Three layers of carbon is not really that new.

Galaxy have one with 4 layers, and several others have some with 3 layers too.

bbkon wrote: haggisv wrote: Three layers of carbon is not really that new. Galaxy have one with 4 layers, and several others have some with 3 layers too.   prolly that bty blade is made by galaxy..lol

heh heh, yeah you may be right! Quite a few of the butterfly blades are now made in China!

haggisv is right; my coach was upset recently for getting a byt blade that was made in China.  The Japanese are very pround of their products.  If the balde is made in Japan, the company would for sure to put "Made in Japan" on it.  If there is no indication of where it was made, you should be more cautious of its place of prodcution. Shop carefully...

I agree. I had 2 bad experiences with chinese made blade(too much?)

Never buy Chinese made blade again.

That baby is gonna be fast and stiff.  If it is Balsa as well then those Paduk plies must be pretty heavy and Hard.  Too bad they don't have a ST handle.

Wow . . .  95 grams as well.

bogeyhunter9 wrote: I agree. I had 2 bad experiences with chinese made blade(too much?) Never buy Chinese made blade again.

Actually the point I was trying to make was that if high profile companies like Butterfly make some of their blades in China, the quality control in these factories must be right up!

The chinese DO make some very high quality blades, however unlike their non-chinese competitors, they also make a huge numbers of cheap & low quality blades...this is where they get their bad reputation from....

I was lucky enough to get some TT lessons in Guangzhou this year during my two business trips there (I usually practiced 2 hours daily with a young coach after work), and was able to get know some professional and serious amateur players.  They all used imported blades but very often with Chinese rubber for forehand (such as DH Hurricane) and an imported one for backhand (BTY Sriver FX is highly popular).  The sale-lady working in a TT store near my club in fact told me that the good quality Chinese blades are too expensive for the local people, and sometimes, their qualities are unpredictable.  For those who can afford to buy a DH Hurricane blade, she said, would prefer to buy an imported blade from Stiga, Butterfly and Donic because the QC of these companies is more reliable and consistent.

RE-DIRECT pic....this blade looks nice

True but . . .

. . . since it's going to have Timo Bolls' name on it it they should have multi handles on it like his other blades.

Schlagers and Primorac Carbon's have it so a new blade with Boll's name should sell.   They could do smaller batches and still not lose money.  They have that capability.

O! Ju Qian wrote: if i am not wrong, timo boll just recently switch to this blade.  i think he was using it on the match against hou yingchao in germany, but i do not know if that's the first time.

Thanks Calvinding, I did. Did you ? My english is surely poorer than yours but my understanding and my eyes are OK. Timo was using a bat with a TBS straight handle during the German open. If he switched to the tri-carbon, why the hell should he hide it with a fake handle since the Tri-carbon blade still shows his name and the manufacturer's.

i think butterfly should stop using people's name just to draw attention.  the prize might sound tempting because is 20 dollars cheaper than tbs.

calvinding wrote: Sorry Jcdi. I do not want to be your partner.

Actually, I wouldn't like it ether...I was just pulling your leg, you naughty boy !

Now I use Boll TriCarbon - ST
I think it's the fastest blade that I have played. It faster than Schlager Carbon and Sardius (compare with Bryce Hard).
But the butterfly logo and all alphabet on blade is not good enough. It's gone by Master Chack Glue -_-

My ST handle is 97g and Bryce Hard is 45g on Red and Black. Little heavy when compare with other blade that I have own -_-'

Boll TriCarbon - FL handle is alway lighter than ST handle 2g (95g) and Bryce is 42g with same size and Bryce FX is 40g

Carbon TT wrote: Yea but what are the middle two wood plies?

   there are 4 more layers of wood nine ply in all,I am taking a wild guess that it will be very stiff and fast could be great for very good blockers or SP players,it's very wide 157mm (2nd widest BTY blade) so maybe it's designed for blockers using their opponents speed against them

lildudejds wrote: TriCarbon and Bryce Hard....holy smokes..do you glue your racket with Kryptonite aswell?

I really like this set up because it's easy to win defensive player.

dcore,

what ist he width and height of the tri-carbon ?

adambty wrote: Timo beat the sh*t out of HouYingChao with his new blade 4-0 but struggled with his old blade.

It's an outstanding achievement considering he's still using his old blade. Pls guys, and don't believe I'm having an argument with you, where did you see Timo has switched to the Tri-carbon ? The latest videos are clearly showing a TBS. Thks.

dkore.

did you measure the height and width of the tri-carbon yourself, from the picture you posted it does not look like height = 156 and width = 157.  The picture seems like width is smaller than height.

Sorry about that detail above I just copy from Butterflyonline. My blade Height ~ 15.7cm and Width ~ 15.0cm almost same size to my Schlager Carbon.

about testing a ball without rubber Schlager Carbon is faster than Sardius and Boll TriCarbon. First I'm confuse too but if you put rubber on and test again Boll TriCarbon is faster and more control of all (so surprise)

dkore,

thats great, thanks for the info. I am getting one myself, cant wait to blew all the defensive players out of the water. I just love the fast attacking game.