Wood Types

I just found this on Butterfly USA website, thought it could be useful

Arylate	Arylate is a reinforcing fiber used to expand the sweet spot of the blade and also to provide unsurpassed vibration control.
Arylate/Carbon	These blades feature the best of both the Carbon and Arylate benefits. The speed and large sweet spot of Carbon combined with the great vibration control and soft feel of Arylate. Perhaps the ultimate in blade technology.
Carbon	Carbon reinforced blades produce great speed along with expanded sweet spots. While fast, the bigger sweet spot provides for a shocking level of control.
Ayous Wood	A lightweight, stiff wood that is excellent for close-to-the-table counterdrive play.
Koto Wood	Koto wood outer layers produce a faster and stiffer blade. Great wood for players who rely on both looping and countering techniques.
Bass Wood	Bass wood has been a mainstay in racket making for over fifty years due to its high degree of control and economical price. It is favored by the close-to-the-table counterdriver as well as players looking to purchase their first professional racket.
Limba Wood	The classic European topspin wood. Limba wood adds the soft feel and great control needed by today's modern topspin players.
Cypress Wood	The classic Asian attacking wood. Favored by attackers for several decades because of its unique combination of speed and softness. Also known as Hinoki Wood.
Planchonello Wood	Planchonello outer layers produce great speed. This wood is most often found in blades designed for the power attacker.
Yellow Aningre Wood	Yellow Aningre is the ultimate control wood. Providing a soft feel on contact, this wood is favored by many all-round styles of players.

Thanks riker....now I know which ones to stay away from...haaa  

thanks for the info, never seen this chart before.

There is a big mistake: Ayous is NOT a stif wood. Ayous is a soft, flexible wood, great for spin-rich loopers. Ajous is used very often for the core of the blades. Sometimes as well for the outer plys, with with similar characteristics as Limba.

jkillashark wrote: Huh, I didn't know that Cypress is also called Hinoki.

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