Found this old BTY Iolite in Saigon

Iolite is thicker, faster and distinctly stiffer than a Viscaria.  Very thin handle.  I always had the impression that the head size was a bit smaller, but don't have one on hand to measure.  I think in my town, when they first came out, several people used Iolites, but only for awhile, and the Moonbeam was more common.  That is a really good price for an Iolite these days, and if you don't like it, it should be fairly easy to resell. 

I always liked Viscaria better, but back in 2007 or 8, when I bought my first one, I think maybe there were only two of us who used it (me and the guy whose blade I tried that made me immediately go buy a couple).  And at that time, probably 4-5 people were using Iolite.  Also, back in its day, there were several top American juniors using Iolite. 

When you find a really old Iolite you will see a J-Pen blade from the 80´s.
Have you ever heard about it?

Iolite is one of the fastest blade from BTY just below Sardius and Schlager.

I wouldn't buy this blade for that price. I happily got rid of my old Iolite selling it for 30 or 40 Euro. Don't remember exactly

Simon_plays wrote: I read a thread on here recently about why old Viscaria's are going up in value whilst the same can't be said for most other old Butterfly blades. What about this one? Asking price is just over $100 and I'm really tempted to buy it. Surely playing with a vintage blade is bound to improve my game just a little bit?  Yay or nay?