The Way of the Butterflies

113. Butterfly Scorna Tamca 5000

Weight: 120 Gramms Sized: 16,7/15,6cm Thickness: 6,2mm
another 5-ply (3 Wood/2 Tamca-Carbon) without Serial and old tag.
The faster brother of the Allure and another old Family member of the Tamca 5000 Family. Although the head dimensions are much smaller than the ones of Allure the weight with 120 Gramms is very high, some workouts before the usage are recommanded. Scorna T5000 is the faster one of the two defensive models and belongs to the First Generation of the Tamca Family together with the Gergely, Klampar and Oberon Carbon.
The J.T.T.A.A. and the Ta-Ma-Su have been branded on the left side of the handle. Interesting are the drills on the backside of the handle which are similar to the ones of the old Pulser model.
The Slim FL handle has been the only available handle type.




Edited by Timo1978 - 02/17/2015 at 12:54pm

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Edited by Timo1978 - 02/17/2015 at 1:30pm

Beautiful blades as always my friend!!! 

115. Butterfly Sardius

Weight: 96 Gramms Sized: 16,0/15,2cm Thickness: 7,2mm
Weight: 93 Gramms Sized: 16,0/15,2cm Thickness: 7,3mm
Handle Dimension: 159x152mm
5-ply-wood (3 Wood / 2 Carbon Laminate) with and without Serial and old tag. Sardius, the "Butt-Kicker" was a Long time the best selling Tamca 5000 model. Sardius has been the fastest blade in the 1990ies among the Butterfly range but was also the one with the lowest control. However the Schlager Carbon that has been released later was even faster but providing more control. Sardius is a great Blade for pips-out-hitters and power attackers that are looking for a hard Feeling blade. It is still very popular and famous in Asia, with the flatened lense and old font a very sought true collectors item. Some female Asian Players still use it as their main blade.    
Blade Composition is:
Hinoki-Carbon Laminate-Kiri-Carbon Laminate-Hinoki
Only available with FL Handle. Priced in the late 1990ies at 114 USD.




Edited by Timo1978 - 05/18/2015 at 8:22am

go and get yourself a Quetzal, that should complete your old Tamca5000 series.  Nice collection by the way!

An Oberon is missing, a Quetzal surely not :))

liulin04 wrote: go and get yourself a Quetzal, that should complete your old Tamca5000 series.  Nice collection by the way!

Thanks Cong. You are right, Quetzals are always tempting and not easy to get. An old Tamca5000 model i would always consider to catch...but i think i should better watch out for other missing models, it is not that urgent atm

116. Butterfly Gergely Tamca 5000

Weight: 95 Gramms Sized:16,0/15,2mm Thickness: 7,1mm

with black tag, flat lense and without Serial and print on blades head this Version of the Gergely is from the middle of the 1980ies and belongs to the oldest generation. Unlike Scorna or Allure there is no 727 J.T.T.A.A. print on the left side of the handle and the older hinoki top plies looks much different than the later Versions without flat lense.
The dimensions of the large head are 16,1/15,2cm. Released with the famous twin Oberon Tamca 5000 the Gergely was the faster model among both, a hard and stiff blade for hardhitters and blockers -Probably the model that has been sold best during the decades and is now a legendary classic. Since a few months it is out of production but most Shops still have some stocks with the silver tag.
Composition is Hinoki-Tamca 5000 Carbon-Kiri-Tamca 5000 Carbon -Hinoki
The Gergely T5000 is only available with the thick FL handle.



Edited by Timo1978 - 05/18/2015 at 8:22am

118. Butterfly Ethel Tamca 5000

Weight: 77 Gramms Sized: 15,7/15,1cm

5-ply-wood (3 Wood/2 Tamca Carbon) with old tag, flat lense and without Serial. This model is one of the rarest among the Tamca 5000 Family. It is said that only 200 pieces of this model have been released and the model was designed for Otilia Badescu (ROM). Rated OFF Ethel was the lighest of all Tamca 5000er models.
While some sources say Ethel has been sold at only 50 USD other sources claimed the Price of Ethel had been 3 times higher than Cresail. However the blade was not available for a long time and some units had the old font blade print which makes sure that Ethel has been produced end of the late 1980ies and some additional time after the font shift end of 1991.
Blade composition is: Limba-Tamca Carbon-Kiri-Tamca Carbon-Limba
Up to now i have only seen Ethels with flared handle.




Edited by Timo1978 - 05/18/2015 at 8:23am

I play Ethel for prestige.

LOOPMEISTER wrote: This is a cool thread, and I love the collection, but what happened to all of the pics on the previous pages?

lovely 

proSpin wrote: lovely

Thx Bro, still waiting for your collection post

Waiting your Viscaria S T ... 

Edited by Johnny Erasure - 02/02/2015 at 2:44pm

Very nice collection and good information about butterfly blades
That Kazan and Adolescen Blade looks great