Butterfly Table Tennis Blades
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Butterfly is the brand of Tamasu Co., Ltd., the Tokyo manufacturer Hikosuke Tamasu founded in 1950. Sriver and Bryce defined whole eras of the sport, and the current line — Tenergy and Dignics rubbers, Viscaria and the Fan Zhendong signature blades — is still the equipment much of the world tour is built around.
Popular Blades
Chuang Chih-Yuan Gold
Early gold-label outer ALC signature for Chuang Chih-Yuan (FL).
Fan Zhendong ALC
Fan Zhendong ALC—Viscaria-structure outer ALC with FZD naming (ST here).
Guo Yue
Guo Yue—OC-class nostalgia signature blank (FL).
Hadraw SK
Hadraw SK—“palm-print” Hadraw-series blank (FL).
Innerforce Layer ALC
Innerforce Layer ALC—inner ALC under the face wood; hold-oriented fiber feel (FL).
Kong Linghui Arylate-Carbon
Kong Linghui Arylate-Carbon—classic Kong AC; this copy is the scarce AN handle.
Minions CAF
Minions CAF—Despicable Me collab blank (FL); collectible cosmetics first.
Primorac Fiber Glass
Primorac Fiber Glass—glass-fiber classic (FL) from the BBS-era GF conversation.
Schlager Light Carbon
Schlager Light Carbon—light 3+2 / T5000 carbon with hinoki face (ST here).
Viscaria
Viscaria—the reference outer ALC shakehand blank (FL).
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Fiber placement: Outer vs Inner Fiber. Live USD references: Blades.