neither too light nor too heavy, making it easy to swing and generate power. The Falcima is recommended for beginners to intermediate players.

Made in Japan 5-ply

Ovtcharov S2

Focused on dynamic offensive play, the Ovtcharov S2 blade provides good feedback on the touch and can be, paired with the right rubbers, well suited for versatile topspin play.

Dima: “A perfect blade for all offensive players, pairing excellent punch for topspins with good feedback.”

Made in Europe

5-ply

Ovtcharov S1

The composition of the Ovtcharov S1 blade is designed to provide an excellent touch for spin. The S1 is easy to handle, adaptive to most styles, with enough punch for versatile offensive play.

Dima: “An excellent blade for moderately offensive players looking for a good touch and feedback from the ball.”

Feel the music. With increased speed and hardness, the Boll Fortissimo enables powerful offensive play without losing the typical feel and feedback of an all-natural wood blade. Its specially designed composition with a moderately hard surface veneer supports heavy spin as well as fast smash shots.

Applying pressure using power and versatile spins are common characteristics of an offensive playing style. The classic Boll Forte, made in Europe, carefully combines different veneers of natural wood to produce a controlled, yet dynamic blade that supports all types of modern offensive play.

With a comfortably low weight, moderate speed and easy handling, the Boll Mezzoforte remains playable in all game situations. Its medium hardness results in a long ball dwell time which makes it easy to produce spin and supports a versatile and

Maze Magic

The Maze Magic is well-suited for all offensive strategies. With its all-wood 5-ply composition, it retains the characteristic touch and control needed for spin- oriented play, while providing power for even the most offensive topspin shots.

Made in Europe

Andrzej Grubba

Another classic Butterfly bestseller: The Andrzej Grubba with its easy handling and perfect feedback assists the allround player in any situation.

Made in Europe

Petr Korbel

The classic 5-ply all-wood Petr Korbel is a jack of all trades and has excited fans for many years. It provides a medium-hard touch and excellent feedback, enabling a player to produce sensitive topspins as well as powerful direct shots. Also available with smaller handle (XXS version).

Zoran Primorac

The Zoran Primorac is one of Butterfly’s best-selling blades. It is extremely versatile, supporting all playing styles and can be used – depending on the rubbers – equally well for offensive and defensive play. Also available with smaller handle (XXS version).

Made

Omar Assar

The exclusive Omar Assar is the official blade of Butterfly star and Egypt’s national player. Its 5-ply composition is reinforced by 2 Kevlar-Carbon fiber layers, which add precision and punch, providing an even bounce all over the blade’s surface. The Omar Assar is available with an optional “FL large” grip that will fit well for players with bigger palms.

Made

Timo Boll J

Choosing a good blade to start is an important decision for a young table tennis player. The Timo Boll J is certainly a good option: With a smaller head, low weight and thin grip it offers good handling especially for smaller hands, while high precision and moderate speed provide options for future development.

Made in China

Xstar V

The Xstar V is a 5-ply natural wood blade with moderate speed and long ball dwell time that results in a easy-to-use blade that make it a safe choice for almost all styles of play.

BalsaCarbo X5

With 3 wood plies and a balsa core, the remodeled BalsaCarbo X5 features a long ball dwell time and offensive spin capability. Its 2 carbon fibers provide additional stability, especially for block and fast topspin play close to the table. Made

BalsaCarbo X7

The soft balsawood core offers dwell time and provides spin and power for this relatively thick blade. Rounded off with 2 carbon fibers, the BalsaCarbo X7 provides offensive capabilities especially suited to block or fast topspin play close to the table. Made in Europe

5-ply + 2 Carbon

Diode V

The Diode V fulfils all requirements posted to a successor of the popular Joo Saehyuk blade. Its 5-ply composition using hard surface veneers and the enlarged blade head support modern defensive play while providing power for offensive shots as well.

Innershield Layer ZLF

Blades with Innerfiber technology place the artificial fibers closer to the core, resulting in a softer touch and more controlled play. The Innershield Layer ZLF features high flexibility and a larger sweet spot due to the ZL-Fibers which give the blade enough speed to satisfy the offensive needs of a modern defender.

Blades made from natural wood

Wood is a natural raw material. As such, variations in density resulting from varying growing conditions of trees are to be expected and can influence the actual weight of a blade. At Butterfly, we strife to make sure these weight variations are kept at a minimum, however variations of a few grams in weight of a blade may occur. Therefore, we refrain from stating a specific weight within our catalogue.

Handle shapes

Flared handle (FL)

Anatomic handle (AN)

Straight handle (ST)

Chinese penholder (CS)

Butterfly Blade-Matrix

Lin Yun-Ju Super ZLC

Fan Zhendong Super ZLC

Harimoto Innerforce Super ZLC

Fan Zhendong ALC

Timo Boll ALC

Viscaria

Revoldia CNF

Fan Zhendong CNF

Korbel SK7

Falcima

Diode V

Innerforce Layer ALC.S

Zoran Primorac Xstar V

Boll Forte III

Innerforce Layer ZLF

Boll Mezzoforte

Andrzej Grubba

Maze Magic

Viscaria Super ALC (CS)

Viscaria Super ALC (FL, ST)

Fan Zhendong Super ALC

Omar Assar

Boll Fortissimo

Ovtcharov S1

Mizutani Jun Super ZLC

Primorac Carbon

Fan Zhendong ZLC

Timo Boll ZLC

Mizutani Jun ZLC

Freitas ALC

Ovtcharov Innerforce ALC

Balsa Carbo X7

Maze Advance

Timo Boll J Timo Boll TJ

Innerforce Layer ALC

Balsa Carbo X5

Timo Boll ZLF

Harimoto Innerforce ZLC

SK Carbon

Timo Boll CAF

Ovtcharov S2

Franziska Innerforce ZLC

Apolonia ZLC

Innerforce Layer ZLC

Innershield Layer ZLF

Harimoto Innerforce ALC

Petr Korbel

Vibration Property

Reaction Property

The Reaction Property is the quantified value illustrating the base speed of a blade. A low reaction property signifies a lower speed of the ball after contact with the blade. A high reaction property signifies a higher speed of the ball after impact.

Vibration Property

The Vibration Property is the quantified value illustrating the feeling of a blade on impact. A low vibration property in general signifies slower vibration on ball contact and denotes a blade with a softer touch. A high vibration property in general signifies faster vibration of the blade on contract with the ball and denotes a blade with a harder touch.

BUTTERFLY CARBON -FIBER TECHNOLOGIES

The regulations of the International Table Tennis Federation state: “At least 85 % of the blade by thickness shall be of natural wood.” In other words, we may adopt any special materials for the remaining 15 % for reinforcement. However, no high-performance rackets will be produced only by attaching some special materials without analysis; balance is crucial to make the best product. Butterfly will continue to research materials that best suit the techniques of future generations as well as continually improving the quality of the blade.

Very thin fiber obtained by finely loosening plant fibers such as wood to Nanometer size, Cellulose Nano Fiber (CNF) enables blades with low vibration, providing the feeling of “holding the ball” to the blade, despite high reaction values.

New processing techniques allow a denser link between Carbon and ZL-Fiber, leading to a blade with very little energy loss on the edges and a bigger and more homogenous “high reaction area”. This enhances the strengths of ZLC blades even more. Blades with Super ZLC fibers are fast with high precision and a direct touch, yet produce a fantastic feeling for any spin play.

Linking ZL-Fibers and carbon increases the stability and stiffness of the blade and results in a bigger “high reaction area” and less energy loss around the edges. ZLC blades are usually stable and fast with a harder touch that allows very precise play as well as spinny top spins. In comparison to softer blades, especially all-wood blades, the ball dwell time of ZLC blades is reduced, requiring a certain degree of technical skill to produce high amounts of spin.

ZL-Fiber is a remarkably thin and hardened material lending speed, lightness and a homogenous bounce to the blade. Blades with ZLF are commonly known for their lightness and controlled, soft touch with an increased ball dwell time that makes it easier to actively create spin compared to harder blades.

Tamca 5000 is a carbon fiber, enhancing stability and precision of a blade, enabling the production of fast and dynamic blades with a moderate weight. Usually, T5000 blades are fast, direct and precise with a hard touch, supporting especially powerful fast play close to the table.

Super Arylate-Carbon achieves a higher bounce by weaving in a larger amount of fibers than conventional Arylate-Carbon. In addition, adjusting the ratio of Arylate and carbon materials maintains blade suppleness which is a characteristic achieved via the use of Arylate-Carbon.

Arylate-Carbon is a fiber used in many popular Butterfly blades and is used to produce stability and precision while providing increased ball dwell time compared to harder blades. ALC blades offer versatility, its typical “touch” in topspin play is favored by many professional players as well.

The CAF (Control Assist Fiber) fiber increases the stability of a blade and provides a constant bounce all across the blade’s surface. As a result, the precision of the blade is increased, as is the feeling of control during active play.

Kevlar Carbon

The new Kevlar Carbon fiber provides vibration absorption and makes a blade harder, faster and more precise at the cost of ball dwell time and overall feedback.

ALC blade with Innerfiber surface wood second layer wooden core second layer surface wood

Arylate Carbon

Regular ALC blade

Overgrip

For perfect grip.

Blister pack of 3, black

Remover

For optimal removal of glue residue on blade and sponge surfaces.

Chack Sheet

Rubber gluing sheet for best long term gluing.

Rubber Film IV

Rubber Film IV protects your rubber against dirt and grime and improves its longetivty.

Side Tape Butterfly

Black/magenta:

Butterfly blue/silver, Tenergy orange/black, Dignics red, Glayzer grey NEW : 12 mm × 10 m € 8.90 12 mm × 50 m € 22.90

Rubber Protect Film III

Sticky on one side. Perfect protection from dirt, grease and detritus.

Rubber Cleaner

A liquid developed with latest biological aspects. Stainless removal of dust, dirt and grease from the rubber surface. Pump Spray.

250 ml

€ 6.90

Table Cleaner

A liquid developed using latest biological techniques. Stainless removal of dust, dirt and grease from the table surface. Pump Spray.

500 ml

Free Chack

Glue bottle, clips, sponges for application. 50 ml

Free Chack Pro II

Adhesive bottle including wooden clips, sponge for application in environmentally friendly cardboard packaging .

€ 8.90

Rubber Refresh

Rubber refresh foam cleaner increases the lifespan of table tennis rubbers. Apply and distribute a small amount of foam on the rubber, briefly let it set and wipe clean with a cotton sponge. Not suited for pimples-out rubbers.